Europe Vacation by Kaylee Hanks

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Europe Vacation

Published on Dec 01, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

VACATION TO EUROPE

BY KAYLEE AND CASEY

TRAVELING THERE

We're taking a plane from the St.louis airport
and landing in London, England. We will use Delta Airlines, and it
is going to cost us $1652.20. The depart time is 11:25 A.M, and we will
arrive at 6:35 A.M in London. So it will take 13 hours and ten
minutes.

BIG BEN IN LONDON

It was completed in the year 1858,
and is 316 ft tall, or 96 meters.
The Palace of Westminster is the place where the House of Commons
and House of Lords meet. These are the two Houses of Parliament
for the UK. Big Ben is attached to it because

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TRIP ON THE CHUNNEL

It cost us 350 dollars for two people to ride the train.
It takes about three hours to get from London to Paris in the
Chunnel. The idea of digging a tunnel between France and Great Britain
has actually been around since 1802. In 1856 Aimé Thomé de Gamond was a
Frenchman who made a plan to dig two tunnels, one from each country.

CHUNNEL HISTORY

The two tunnels would eventually meet at an island.
In. 1880 Sir Edward Watkins actually started to drill from both sides.
But after about two years, the British people began to panic and thought that
it would lead to an invasion of the French. So they forced Watkins to stop
drilling. in 1973 they agreed once again to make the tunnel, but Britain

CONTINUED

stopped two years later because of an economic reason.
Finally in 1984, they both agreed to start digging to tunnel again.
They began building on the British side in 1987, and on the French side in
1988. And the Chunnel was opened on May 6th,1994.

PARIS, FRANCE

The Eiffel Tower in París France
is 1,063 feet tall. It was built for a number of reasons.
The one main reason was for the World Exhibition, also known
as the Paris Exposition of 1889. It commemorated the one hundred year
anniversary of the French Revolution in Europe.

AN INTERESTING FACT

Twenty five workers began brushwork in. March on a top to
bottom painting job that was expected to take eighteen months.
Once they finally finish, they will have put 60 tons of paint in three shades
of brown. Darkest at the bottom, lightest at the top.
It took two years , two months, and five days to build it.

LOUVRE

The louvre is a museum . The most famous objects are the paintings.
It would take 25 days to see everything that is in the museum.
Most of these paintings are hundreds of years old.

ROME,ITALY

The Colosseum in Rome was built for the entertainment of the citizens.
It was also built to show the greatness of their empire too. Emperor Vespasian
was ruling when they began to build the building. They began in 72A.D and finished
eight years later in 80 A.D when Vespasian's son Titus was the new emperor.
The Colosseum's original name was actually Amphiteatrum Flavium.

LA SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA,SPAIN

They began to build it in 1882.
This is an unfinished church.
It was designed and made by the architect Antoni Gaudi.
However,he died before he finished building it.
They are going to finish it, expecting it to be done in 2041.

EDINBURGH CASTLE, EDINBURGH,SCOTLAND

This castle is over a thousand years old.
Edinburgh castle is actually built on part of an old extinct volcano.
In the twelve century,ownership of the castle switched to England, but shortly
back to Scotland. The castle was also used as a prison back in the 18th and early
19th century. It was also used as a prison in World War 1.

EUROPA-PARK,RUST, GERMANY

This is one of the few theme parks in the German speaking countries
that is open in the winter. It is also the biggest park in the German speaking
countries. It's also the second most popular theme park in Europe, Disneyland in
Paris is the first. In this park, they have eleven roller coasters. They even have a
mascot, which is also a mouse. His name is Eruo. Then we left to go back to America.

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