Our first trip abroad!

Charlie here!

We've been on a ferry to France! It was so exciting as Mrs C drove the car onto the ferry. Then we had to climb lots of steep stairs to get to the nice part of the ship. Tiddy found a door to the outside and had his photo taken with the white cliffs of Dover behind him. Can you see them? They are white because they are made of chalk. 

We found a lovely seat in the restaurant. There was a great view out of the window. Another ferry was turning around near us. It was massive! The captain welcomed us on board with a message on the speaker system. Then we had to listen to very important safety information.

We got pasties from the restaurant, which were very nice. Tiddy decided that he would need extra food incase the captain asked him to help steer the ship, so he ordered chips too. I had a nice big drink of Pepsi.

After lunch, we went exploring. Can you see all the machinery on the deck below us? It looked very impressive. Tiddy said he wasn't sure how it worked, so I said he should stay away from it incase he had an accident.

There were lots of cars on the ferry, but also, lots of huge lorries. Tiddy liked this yellow one best. Tiddy found out that, last year, over 2 million lorries crossed the channel, either going to or from Dover. That's a lot!

On the ship, there were advertisements for Disneyland Paris. We weren't going to Disneyland, but I found this very clever poster with Mickey Mouse on.  Can you see the beautiful princess in the pink dress and the handsome pirate? If you look closely, you will see something to make you giggle. There were holes for us to put our heads through. It's me and Tiddy!!!Doesn't Tiddy look brave?

Our holiday had started and we were very excited! We'll tell you what happened next very soon.


Charlie x