This Spring Break was our fourth trip to Europe together. Jose has been more than that, but before me, does it really count?
So we started in Spain. We arrived in Madrid at 7:45 AM local time making for a very long first day. Jose, Melissa, Lindsey and I even ended up finding a park where we could fall asleep. And we did. Good thing the students didn't see us. Better yet, what were the students doing while we were sleeping!? Since we all came back in one piece I'll assume nothing bad happened!
In Madrid, we saw a flamenco show, ate Tapas, and saw the Plaza Mayor (where the movie Vantage Point was filmed - check out the second picture), ate really gross ham, tried Sangria, went to the Prado Museum and the Royal Palace (Beth is going to get married there) saw first hand how messed up in the head Picasso was (but the Guernica was cool), lost Melissa, found Melissa, spoke Spanish fluently, and got a starbucks mug from Madrid.
The 3rd day we went to Barcelona. On the way we stopped at Carsacone for lunch. VIPs was 
great. Not V.I.P.'s, but VIPs. We switched busses and headed towards the former olympic city. It was cool to see the Sagrada Familia -- the church that has been under construction for 200 years or so. We got familiar with Gaudi's archetecture and saw the Mediterranian first hand. We ate Paella, saw the new Olympic center, bought souveniers, saw statues of Christopher Columbus, saw a building shaped like a pickle, went to a local food market, went to the Parque where one of the seasons of America's Next Top Model was filmed (and one of the Cheeta girl's movies), drank coffee, and got a starbucks mug from Barcelona.
great. Not V.I.P.'s, but VIPs. We switched busses and headed towards the former olympic city. It was cool to see the Sagrada Familia -- the church that has been under construction for 200 years or so. We got familiar with Gaudi's archetecture and saw the Mediterranian first hand. We ate Paella, saw the new Olympic center, bought souveniers, saw statues of Christopher Columbus, saw a building shaped like a pickle, went to a local food market, went to the Parque where one of the seasons of America's Next Top Model was filmed (and one of the Cheeta girl's movies), drank coffee, and got a starbucks mug from Barcelona.
Two days later we went to Paris! We took a night train from Toulouse to Paris. It was not comfortable but slightly better than a bus. At least we got to lay down, but Lindsey and I were put with our tour guide Vera and then two strange guys. Lindsey tried to speak to them in French, but they weren't having any of it. When we got to Paris we had breakfast and then hit the pavement. We first had a bus tour of the city, saw the Eiffel tower, went to Versailles (personal favorite place of mine), ate Chinese food, ate crepes, went up the Eiffel tower (this year to the top), walked up and down Champs d’elysee, went to the Louis Vuitton store, walked out of the Louis Vuitton store very quickly, remembered why I love Jose, ate more crepes, saw Napoleon's tomb, visted St. Chapel and saw the stained glass, and amongst other things, got a mug from starbucks.
All in all, not a bad trip. But after 4 years in a row, I might be ready to take a year off. If we go somewhere next year, where should we go?
Signing off for now...
Jill
3 comments:
Where should you go?? Portugal! :-)
I was going to say next years destination should be St. John in the Virgin Islands. A personal favorite of mine since this is where I got engaged. Plus, it is breathtaking and you can sit at the beach instead of hitting the pavement everyday!
Vienna!!
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