My vacation in Europe !!!

France : my first love and not the last. I landed here for the first time I said there is something attracted me to this place. Hmmm…is it the Eiffel tower .

Paris: Paris is an amazing city. I had been strongly warned about the pickpocketers that are here. “Hang on to your purse and wallet; don’t let go of your bags for even a second.” At the same time it is supposed to be the “city of love.” Hmmm. Seems a bit opposite, if you know what I mean. It was the safer country in Europe in my opinion. But there is so much history in this city, it’s just awesome to ponder it. Just wish i had a little more time to ponder . . .

Some pictures of paris

From here I took one of faster trains in Europe which is THALYS that has an average speed of 350KM/H going directly to Brussels in less than 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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Belgium:


Brussels: first of all I surprise that the city having many of Arabs I noticed that obviously :) . The city after all is a business city .Not that much interested but I found some things like mini-Europe and some gardens around their palaces .



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Italy :
Venezia: The city of water as I can call it or a unique floating city . No taxis but the small boats which called candola (gondolini).I took around the islands starting from Ponte di Rialto and taste some homemade ice cream .emmm,Delecous.I recommend many places like Basilica di San Marco, Museo Archeologico and many nice restaurants ….see pictures:




Verona:
Today I went to Verona. Verona is the location for the inspiration of the famous Romeo and Juliet.

Juliet’s balcony


It is said that the play was inspired from an actual occurrence in this city. Apparently it is a common thing for large families to be mad at each other here in Italy, even today. I’m not sure, but maybe that’s where the mafia got its roots. It is a beautiful city which has inspired many artists.


Here there was a Roman arena that is in better condition than the Coliseum. You can actually see what the arena must have been like. Apparently the people discovered iron in the walls of the Coliseum and began to dig it out, due to its value. However, this greatly weakened the walls, leading to its partial collapse after a large earthquake. If the iron had not been stolen, the Coliseum would probably still be in the same condition as this Roman arena in Verona.


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Switzerland:

Lucern Lake:From here I began my climbing into Switzerland.Switzerland is the most amazingly beautiful country and combined with the colors of the Fall season – absolutely breathtaking. The highest of the Alps is marvoules.I gone up to 1300 meters above sea level to one of amazing seen in my entire life which was the Lucerne lake.







I enjoyed the lake since I’ve been there for the first time . I felt like I lived the moment, my soul start flaying here and there.Oh what a wonderful lake. I start thinking that this water as clear as crystal need a shot to try it so I took a sip then ohhhhh it was like water mixed with sugar and taken directly from a fridge.Truely unbelievably the taste was insane. In the night you will hear the train coming and going with a church ringing bills every hour just like a horror movies (I didn’t sleep very will).

The day in Switzerland started out foggy and cold. i took a boat trip on The Lucerne river down to the city. If it had been a clear day, it would have been an amazing trip because i would be seeing the Alps all around. Instead, it was just a nice little boat trip on a lake and some pretty (and very expensive) houses on the shore. A little rain makes me disappointed because I can’t see clearly from the windows of the boat. then I reached the city of Luzern as the local call it. I surprise that it was cheaper than france.They have many original watches, army knives and coco clock wall watches.

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The end of my trip was from lucern city to Dole in france then to paris again ….. I love paris:

From dole to paris: Today i traveled by bus most of the day through the beautiful French countryside, snapping pictures through my bus window.

This truly has been a whirlwind tour, giving me just a “taste” of Europe, making me want another bite – some day.Emmmmm.

I arrived in Paris at about 3:00 in the afternoon. The bus mostly drove around the city . Again – snapping pictures from the bus. Then i were finally allowed to get off at Notre Dame cathedral. i’m not meaning to sound crazy. Seeing a lot in a very short period of time, but it does make me a little sad when I would like to just sit and stare for hours at these magnificent pieces of architecture. You should see me running around – snap, snap, snapping pictures – running back to catch up with a metro or a bus.

Finally if you want to see more pictures about me and my trips you are most welcome here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mghonly/

Thanks for your time .... Hope all our times full of happiness .... see you in another story . :)