My God, it has been the busiest of weekends again!
I don't know how people are constantly keeping themselves busy, I'm so exhausted it's unbelievable.
Anyway, I promised posts on Jersey so I've decided to split them up sort of by day/location.
St. Helier was where we stayed, there will be a subsequent post on St. Brelade and then a standalone post for a restaurant review as it deserves a special mention.
For today though, St. Helier.
The flight from Gatwick is only 45-50 minutes. By the time the captain tells you to take your seatbelt off, half the flight is over. It was funny because Adeel got up to pee and as there was a queue he didn't actually get to go because the captain announced not long later that seatbelts were to be refastened!
It was a very windy, rainy day when we set off. Our flight was at around 9 in the morning so we landed near 10 and the airport is so tiny in Jersey and we only had hand luggage that we were literally out straightaway (except for the minor wait for the rental car).
Oh my God, just the drive to the hotel was amazing. Jersey is such a beautiful island!
However, we did have a few hours to kill before we could check in to the hotel so we left the car there and got a pointer towards the town centre.
Wandering through the town at a leisurely pace was great. We eyed up some beautiful properties advertised - dreaming only of course - before grabbing a bite to eat. Burger King was our one and only naughty choice and probably the worst of the food we had (not a single bad meal for the entire trip!)
We meandered back to the hotel by which time we could checkin and found ourselves in what seemed like an upgraded room. We originally booked the budget room (with a warning that you could hear the swimming pool pump). BUT, we were on the second floor, the room was massive and not a single noise could be heard from the pool. It was amazing.
We had a somewhat planned, somewhat improvised nap as we'd been up so early, before heading out for a lovely walk along the beach.
With clouds a-brewing and a roll of thunder in the distance, we quickly scarpered back to the hotel for dinner in the bar. I think Adeel had a burger and chips and I had scampi and chips.
The portions were massive, I definitely could not finish it all. After a half hour or so we decided to test out the pool facilities which was a nice way to end our first day in Jersey.
Climbing between those fresh white sheets after was equally as perfect.
More to come soon...
I don't know how people are constantly keeping themselves busy, I'm so exhausted it's unbelievable.
Anyway, I promised posts on Jersey so I've decided to split them up sort of by day/location.
St. Helier was where we stayed, there will be a subsequent post on St. Brelade and then a standalone post for a restaurant review as it deserves a special mention.
For today though, St. Helier.
The flight from Gatwick is only 45-50 minutes. By the time the captain tells you to take your seatbelt off, half the flight is over. It was funny because Adeel got up to pee and as there was a queue he didn't actually get to go because the captain announced not long later that seatbelts were to be refastened!
It was a very windy, rainy day when we set off. Our flight was at around 9 in the morning so we landed near 10 and the airport is so tiny in Jersey and we only had hand luggage that we were literally out straightaway (except for the minor wait for the rental car).
Oh my God, just the drive to the hotel was amazing. Jersey is such a beautiful island!
However, we did have a few hours to kill before we could check in to the hotel so we left the car there and got a pointer towards the town centre.
Wandering through the town at a leisurely pace was great. We eyed up some beautiful properties advertised - dreaming only of course - before grabbing a bite to eat. Burger King was our one and only naughty choice and probably the worst of the food we had (not a single bad meal for the entire trip!)
We meandered back to the hotel by which time we could checkin and found ourselves in what seemed like an upgraded room. We originally booked the budget room (with a warning that you could hear the swimming pool pump). BUT, we were on the second floor, the room was massive and not a single noise could be heard from the pool. It was amazing.
We had a somewhat planned, somewhat improvised nap as we'd been up so early, before heading out for a lovely walk along the beach.
With clouds a-brewing and a roll of thunder in the distance, we quickly scarpered back to the hotel for dinner in the bar. I think Adeel had a burger and chips and I had scampi and chips.
The portions were massive, I definitely could not finish it all. After a half hour or so we decided to test out the pool facilities which was a nice way to end our first day in Jersey.
Climbing between those fresh white sheets after was equally as perfect.
More to come soon...
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