Europe Day 2 - Dover and Canterbury

Our first full day in England was a Saturday, and we elected to take the train to Dover since the castle and war tunnels there are only open on Saturdays during the winter months.

We took the tube to King's Cross station and checked out the Harry Potter stuff there before boarding a train at St Pancras to Dover. We arrived about an hour later and took at taxi up to the castle.

First we explored the tunnels, then checked out the old castle. The tunnels were created by the British in the early 19th century to guard against a potential invasion by Napolean, and where expanded and used as a command center during WWII.

Once we finished there we caught a train to Canterbury and walked over to the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey. This abbey was founded by Augustine after he came to England in 597 to spread Christianity to the English. After we finished looking over the Abbey grounds we headed over to the Cathedral. 

We elected not to enter the cathedral as the line was long and felt the cost was too high. We looked around at some of the shops around the Cathedral, then caught the train back to London.