Jersey

Jersey is Guernseys bigger neighbouring island. Just like Australia/ New Zealand and Canada/ USA there is a strong rivalry between the two islands. I really wanted to visit Jersey to see what all the fuss was about and decide for myself which island I preferred.

Jess and I both managed to get a Bank Holiday Monday off which was the only way we could visit Jersey without staying the night. A ferry left early on the Monday morning and we arrived on Jersey roughly an hour later. We spent the day catching buses from beach to beach and I really enjoyed it. I thought the most obvious difference between the two islands was Jersey had better and more accessible beaches. For an island I think Guernsey doesn't have a lot of sandy beaches and many you have climb down hundreds of stairs to reach them.

Jersey is much more commercialised than Guernsey and for the first time in months I ate McDonald's food for lunch and Pizza Hut for dinner. Jersey does have a different feel to Guernsey. Jersey to me felt more Australian with lifeguards on beaches and lots of billboards and advertising. I feel I would have enjoyed living and working on Jersey although with my time on the Channel Islands coming to an end I caught a ferry back to Guernsey thinking I may never again step foot on Jersey.