Southampton and Portsmouth

To take a little break from the city, Gavin and I decided to head to the southern shore last Saturday.  It proved to be a short drive to see the water.  And I like to see water when I go out and about. We didn't do much research into what there was to do in the towns; it was a spur of the moment decision. Which meant we mostly just picked a place to park the car and wandered around nearby.  The next time we head out of town, I think I need more of a plan. 

Southampton is a large shipping port (where is OUR shipment from the U.S.?) and not as scenic as I would have hoped.  The city is also where the Titanic sailed from and funny enough, there was a new cruise ship set to sail from the port.  It was to be officially named Queen Elizabeth by the Queen herself on Monday.  I've never seen a cruise ship (friends who sail, help me out here): are they all THAT big?  It probably had more than 10 levels above water, not counting those we couldn't see.  My pictures can't convey how enormous it actually was.

After walking around the harbor, we strolled a bit around the medieval wall throughout the city.  Like anywhere I've been over here, the new always surrounds the old.  I'm always surprised at how closely the architecture is intertwined. But we wanted to walk along a beach, so we headed to the east, Portsmouth, to end our Saturday.

Did I mention we brought Chewie?

For E (I didn't draw it... :)