Not New...

 

    Jersey that is...We are finishing our stay in Jersey, the British ex-colony Chanel Island. It's been interesting for Bridget who worked here for years at the General Hospital during a pivotal time. 

Bridget's old apartment

Apartment above Charity Shop

Where she worked in ER

    We did a bit of sightseeing going to underground tunnels built by the Germans who took over the island without a battle in WWII in 1941. The Brits decided not to defend it as they had pressing issues at home. The tunnels were built as an underground hospital for recovering solders who really didn't want to be underground so it was not used much. 

Entrance to Tunnels

    Then hoped on the local bus to a quiet port on the far side of the island where we lunched on nice seafood. As we traveled, it was amazing to see the huge tides that I mentioned before. I mean like 40-50 ft differences between high and low which exposes lots of boats, land and rocks.

Low tide leaving boats on the bottom of port

    We are on the last leg(s) of our journey here. We are off to Dublin for the final days before coming home on Friday for Dave and Tuesday for Bridget. I'm doing a bit of history in seeing New Grange, an old Celtic Mound/ Temple North of Dublin for a day and Bridget is heading back to home house in Abbeyknockmoy for a final visit. 

https://www.newgrange.com/

 

A few fun snapshots around the town:

Notice the first pink dress for those that got a head start

Fingers pointing the way around

Bridget and Dave