England 2004: Rye

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Our room in Jeake's House Hotel in Rye, where we stayed for the first three nights of our vacation.

The view from our room in Jeake's House Hotel. The town of Rye is surrounded by hills, sheep farms, Romney Marsh, and the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

Laura with Yum-Yum, a friendly Tonkinese cat who lives at Jeake's House Hotel.

Eddie with Yum-Yum, one of two Tonkinese cats who lives at Jeake's House Hotel. (Monty was the other and just as friendly).

The first floor of Smugglers' Cottage, a self-catering house in Rye where we stayed for a week.

The front door of Smugglers' Cottage, located on Mermaid Street in Rye.

Laura and Eddie outside Smugglers' Cottage. Mermaid Street is one of the most picturesque streets in all of England.

Laura stands in front of St. Mary's, the Parish Church of Rye. The church celebrated its 900-year anniversary in 2003.

Missed him by that much! Laura stands next to a picture of Johnny Depp at the Mermaid Inn, located two doors down from Smuggler's Cottage on Mermaid Street in Rye. He was there about a month before we were.

Closeup of picture of Johnny Depp at the Mermaid Inn.

One of the towers of Ypres Castle, built in 1249 to defend the southeast coast of England from the French.

"Rule Britannia." The Union Jack flies at the Landgate in Rye.

Rye - These are some assorted pictures form the 10 days we spent in Rye, an ancient town in East Sussex not far from the English Channel.  Rye is a quaint town full of medeival buildings and cobblestone streets - a veritable time capsule for the English traveller.

For more information on Rye and surroundings, visit the following links:

• Rye
• Camber Castle
• Jeake's House (B&B, Rye)
• Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
• Rye Town Model
• Smuggler's Cottage (Self-Cater Accomodation, Rye)