Viva la France!!!

Well, that title may be a little misleading, because technically I was only on French land for about an hour. French waters.. . .um. . .not sure.
So yesterday, Saturday, I decided to visit the south of England, so I took the train down to Dover. It is about a 3 hour trip, with the train changes and everything. The first place I went to in Dover was the castle. It is magnificent! Good word, huh. It's a 13th century castle, but has been used even as recently as WW II when the British used the secret underground tunnels for a hospital and operation centers. It's amazing. . .the famous white cliffs of dover are made of a chalky rock substance, so it makes it relatively easy to burrow in the cliffs, so in addition to the medieval and napoleonic tunnels, they made I think one more layer of tunnels. It was very interesting. They wouldn't let us take pictures while in the tunnels, so you'll just have to take my word for it that it was neat.
I didn't spend as much time at the castle as I would have liked, but it is enormous and I had to get to the port to jump on my ferry. I took the ferry over to Calais, so I could say that I've been to France, but really it's starting to be a hassle to travel outside of Britain because every time I come back I have to fill out this lame "landing card" and then be interrogated by the immigration office where they all ask me the same questions. . .how long will you be here. . .what are you doing, etc. Yesterday, when I told him I was doing a summer school at Cambridge, he asked, "what does that entail?" I bit back my sarcastic remark. . .and answered, well, studying? Anyway.
The ferry is so cool. I mean, I love the ocean anyway, but this boat is huge and like a cruise ship inside. I spent most of the time on the observation deck though, in the cold wind with the sea spray in my face. Rock on! I loved it. On the way back, it was super windy and the water had gotten choppier, and as you can see from the picture it was darker, so I had to take a picture of myself with my awesome frizzy-ness blowing in the wind. Probably one of the best pictures in history. So. The picture taken by someone else (also with frizzy-ness) is on the way TO France, the one I took of myself is on the way from.
I realized once I got to France that I was too tired to try and find my way around by going into town, because even though I'm sure most speak english, I don't speak French and didn't want to mess with it. Plus did I mention I was tired?
The ride on the train back was uneventful, except I found the Hogwarts platform 9 3/4 at the Kings Cross station, which was cool. It's so fun to travel on the weekend, but it's so tiring too! I know, my life is hard.
Until next time! Wish me luck as I am finishing my paper on "Hamlet". . .this first term is almost over, which means that I'm almost done! Don't get too excited!
PS. . .the picture of the river and the bridge is the Cam river here in Cambridge. Beautiful!