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Lake Garda, Venice & Verona Italy
Saturday 22nd
March 2014
One last early rise
approached for the last part of the long journey back to Calais and then home. Our last breakfast at Metz had been and gone and we soon set off at 6:45am and
then the French landscape heading back to Calais
crossed my mind remembering how depressing it was on the way to Metz. However, as we were
driving along, it was quite the contrary. Along the way there were some
peculiar arts on the roadside which looked very interesting. The art in
question were marble looking globes with multicoloured triangles, squares and
circles as well which were weirdly fascinating. I think it slightly relieved me
of my boredom but still there were no mountains to look at or beautiful blue
lakes. I suppose the only thing that was great was how incredible and smooth
the French roads were. After a very long and tiring journey through France with a few stops along the way, we
finally arrived in Calais.
Unfortunately, the ferry was not there to get straight on this time so we had
to wait for a period of time. We had to go through customs and show our
passports before getting on the boat. I thought I was going to be pulled to one
side for being the only young passenger on the coach but they just moved me
along not that I had anything to hide. We set off on the ferry waving goodbye
to France
and a very wonderful journey taken this past week. Once the ferry got moving
and out into open sea, the crossing was quite choppy and wobbly but manageable
as I held what was in my stomach down. I spent my remaining 100 Euros on the
ferry for my family and then sat with quite a few of the passengers having a
chat to pass the time. We were then welcomed by the sites of the white cliffs
of Dover once
more which was still a wonder to see. It was a nice feeling too seeing them
knowing what a journey I had taken since watching the white cliffs disappear a
week ago with so many stories to tell when I returned home. We were soon frog
marched onto the coach and off the ferry heading straight for Woodall where we
would return to the feeder coach. The journey there felt a lot quicker which
was a great feeling as at this point I just wanted to get home. We arrived at
Woodall at night time and then I said goodbye to some amazing people who I may
never see again in my life. It was time to leave on the other coach which would
take me back home to good old Newcastle.
It was starting to get quite late and on the feeder coach back to Newcastle were travellers who went to Rome
and Florence so
I had a great chat about their holiday experience and mine too. I also had a
good talk with a few passengers from the Lake Garda
holiday which made the journey back feel a lot quicker. After dropping
passengers off in Darlington, Middlesbrough and Sunderland, I was the last one
on the coach and then the familiar sights of Newcastle finally arrived and then I caught
sight of my grandad and Terry waiting for me. It was a great feeling getting
off the coach with my rucksack and hopping into grandad’s car. On the journey
back home I told them about how amazing my trip was and what I had been up to
and they were happy that I had a great time. The sight of home was finally in
front of me with my mother at the door smiling. A very nice welcome back home
from my amazing journey I thought as I entered home quite exhausted. I had a
great chat with my parents about the incredible time I had and relieved to be
home from an immense journey. Later on I finally had a chance to sit down,
relax and reflect on my great experience to Lake Garda, Venice
and Verona.
Also to picture all the memories of leaving England
on the ferry to Calais, the absolutely wonderful
sites of the snow covered Swiss Alps and of course arriving in the beautiful Italy.
Its amazing lakes and cities and of course the infamous Venice still stamped deep in my memory. I had
finally been there and it is a memory I shall treasure forever. It was also
nice to finally get my first pin in my world map wondering how many more pins I
could add in the future of my travels.
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