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Published: February 25th 2008
Eiffel Tower
First day of the Spain Trip. Met in Paris and went up the Eiffel TowerHi all
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Today is my first day back after the February vacation of two weeks.
For the two week vacation I went to Spain and the south of France on a Rotary trip. We visited a futuristic based park called Futurescope, saw a famous castle outside of Toulouse called Carcassonne, roamed the streets of Girona and visited the Cathedral of Girona and did a full tour of lots of museums and galleries in Barcelona. I loved seeing the architecture of Gaudi in Barcelona, it is really individual and modern but at the same time it is absolutely breathtaking with all the detail. I also really loved the Dali and Picasso museums. Both of their art work was revolutionary in the art world and this was really great to see where a new era of art began! Dali's work is so different I really liked it. The paintings are so, so detailed and I loved all of the optical illusions and 'deeper meanings' within his paintings and artworks. I met lots of fantastic people from all over the world and we all had a great time. A great
Eiffel Tower
Me and most of the Eiffel Tower... experience and I'm busting to head back to Spain to drink some more Sangria and have some more Tapes and Paella!
After my week in Spain I went to the mountains with my host family. We were in Massif Central in a tiny town on the side of a mountain called Thiers. Thiers was a huge centre of steel production in the early 20th century but is not like this anymore. It was a really pretty city as it was located on the side of the mountains and you could see across to the ski slops of Massif Central. My family really like visiting old churches and so we saw some of the Cathedrals, Abbeys and churches from the Walk of St Jacques, a spiritual walk that is undertaken by people from all across the world each year in August. I saw lots of tombs and crypts from the 13th and 14th Century which was absolutely amazing. That sort of history to me is just out of this world but I absolutely loved seeing all the beautiful architecture and history behind each of the attractions. One of my favourites was the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-ferrand which was black because
Carcassonne
The outside of Carcassonne it was made out of volcanic rock. There is a string of famous mountains in Clermont Ferrand called the Chaîne des Puys. They are old volcanoes. My host family and I climbed the biggest one called Puy-de-Dôme. Great fun!
Back to school now.... one month and then it is Printemps Vacances (Spring/Easter holidays).
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LauraW
Laura W
Dali
I actually just started crying when I read you went to see Dali's works I am so so soooooooo SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO incredibly jealous. He is like my idol. IDOL I TELL YOU! oh my goodness I want to cry again!