Me and my family went to Avignon last Saturday. We set off at six. It was still dark when we put our suitcase in the car and drove off. We had a good journey through London because it was Saturday so there was no rush hour traffic.
Soon we were on the M20 motorway heading towards Folkestone and the south coast. We stopped at a service station for a sandwich. My dad didn't buy any petrol because it's much cheaper in France.
We arrived in Folkestone at 8.10. The problem with travelling by car from England to France is that Britain is an island. There are 35 kilometers of water between England and France. You can get across it by ferry, but there's a much better and quicker way, yeah The Channel Tunnel!
The Channel Tunnel's only train tunnel, not a road tunnel and so you have to put your car on a train. The journey takes an hour and a half, and drivers have to sit in their cars because there are no seats on the train for passengers. We arrived at the terminal and joined the queue of cars waiting for the next train.
At 10.30 the train arrived in Calais and my dad drove the car off the train and onto the road. Luckily my dad had remember to drive on the right, not on the left!
The traffic in Calais was quite bad. Finally, we got out of Calais and onto the motorway to the South of French. The speed limit on French motorways is 130 kilometers an hour and the road was clear so we could travel quickly. But first we stopped at a service station to fill up with petrol.
Petrol's cheaper in French than in Britain but on the other hand you have to pay to travel on French motorways. In Britain, they're free.
It's 960 kilometers from Calais to Avignon, and the journey on the motorway was boring. I listened to my favorite song to pass the time and we stop again for lunch.
At eight o'clock, we finally arrived in Avignon. We found a hotel and I was looking forward to a lovely French meal! Haha :D
