Leading up to our last day in Paris, we were told there was an amazing surprise planned, but wouldn't know what it was until we got to our hotel. Everyone was super excited to find out we would be spending our final day at Versailles! We started off by biking to a local market that …
Day 21.1 – Versailles
Today we woke up for what would be our last full day in Paris (at least for the others, I myself am staying back for a whole week!) and despite the fact that we were going to the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, it was a bittersweet feeling to know that it would be the …
Day 20.2 – The Louvre
Like Avery said in the last blog post, we did have a very rough night of traveling. There was a man leaning on me and it was just a long night with no sleep. But We did end up getting into Paris at 6:30am so we had the whole day to do whatever we wanted. …
Day 20.1 – Back to Paris
Today is the day we travel back to Paris to reunite with the rest of the group. Although I’m excited to see them all, it will be sad to leave beautiful Andermott, Switzerland. We traveled by car down the twisting roads of the mountains to Lucerne. We had made this journey a few times, but …
Day 19 – Leaving Chamonix
Today is our last day in the beautiful French ski town, Chamonix, nestled in the valleys of the French Alps. We agreed the night before to wake up later since we would have a long day full of exploring the town and traveling back to France. We all headed out to breakfast at 10:30 to …
Day 18 – Rafting in Chamonix
Today our group met up in the lobby of the hotel to go on a short walk to go white water rafting. What we didn’t know was that this rafting company has multiple locations, so when we reached the location that was very close to the hotel, we learned that this was actually not the …
Day 17 – Straight Up a Mountain
Let me just start out by saying that everywhere we have been since we split up in Lyon, it has rained everyday except on the travel where we have only part of the day the explore. So the day we got to Switzerland it did rain most of the day, but then there was a …
Day 16 – A Day in Genoa
We started our day bright and early by meeting at 6:45 am to begin our journey to the coastal town of Genoa. After a short ride on the subway, we boarded our train. The train ride was only 2 hours, and most of us used that time to take a nap, occasionally waking up to …
Day 15 – Touring Torino
Late last night we arrived in Turin, making today our first official day in Italy! Before heading out this morning, the group met up for breakfast at the hotel, where we had coffee, croissants, fruit, and other Italian breakfast foods. As this was our first day in Turin, we were excited to have the chance …
Day 14 – Au revoir France and ciao Italia!
Today, Sunday, was our last day in Chamonix and also our last day in France for a few days. Recovering our legs from our hike the day prior, the majority of us slept in and hung around our hotel till around lunch time; however, since this was our last day nestled between the Alps in …
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