I crossed another item off my bucket list the other day. I crossed the English Channel from France to England on a ferry then came back the next day. Actually, I don’t have a bucket list, but if I did that might have been on it.

One thing I noticed, though, as I tried to sleep that night in the English port city of Newhaven was the seagulls.

These beautiful creatures which swoop and glide over this sleepy town are A-1 pests when you’re trying to sleep. They must have awakened me five times with their noisy carousing during the night. Continue reading →