Cliffs and English weather

Hello again - it has been two weeks since I arrived here in England.

Finally, there is something like a comforting routine. I know what to do and where to go - most of the time, at least. I have gotten to know some of the people here - some better than others, of course, but we are at least 40 people, so this is only natural.

Last weekend, I spontaneously decided to get away and visit the White Cliffs of Dover together with some other interns. It had been hot and sunny all week, so we had almost forgotten about the "typical English weather"...until we arrived in Dover. It was so foggy that you could hardly see anything, but the bus journey had taken us almost two hours, so we decided to go to the cliffs anyway. We asked some locals for directions. When we asked, "Do we get to the cliffs if we go this way?" one of them only laughed and answered, "Yes, if you can find them at all with all this fog." We did find them, but the longer we walked, the worse everyone's mood was. The paths were muddy, and we had to be careful not to slip and fall. Also, we couldn't enjoy any great view from the top of the cliffs because we didn't even see where the cliffs ended. After what felt like hours we came to a small lighthouse. Actually we had brought everything for a picnic, but by then it was raining cats and dogs (and it was still foggy, I didn't know this was possible!). Part of our group was discouraged by the weather, went inside the lighthouse that is a café to get something to drink and then took the bus back. The rest of us was brave and even had a picnic outside in the pouring rain.

On our way back we were lucky because it brightened up a bit and we could finally get some views from the top of the cliffs!

This weekend, many people are going out because there are many people leaving this and next week and they are having "thank-you parties", but since I don't know the people who are leaving very well I would not feel comfortable there. I will probably just stay here and maybe pay the New Romney County Fayre tomorrow a visit.