France

My spring break lasted 2 whole weeks...so I went on a trip with my soccer team and other athlete teams to Spain. We drove down in a charter bus and it took us 30 hours to get from Lincoln to Salou, Spain (on the south side bordering the ocean) We went down around London and took a ferry to Calais, France from Dover, England. The white cliffs of Dover were really pretty and it was my first ferry trip ever. I walked to one of the decks with a few teammates and looked out to the English channel. It took about an hour and half to cross it. Then we arrived in France and it was interesting since I took 3 years of French in high school and could read the signs and understand the language so I was thrilled.

Our nice bus driver Dave drove us through Paris so we saw the sights at night beautifully lit up. The Moulin Rouge, Notre Dame, Louvre, Opera House, Arc D'Triumph (the mini one), and yes of course the Eiffel Tower. The city was gorgeous and the buildings all fit well together, I can see why Paris is such a nice place to see as a romantic city. The rest of the night we drove through France as we slept. When I woke up again we were somewhere in Spain and it was getting hot and was nice and sunny. Various parts of the Spanish countryside almost reminded me of the Black Hills since they were spotted with lots of trees, and were hilly.