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“Nice, the Mediterrean Sea, and the beach” Abalzer’s photos around Nice, France (travel pics)
Preview of Abalzer’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Nice, France Entry Title: “Nice, the Mediterrean Sea, and the “beach”" Entry: “Thursday, June 24, afternoon in Nice, France After getting back from our morning of touring we had the afternoon to explore Nice. Most of the students wanted to go to the “beach” and swim which was ok by me I was ready for some down time so to the beach we went. Now as much as I have enjoyed Nice the rocky “beach” is really not all that great. Rocks are hard, hard to walk on, hard to sit on, and hard to lie on. I will say the beach was crowded with people and no one else seemed to mind the rocks so I guess it’s just us Americans who think a beach means sand. Anyhow besides the rocks the students also got the full European experience at the beach. Topless sun bathers were common and thong swim trunks, on men, we also in fashion. The students had been prepared before we went to the beach but knowing something and actually seeing it are two different things, but the sun was wonderful and I will be coming home with a nice tan. The other cool thing about the beach was the Nice airport is located at the end of the beach but right along the water so when the planes take off they take off straight towards the beach so it was enjoyable watching the planes fly overhead wondering whose private plane it might be flying away …
Preview of Justinrowe’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Rennes, France Entry Title: “Mont Saint Michel and Paris revisited” Entry: “Le Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France was a place that I had been wanting to visit long before I came over to Europe. Taking advantage of a few spare days before starting a new job in London, I decided that I had the perfect opportunity to make the short trip to France. Mont Saint Michel is difficult to describe. It’s a large rock island covered with medieval buildings and crowned with an enormous Abbey. When taken in all at once it looks like a fairytale castle. At certain times when the tide is in, it becomes almost completely surrounded by water. Walking in the main gate you have to make your way up the cobbled streets and through the gauntlet of restaurants and souvenir shops. From there, you join the queue for access to the abbey. Once inside, you follow a designated route up many stairs and through different rooms. It’s difficult to imagine how the rooms were ever used, most of them are empty to accommodate the throngs of tourists. But they all have beautiful ornate ceilings and old glass windows. In the top part of the abbey (that is accessible to tourists) you can walk out onto a large stone terrace where you can see out over the great expanse of the surrounding water and mud flats and down over the …
Read More“Champs-Elysees and dinner up on the hilltop” Abalzer’s photos around Paris, France (travel pics)
Preview of Abalzer’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Paris, France Entry Title: “Champs-Elysees and dinner up on the hilltop” Entry: “After the Louvre we walked over to the Arc de Triomphe, most of you will know it as the place where Lance Armstrong stands when he wins the Tour de France but it is really a victory arch (I’ve talked about those in the past) and it is the memorial to the French soldiers of WWI and WWII. The interesting thing about the arch is around it is a round-a-about that is twelve lanes; yes I did say twelve lanes, wide. Twelve streets lead off of the circle and the car to the right always has the right a way. It was crazy to watch and one other small note no insurance company will insure cars while they are driving in this crazy circle so if there is an accident the cost is divided 50/50 between the drivers. One more reason in my opinion to not have round-a-abouts We also got to spend time on the Champs-Elysees, the most expensive shopping street in Paris. While on the Champs we saw a PINK Lamborghini it was rather ugly in my opinion but to each their own. Also while on the Champs one of our group had their debit card eaten by the atm machine. There was a moment of panic but when all was said and done it all worked out ok. Another funny thing I saw on the Champs-Elysees at the Louie Vuitton store, was a line just to get …
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