They Call Me Daggie

19th of October 2015

We went to Dover today. Around 11 o'clock in the morning we took the train. It was only 40 minutes and then we had to walk for 30 minutes. When we were almost at Dover Castle, Jarno and I had to take a very long stairs. And Jarno kept complaining (it was kind of funny), it was really steep so I have to agree. He’s also not used to mountain-like areas.

The castle was beautiful to see, but that's not the only building you could see. I'll tell you all about it! The first thing we did was a guiding tour about the tunnels that was used in The Second World War. They showed us how they lived and how they took care of the soldiers that were wounded at the battlefield. There were a few times that the tunnels were dark. It looked like it was bombed by German airplanes. We were not allowed to touch anything, because the things in the tunnels were sprayed with a chemical which was poisonous. You wouldn't have a lovely evening if you get it into your eyes or mouth. You would have to spend a lovely evening in the hospital.

Inside a bunker

After the guiding tour we walked to the castle. Along the way we saw an ancient Roman lighthouse, which was hollow on the inside. Next to the Roman lighthouse was a medieval Saxon Church, called St. Mary in Castro. It was such a beautiful church, and it even had a stone slab from the time of the Saxons along the right wall. We sat there for a while in silence, when we left Jarno told me that churches have this effect on him to make him think there’s more to life than just what he sees and knows. Afterwards, we continued our walk to the castle.

On the castle grounds there was a history part that told the story of the Angevian kings, and this house started with Henry II; the same one who had Thomas Becket murdered. It was an interesting video to see, and I’ve learned a lot more about English history.

We walked to the entrance of the actual castle and walked around for a bit, up and down stairs and round across rooms. Jarno made a picture of me where I sat on a king’s throne. Some people say the castle is haunted by a white lady who wants to protect her castle. You could walk on the roof of the castle and you had a perfect view of the city of Dover. We decided to eat our sandwich from the Subway. Next to the castle were tunnels from the Middle Ages. It was really creepy. To go into the tunnel, you had to take the stairs. The floor went down when we walked further. Just like walking off the hill. There were no windows and no sunlight. The scariest thing was that there was no sound. Only I and Jarno were there. My host mother told me that many men died there and some of them are still in the tunnels. Around dinner time we went back to the town to eat some food. We were back at nine o'clock in the evening, had a shower and went to bed; tired as heck.

Tunnel from the Middle Ages