Europe

Europe, the third continent I will be visiting on my global trip. Filled with rich culture and a powerful history, this will surely be an interesting place. I will be visiting France and Germany.

__**Absolute Locations://France-//** //**48 degrees 52 " 0' North, 2 degrees 19' 59" East | Germany- 52 degrees North, 13 degrees East.**//__ __**Relative Location://France- North of Africa, West of Russia, East ofSpain | Germany- East of France, North of Italy, South of Finland.// Size://France-//** //**65,073,482** **| Germany- 82,329,758**//__ __**Climate/Expected Weather:**//**60.8 °F**//__ __**Capital City://France- Paris | Germany- Berlin// Type of Government:****//France-// //French Republic | Germany- Federal Parliamentary Representative Democratic Republic.//**__ __**Currency:** //**Euro**//__

=__**Hotel Information**__= I will be staying at the Hotel Champlain Paris Saint-Lazare. It will cost 122 €. =**Hotel Champlain Paris Saint-Lazare **= Metro : Rome Hotel's official website**
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Hotel's sales conditions || || =__**Day 1**__= I will be arriving in Paris, France on the following US Airways flight. Paris, France (CDG) || 13hrs 40min - 2 Stops  Change planes in Boston, MA (BOS) Change planes in Zurich, Switzerland (ZRH)Flight #3210 on-time: No data available || $1,239 per person Select ||
 * Total price incl. of VAT, 3 Night(s) : ||
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__**Versailles Day Trip**__
//After checking into my hotel, I will go on a tour of the Versailles Palace, a lavish building located in France.//

__http://www.viator.com/tours/Paris/Versailles-Small-Group-Day-Trip-from-Paris/d479-2050PLUSVR_VE__



__**Boat Trip / Dinner**__
//After my Versailles Palace tour, I will head to the Eiffel Tower, where I will eat a well prepared meal on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower at the 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant. Dinner comes with a Cruise around the Seine River and a final destination of the Moulin Rogue, a popular nightlife spot in Paris.//

__http://www.viator.com/tours/Paris/Eiffel-Tower-Dinner-Paris-Moulin-Rouge-Show-and-Seine-River-Cruise/d479-2050TEM__



=__**Day 2**__=

__**Breakfast**__
//For breakfast of my second day in Paris, I will try a classy cafe, Breizh Cafe. Specializing in drinks such as Lattes and Coffee, I will be energized for the long day ahead.//

__http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/france/paris/review-430391.html__



__**Louvre Museum**__
//During my stay in Paris, it will be a definited plan of mine to visit the Louvre Museum. It is the biggest museum in the world and houses works such as the Mona Lisa for me to view.//

__http://www.viator.com/tours/Paris/Skip-the-Line-Paris-Louvre-Museum-Guided-Tour/d479-2050_PA__



__**Lunch**__
Pierre Herme is where I eat my Lunch in Paris, a small restruant with delicious foods and moderate prices. Specialities are it's macarons.

__**The Road to Berlin**__
//After Lunch I will head out on my way to Berlin Germany by car. It will take around 9 hours.//

__http://www.wildtexas.com/travel-calculator.php__

Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths.|| || Paris, France || 1,053 km (about 9 hours 38 mins)||> 1. || Head **north** on **Place de l'Hôtel de Ville** toward **Avenue Victoria** ||> 20 m ||
 * ==Your Driving Directions== ||  || ==Your Map== ||
 * **Walking directions are in beta.**
 * > 2. || Take the 1st **left** onto **Avenue Victoria** ||> 0.3 km ||
 * > 3. || Turn **right** at **Square de la Tour Saint-Jacques** ||> 93 m ||
 * > 4. || Continue onto **Boulevard de Sébastopol** ||> 1.3 km ||
 * > 5. || Continue onto **Boulevard de Strasbourg** ||> 0.7 km ||
 * > 6. || Turn **left** at **Boulevard de Magenta** ||> 0.2 km ||
 * > 7. || Turn **right** at **Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis** ||> 0.9 km ||
 * > 8. || Slight **left** at **Boulevard de la Chapelle** ||> 25 m ||
 * > 9. || Continue onto **Place de la Chapelle** ||> 29 m ||
 * > 10. || Continue onto **Rue Marx Dormoy** ||> 0.6 km ||
 * > 11. || Continue onto **Rue de la Chapelle** ||> 0.9 km ||
 * > 12. || Continue onto **Avenue de la Porte de la Chapelle** ||> 0.2 km ||
 * > 13. || Take the ramp on the **left** to **Saint-Denis/ Lille/ Bruxelles** ||> 0.2 km ||
 * > 14. || Merge onto **A1**Partial toll roadSpeed camera in 130 km ||> 137 km ||
 * > 15. || Take the exit onto **A2** toward **Cambrai/ Valenciennes/ Bruxelles/ Liège**Partial toll roadSpeed camera in 59.6 kmEntering Belgium ||> 77.6 km ||
 * > 16. || Continue onto **A7** ||> 36.8 km ||
 * > 17. || Take the exit toward **Liège/ Charleroi/ La Louvière** ||> 0.8 km ||
 * > 18. || Merge onto **A15** ||> 101 km ||
 * > 19. || Take the exit toward **A3/ E40** ||> 0.4 km ||
 * > 20. || Keep **right** at the fork, follow signs for **E40/ Aachen/ Verviers/ St Vith/ Prüm/ E25/ Maastricht/ E313/ Anvers** and merge onto **A3/ E40**Entering Germany ||> 50.6 km ||
 * > 21. || Continue onto **A44** ||> 10.6 km ||
 * > 22. || Take exit **4-Kreuz Aachen** to merge onto **A4** toward **Köln** ||> 51.6 km ||
 * > 23. || Take exit **10-Kreuz Köln-West** to merge onto **A1** toward **Dortmund/ Düsseldorf** ||> 107 km ||
 * > 24. || Take exit **82-Kamener Kreuz** to merge onto **A2** toward **Hannover/ Bielefeld** ||> 411 km ||
 * > 25. || Continue onto **A10** ||> 7.1 km ||
 * > 26. || Take exit **19-Potsdam** to merge onto **A10** toward **Frankfurt (Oder)/ Berlin-Zentrum** ||> 11.3 km ||
 * > 27. || Take exit **16-Dreieck Nuthetal** to merge onto **A115** toward **Berlin-Zentrum/ Berlin-Zehlendorf/ Potsdam-Zentrum** ||> 28.1 km ||
 * > 28. || Take exit **1-Dreieck Funkturm** to merge onto **A100** toward **Hamburg/ Wedding** ||> 7.6 km ||
 * > 29. || Continue onto **Seestraße** ||> 2.0 km ||
 * > 30. || Turn **right** at **Müllerstraße** ||> 1.8 km ||
 * > 31. || Continue onto **Chausseestraße** ||> 1.7 km ||
 * > 32. || Continue onto **Friedrichstraße** ||> 1.2 km ||
 * > 33. || Turn **left** at **B2/ B5/ Unter den Linden**Continue to follow B2/ B5 ||> 1.2 km ||
 * > 34. || Continue onto **Karl-Liebknecht-Straße** ||> 0.6 km ||
 * [[image:http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/icon_greenB.png]] || Berlin, Germany || ||

__**Berlin Dinner**__
//After arriving in Berlin, I'll need a meal from my long trip, and Alpenstueck is the perfect restruant to fill my hunger. With classy German food and a small menu with great food, I'm sure I wont be able to go wrong with my choice.//

__http://cgi.alpenstueck.de/user-cgi-bin/?file=kop1.php__



=__**Day 3**__= //For Breakfast in Germany, I'll be eating at Anna Blume, a famous Berlin diner named after a poem and known for it's filling meals.//

__http://www.10best.com/Berlin,Germany/Restaurants/Breakfast/92460/Anna_Blume_Berlin/__



__**Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp**__
//After breakfast, I will make my way up North of Berlin to Sachsenhausen, one of the many Nazi Death Camps. With a guided tour, I will be educated on the camp and Nazi Germany's past.//

__http://www.viator.com/tours/Berlin/Sachsenhausen-Concentration-Camp-Memorial-Walking-Tour/d488-3817CAMP__



__**Segway Tour**__
//Once arriving back in Berlin I'll take a segway trip around the city. Viewing things such as the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and Hitler's bunker, I'll be very educated on Germany's history.//

__http://www.viator.com/tours/Berlin/Berlin-Segway-Tour/d488-3933BERSEGWAY__



__**Dinner**__
//For dinner, I'll eat at Blockhaus Nikolskoe, a restruant housed in a royal lodge. With prices ranging from cheap to expensive, I can try all different sorts of meals.//

__http://www.blockhaus-nikolskoe.de/__



=__**Plane Home**__= //I'll wakeup and head back home to North America, then head back out to Africa to continue my trip.// ]] Change planes in London, Great Britain (LHR) Flight #3258 on-time: 88 % || $1,189 per person Select ||  ||   ||
 * ~ Airline ||~ Departure Time ||~ Arrival Time ||~ Total Travel Time ||||||~ One Way Price ||
 * [[image:http://i.travelocity.com.edgesuite.net/legacy/logos/ag_bdlogo_3.gif width="18" height="18" caption="British Midland"]] || British MidlandFlight 3258 operated by Lufthansa / Flight 2419 operated by US Airways || 7:15am Tegel-Berlin, Germany (TXL) || 3:40pm Philadelphia, PA (PHL) || 14hrs 25min - [[javascript:void(0);| 1 Stop