A Lady in London

I could live in London for the rest of my life and still never see all there is to see. The same goes for England. And the UK. Living here has given me the opportunity to see a lot of the country on day trips, and I have had the luxury of taking my time. But most Americans only have two weeks of vacation each year and need to pack all of their sightseeing into one short trip. In sympathy, I took a day trip to Leeds Castle, Dover, Canterbury, and Greenwich on Saturday.

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Last month I spent an afternoon in Dover, the English coastal city known for its white cliffs, wartime history and cheap ferries to France. The weather forecast–an increasingly important part of my expat life in London–called for blue skies over the white cliffs of Dover, so I set off from London hoping for a nice day by the sea.

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