Student Travel Through Europe
Traveling through europe as a student is a unique opportunity to get a wonderful education outside of the classroom. Jonathan Hardcastle shares his experiences as a student traveling through europe.
Title: Traveling Through Europe
Author: Jonathon Hardcastle
Article:
The summer of 2005, my friend and I decided to apply for as ummer program as part of our graduate degree and travel fromUnited States to Europe and specifically to Brugges in Belgium, so as to attend an intensive seminar at The College of Europe on Politics, Policies, Lobbying and the European Union. Although I have never visited Belgium before, I was really excited to discover, while browsing the internet, that I was about to visitone gorgeous and historical city of the "Old Continent," while enhancing my academic knowledge and meeting new people.
Before leaving the US we printed any information we could find regarding the city's tourist locations, interesting cafes and historic buildings. Although Brugges is a very small town, it offers a lot of possibilities to those interested in exploring its excitements. But even if it surpassed our expectations,visiting only one European town or country seemed a waste for such a trip.
Thus, we decided in advance to research the opportunities a young graduate student has while traveling around in Europe and the most convenient, cheap and interesting way to go from city to city and country to country was via train.
The [tag-tec]Eurorail[/tag-tec] trains are the simpler way people have to visit a variety of [tag-ice]European destinations,[/tag-ice] as boarding a train actually offers to the adventure-seekers the possibility of having an extraordinary trip and admiring the countryside in the meantime. In fact, upon the completion of the summer program, we packed our bags and traveled from Brussels to [tag-self]Amsterdam.[/tag'self] The Netherlands' capital was a combination of beauty and adventure. The city streets, the people walking or bicycling around, the nice weather and its countless river docks create a unique combination of images, which are food for hungry eyes-like ours.
Since we had less than 48 hours available to see as much as possible, we decided to pay a visit at the Van Gogh Museum, walk the Red District by night, and of course take the tram to travel through the city and gaze its unbelievable beat.
ext stop was Paris, France. Lucky as we were to find an available and affordable room as soon as we got off the train station, the next thing was to find a map of the city and its incredible metro system and travel around to check everything!
Notre Dame, bridges, the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille,
Champs-Elysees, small cafes and long walks across the Seine River or through the area of Montmartre, made our stay in Paris unforgettable. In fact, one of the best pictures we got from this trip was in front of the Arc de Triomphe and we took it by ourselves-both faces appear on the frame.
Monte Carlo was our next and most expensive destination, but its beaches and sun gave our trip a legendary feel.
Next, we visited Italy. Florence and Venice, two of the most important trade cities in Europe offered us some life-time opportunities. Historical monuments, paved streets, canals, museums, restaurants and Italian cafes convinced us that Italy is actually much more than an interesting destination. In fact,
I fell-in-love with almost every single building we crossed and by the time we had to catch our plain back, I thought we have made a huge mistake; our eight day trip should have lasted a lifetime.
About the author:
Jonathon Hardcastle writes articles on many topics including <a xhref="http://totallytraveling.net/">Travel</a>, <ahref="http://4boatingstuff.com/">Boating</a>, and <ahref="http://parorbetter.com/">Golf</a>
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