CHAS’ & RUBY’S 2006 UK TOUR: Friday, May 26th Our Canterbury Lodgings

In Canterbury, we lodged at the Swallow Falstaff Hotel

“The Swallow Falstaff Hotel is a former 15th Century Coaching Inn with additional
accommodation in a recently restored [adjacent] Woodmill. The hotel is in the heart of
beautiful, historic Canterbury, home to England's most impressive cathedral. Dine in the
superb Othello's Restaurant where you can enjoy traditional European cuisine or
enjoy light meals and bar snacks in the Four Seasons bar.”

We parked in the lot BEHIND the Swallow Falstaff Hotel –
So, this is the Hotel’s REAR ENTRANCE.

The FRONT ENTRANCE can be seen in the “thumbnail” pix at the top of this page.

Our route from the parking lot into the Swallow Falstaff Hotel

took us through this stone patio area …

Then, we walked through this “underpass” …

and emerged into the hotel’s COURT YARD. The “LOBBY” / Reception area was reached through the open door seen just beyond the empty chairs in this pic.

The entrance to the Hotel’s Restaurant was right off of the Lobby / Reception area. Look at the STONE WALL! I LUV IT!

Ruby checked in at the reception desk and was immediately advised that
THE HOTEL’S “BOILER” WAS BROKEN – there was NO HOT WATER!!!

[No one wants their PICTURE TAKEN! LOL]

Given Ruby’s professed preference for “LUXURY” lodgings, I was quite worried
about this NO-HOT-WATER glitch at our trek’s FIRST ACCOMMODATION!
Thankfully, she immediately put my fears to rest.

Ruby explained that she expected HISTORIC lodgings to be
SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC:
Few electrical outlets … poor plumbing … and the like.

She very clearly indicated that her LUV of HISTORIC (“interesting”)
lodgings far exceeded her basic desire for “LUXURY” lodgings.
So, Ruby was quite happy (as was I) to heat water with the electric
tea “KETTLE” to accomplish face and hand washing during our
ONE NIGHT STAY in this INCREDIBLY HISTORIC BUILDING!

This pic shows the two windows of OUR ROOM overlooking the gorgeous Falstaff Courtyard!

This was a GORGEOUS ROOM!

AH! The window sills of our room held something QUITE INTERESTING!

These “PIGEON GUARDS” were all over Canterbury.
And they certainly seemed to do a GUDE JOB o’ keeping the Pigeons
OFF of all the buildings’ window sills!

Since we had such a LATE DEPARTURE from London, we didn’t really
have time to do any “TOURISTA” stuff in Canterbury on Friday afternoon.

Sooo … We got settled into our room … Ruby took a nap …
And, Chas worked on her computer in the Courtyard for awhile.

GO TO THE NEXT PAGE:
OUR FRIDAY, MAY 26th EVENING ATTENDANCE OF
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s “CANTERBURY TALES” Performance

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