Herewith I would like to let you all know that we finally made it to our destination, the town of Canterbury, Kent, in good health and on schedule. Although it was yesterday that I met most of the students going to Canterbury for the first time, I want to give everybody a credit: no one was late for the train bound for Tallinn, everybody stayed together and was organized. The flight lasted for about three hours. The plain landed at Stansted airport, located well north of London. Upon arrival at Stansted, Steve, the driver, picked us up and gave us a fantastic door-to-door lift to Canterbury College, where we met Silmara, the College project manager who will look after our group, and the host families with who the students will stay for five exciting weeks of their vocational placement. Tomorrow we are all meeting at the College to work through the details of our stay in Canterbury.
Oh, something to keep in mind when traveling to the UK: make sure you have a three-pin power adapter to keep your gadgets kicking !
Crossing the Thames with Steve.
The countryside looks hilly compared to ours, there are no antitank ditches on either side of the motorway like those back home, many roadsigns are electronic boards with digitized text displayed.
A complimentary assortment of hot drinks at the hotel, very handy after the trip.
A view from the hotel window over Canterbury Cathedral, the ultimate destination of pilgrimage, portrayed by Chaucer. Many place-names in Canterbury are either linked to Geoffrey Chaucer, known as "father of the English literature", or taken from his "Canterbury Tales". At times, you may come across two identical place-names in town which can be confusing.
Canterbury is home to the Head of Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is also home to numerous educational establishments which is why its streets are always full of students. Our proper exploration of Canterbury will start tomorrow.
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