I was in Beauvais, France for three months from February until May. \u00a0I knew it would be cold when I arrived there, but I didn’t know just how cold! \u00a0I wore my long winter jacket until the week before I left. \u00a0Along with all the other challenges– language and culture included, the weather was quite a shock. \u00a0There was a lot of snow and rain and sleet and hail, and I didn’t see the sun for like two months. \u00a0Later I found out that it was the coldest winter in mainland Europe in forty years. \u00a0When the spring finally came to Beauvais, the flowers were gorgeous! \u00a0The whole place turned green, the snow eventually melted, and the soggy ground dried up, so don’t think this place is hopeless.<\/p>\n
Due to the extreme nature of this past winter in France, I decided to plan a trip to the warmest city in Europe, Malaga, Spain. \u00a0I got to visit Gibraltar, where my sight reached all the way to Africa. \u00a0I loved Malaga so much that I still dream about moving back there! \u00a0If France hadn’t been so cold, I wouldn’t have discovered the south of Spain. \u00a0Plus there is a regional airport in Beauvais that flies discount planes all over Europe, so travel is very easy with in Europe. \u00a0Paris is only an hour and fifteen minute train ride too, so I could take long-distance trains from the hub in Paris. \u00a0I’m glad that Beauvais was both grim and easy to travel from because I don’t know that I would have been as adventurous otherwise.<\/p>\n
I visited Paris a lot and Normandy, on the coast of France. \u00a0I also had the chance to fly to Frankfurt, Germany to stay with an old friend. \u00a0My sister met me in Paris and we took a train to Amsterdam, then we flew to Vienna, Austria. \u00a0We took a train to Bratislava, Slovakia, and flew back to Beauvais, France. \u00a0Then we flew to Malaga, Spain, where we stayed for a week, then we flew straight to Edinburgh, Scotland, and we took a train to St. Andrews. \u00a0This just goes to show how easy it is to travel in Europe. \u00a0I would recommend RyanAir, Vueling, and CheapOAir for flights and Booking.com and hotels.com for cheap rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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