hollidays 2010

2010 Summer Hollidays Inter-RailA train experience for the family

Summer hollidays...

... are very important!We travel as a family, and we like to meet new places and learn new things.In 2010 we left the tents at home and decided to try the train and make urban tourism: we visited big cities and we revisited Taizé, where we feel part of a community.It was a great experience!

We left Oeiras on the 27th July 2010, and visited the cities of Bordeaux, Paris, Barcelona and Madrid.On the way, we had much fun at the Futuroscope thematic park, in Poitiers, and we stayed for a week in Taizé, in French Burgundy.

2010 Summer Hollidays Inter-Rail

Sleeping in the train was a great experience!Our first stop was at Bordeaux: we walked around the city, and stayed at Michel Pujos’ house. In the couple of days there, ewe visited the famous vineyards, the village of Saint Emilion and the Dune of Pyla.

Train Stations

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On August 2, we left Bordeaux really early and took the TGV to the Futuroscope, near Poitiers, a thematic park full of 3D movies, interactive shows, dynamic chairs and even robots that made you dance in all directions!

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By the end of that day, we arrived to Paris, where we stayed in the apartament “Sous les toits”, a 6th floor with no elevator right close to the subway station “République”. On August 3rd, we passed by the Louvre (closes on tuesdays!), the Tuilleries’ gardens and the Champs Elisées.

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Louvre Museum

Next day we went to the Eiffel Tower and to the Louvre Museum - we and some more millions of tourists!

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On August 5th we went up the “Canal Saint Martin” by boat - through 6 canal locks! -, starting at the Concorde and arriving to La Vilette, where we visited the House of the Music and some of the exhibitions. We ended up dining at the Hard Rock Café - it was a promise!

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On Aug. 6th we went to Versailles, on the 7th to the Natural History Museum, seing the Sorbonne, the Luxembourg gardens, Notre-Dame, Sacré-Coeur, Quartier Latin and had a little rain near the Moulin Rouge...

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Celebrating 70 years of Taizé and 5 years of the death of Fr. Roger

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Palace of the Catalan Music - Barcelona

On August 16, after staying a night at Mâcon, we did the hardest trip, to Barcelona, where we walked around through the Ramblas, parks, monuments, museums, etc. etc.

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Madrid’s days were hot - could be worse... -, and we saw the Park of the Retiro, Royal Palace and gardens, Queen Sofia Museum, the Prado Museum, El Rastro market, ...

Plaza Mayor

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The trips went well, the promenades too, the friends from Taizé filled our hearts... We keep many good memories, to accompany us... until the next hollidays! ;-)

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Summer Hollidays 2010

July 29 to August 23 2010