Fun in the European Sun

 It is the end of my freshman year and the beginning of summer.  Some friends and I are planning a trip to Europe. 

We will be visiting France, Ireland, Scotland, England, and Italy.  While we are there many of us are hoping to see a lot of monuments including the Leaning Tower of Pisa (which has eight stories about it) the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, and of course Buckingham Palace.  

We also would not miss out on tasting one of every type of food we can find and afford.  France the first country we will be visiting first, they speak French, use the Euro and they have no political problems currently but they do have a beautiful city and flat plains.  

The next country we will visit is Ireland, where the Euro is also used and Irish is spoken.  Their land flows through cities and farms naturally and fluently. We wont be staying in Ireland long, but while there we have the great privilege to stay in a small cottage for the time while we are there.  We will be seeing a castle that my grandfathers great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather owned, but it is now a museum.  After that, a classic 1920's train will take us to Scotland.

They are the same as everyone else in using the Euro as their currency.  Also they speak Scottish and have no political problems, as for the landscape it is rolling moors like Ireland and England.  I am hoping to see someone playing bagpipes there.  For three days we are going to stay at a nice little inn until it is time. Next we will take a plane to England. 

England is not as much like Ireland and Scotland with all the cities but it still has some rolling moors that drop off to steep cliffs like Ireland and Scotland.   They also speak English except it is British English. There we will stay with my aunt at their humble abode.  England also does not have any political problems since we have been here, although there was some rioting in the streets for a week a month before.  Soon we will be arriving in Italy by a boat. 

They speak Italian and their currency is the Euro.  The county has a very characteristic lay of the land and has no political problems.  All of Europe is under one rule by the European Union.  Most of Europe was involved in World War I and World War II.  World War I was a problem because an Austrian leader was assassinated.  In World War II France was taken, in response England the French Resistance and many others joined the allied forces to take back what was theirs.  Many European lives were lost in that war.