Ok, here they are!
Just a quick note, Overall, the holiday was very good, except on the first day, it reached temperatures of 38 degrees celsius. Most of you are probably thinking that's nothing, but for the English (The one's that don't go to Spain) that's like being thrown into a boiling pot. I got a bit of sunburn, but I loved the holiday, and it was much easier being able to actually speak French this time, as the last few times I couldn't speak a word of it.
Anyway, here is our first visit, the massive Palace of Versailles! One of the biggest palace's in the world, built by Louis XIV basically to show off!
Here are pictures of the Garden's. Massive is the only word that can describe it. It was simply amazing, yet at the same time, a bit sickening. Every statue has some mythological meaning.
We were discouraged not to take pictures inside the house, but we were allowed to take a pic inside this one. The magnificent hall of mirrors. There are 2000 rooms in Versailles, and this was barely anything compared to others we saw:
Now, we move onto the Arc De Triomphe. This Arc has a lot of symbolic meaning as well as well-designed. All of the main Boulevards in Paris lead up to this one circle. It is to show that all areas of Paris lead up to this one point, and in the "center" of Paris where all this leads up to, there is a magnificent Arc of all of France's War victories. Unfortunately, the circle is now one of Europe's most dangerous places, as the 12 boulevards incuding the longest one, Champs-Elysees, have a lot of traffic, and if the center of paris is this circle, it has a hell of a lot of traffic on it.
inside the arc:
The Eiffel Tower, built as a gate for a conference France was having. Here, I took a pic when it was foggy (reminds me of England!) and two when it was clearer. Unfortunately, the Tower was closed that day, and we didn't get to go up it.
Inside looking at one of the feet:
A view from Chaillot, a building built by Napolean for his son.
Sacre-Coeur, there was no photography allowed inside and close to the church, so I had to take the photo quite far away:
Finally, the stuff everyone's been waiting for: The pics in the airports! there aren't as many as I took in Norway, simply because of two reasons:
1) We were in a rush
2) When we got to EGBB, we just wanted to get home
Also in Norway, I took pics of 3 airports, I've just got two here. Anyway, I hope you like them anyway:
Suprisingly foggy Charles De Gaulle, and suprisingly bright Birmingham! Here is a plane of some sort landing:
And the inside of Terminal 2F
Just a quick story while at Charles de Gaulle. I was really disappointed because; I was waiting at the gate, and there was one of those docking things. On the status screen, it said our flight was now approaching parking position. I looked at the dock, and saw an A330 dock with the gate. Even though I am a Boeing fan and 757 rules, I was still excited that the A330 was taking me back to EGBB. They opened the Dock gate, and I walked down it. Soon, there was a turn, and I thought this must be a turn to the door of the plane. After the turn, there were some stairs, and a bus at the bottom:{ After that, the Bus then took us to an Embraer 170. I have never been so disappointed:]
Anyway, here is the last picture, of the outside of Birmingham airport. Note that there are no cars on the roads this time, you can thank Gatwick for that one:{
Well, that's it! Sorry for not as many pictures as last time, but then again, it was a shorter holiday;)
Comments or questions appreciated as always!
