9/18/2013 - St. Peter's Port, Guernsey (UK)
Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands between England and France. I've wanted to visit it ever since reading Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea (set in Guernsey).
Today, the Channel Islands are more well-known for two other reasons: they were the only British islands occupied by the Nazis, and they are a tax shelter. A monument near the pier commemorates the "liberation of Guernsey from the occupying German forces." Past the pier, I saw a bunch of suits walking around banks and other companies with familiar acronyms: RBS, PWC, HSBC, etc.
Guernsey was more cheerful once I reached my hotel and went out for dinner. The hotel's hostess had a local accent I had never heard before. Dinner included "Guernsey oysters." A night walk around the island's coast looked promising: pleasant weather, old houses, friendly people.
Pictured: View of Guernsey Harbour from Cambridge Park.
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