Family Fieldtrip

A Family Vacation The ways how to spend your vacation may vary. Many young people prefer to spend their vacation with friends. Young people feel uncomfortable seeing their parents every day. The society think parents need to rest without children and children do the same thing without their parents. However, some families like spending their vacation together. Some families lose this tradition when their children grow up, but some families retain it. My family did not lose this tradition and we spend each summer vacation together. The summer of 2006 my family; my parents, my sister, my brother, and I made a trip to Paris, France. Paris; a famous worldwide city for its beauty and history. One of the most expensive cities in the world. Therefore, we all excited about going to this ancient city. I have never been to France although my parents have been there for several times and also during their honeymoon. I could see an expression of happiness in their faces when we arrived. We stayed in my mom’s house located in the sixteenth district. We planned to spend in Paris six unforgettable days. The first day we went to walk around the old city. I found my parents excited to recognize the same places and to notice that they did not change. They showed us many historical monuments. We bought a tourist guide in English and read much about history. I enjoyed much watching the bohemian Paris; all those artists and paintings. We bought some souvenirs for our relatives. Then we went to dine in the nearest café. I thought that French people would treat us badly because we speak English. However, I found this statement wrong. The French showed a friendly attitude towards us. The French gave us the best service we have received in any other restaurant before. There was one American man, though, who quarreled with the French in that café. He verbally expressed the French act incoherent and stupid, but they seemed to understand English very well. They commenced fighting and the police came immediately. We left the café with indignation. However, we do not show a bad attitude toward the French because they did not started the problem. The second day we made a museum day. We went to the world-renowned museum Louvre. To tell you the truth, the art does not makes me feel crazy about it. However, I felt myself enthusiastic to see the famous “Giaconda” or “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, “The Venus de Milo” and some other famous pieces of art. Still, I got surprised when I saw how many pieces of art the Louvre has. In fact, I had never seen so many antique things before in my life. We spent almost the whole day in Louvre and still we did not see even a half of it. We promised each other to return here some other day. And we did so on the last day in Paris. The day ended with a magnificent dinner in an expensive restaurant located on the prestigious and worldwide famous Foch Avenue in the 16th district. We drank some very well wine and now I understand why the wine makes feel proud the French society. The six days flied like one. We hated to leave, but we had to. We had visited everything we could: we went to the French Opera, we visited Versailles, and we walked on Champs Elysees. My family and I liked this trip very much. My parents remembered their honeymoon and I fell in love with art. I constantly asked to myself about what I got during this trip and I already have an answer for this question; it helped our family to feel one. We came with the idea that vacations together help families to unite and to be closer. Those who spend their vacations separately may feel they love their parents. But only when they spend their vacation together they do love them. Spending your vacation together helps the family to explore each other. Some people think that they can spend a family vacation some other time and this “other time” never comes.