Next stop: VENICE. Venice has been a city that has always been on my bucket list to go to. I was absolutely blown away when I first saw the beauty of the city. The city is unreal with amazing views at every bridge and canal. Pretty sure I took about 500 photos in the day and half we were there. If I could post all 500 photos on this blog I would, but that isn’t possible so I will put in some of my favorites.
After Venice, we took a train back to Milan then flew out of Milan to Barcelona! Barcelona or just Spain in general has always been on the list to go to too. The first day we were there we ventured up to Park Güell for an incredible lookout of the entire city. It was completely breathtaking. We next saw the Sagrada Familia, which was a gorgeous church. The next two days we spent on the Barcelona beach. It was so nice just to tan in the WARM SUN. It was such a nice change from Denmark to actually see the sun and actually feel warm and not cold all the time. We didn’t even need a jacket, which was the first time in months that I didn’t need to be wearing one. We also went to a small island in Spain called Ibiza, which had beautiful beaches and gorgeous lookouts of the water and city. Spain is definitely a must go to country.
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| Barcelona lookout from Park Güell |
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| Lookout from cliffs in Ibiza |
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| Got to see an incredible sunset on the beach in Ibiza after an intense beach soccer game |
Our final stop of our long journey was London! I have been to London before, but I was not upset at all to go again. London is a city I can actually see myself living in. We really only had a day in London so we took a hop on/hop off bus so we could cover the whole city. Our Airbnb was only a 15 minute walk to the Tower Bridge, so that’s where we started the day. The next place we got off the bus was at the Big Ben. After Big Ben, we walked over to Westminster Abbey. We had absolute perfect timing to go to Westminster Abbey at this time because an Easter service was just starting and it was open to the public. We got in line and got to go into the amazing Westminster Abbey. The service and worship was beautiful with hymns and a wonderful Easter sermon. We even got to receive communion from the priest. It was definitely a once in a lifetime moment that I was so glad to experience. After the service, we hopped back on the bus and headed to Buckingham Palace. As we were just beginning to take pictures at the Palace, it started to hail on us. The weather in London is so unpredictable. It was sunny with a blue sky in the morning then turned to rain and clouds then turned to hail. But even through all the weather changes we enjoyed our day seeing the sights of London.
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| Inside the beautiful Westminster Abbey |
This
spring break was definitely my all time favorite. We got to see so
many different cities and experience so many different things. Traveling
from one big city to the next felt unreal and felt like I was living a
dream. I will forever remember this amazing spring break experience.--
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To find out more about the Walton college exchange program in Aarhus, visit http://studyabroad.uark.edu/exchange/wcobaarhus/
