EU Trip

This is a report on the whirl wind trip of the students of Pepperdine Law school to the institutions of the EU during our trip we visited Brussels, Luxemberg, and Strasburg, France.
Early on Wednesday I headed to the train station to take the Eurostar which is a train that goes under the Ocean to Paris and Brussels. We were headed to Brussels and we were dressed to kill in our business suits, so it was me and about 35 of my peers took over a large part of a train car and I attempted valiantly to sleep and or do homework but wound up not doing enough of either. So we hopped off the train and on to the bus and drove to the EU Parliment which is in Brussels while there we fought valiantly to remain awake. Some failed, like myself, and others succeeded. After that we did a brief walk to the lovely town center. Which we could not take the bus to because "it was forbidden." The square was lovely which gold lief buildings and neo gothic artichecture and strawberries dipped in chocolate nom nom nom. My favorite. Who knew I would miss that part about Germany. Then we drove to Luxemberg ate dinner and I went for a long walk along the bridge overlooking the natural fortifications of the city. It was a lovely trip and then I went to bed.
The next morning we visited another European institution-but the most moving part of the trip was the visit to the WWII monument. This is where General Patton is buried. It is here that the grounds are almost fanatically maintained. The grass is pristine the white marble crosses are sparkling. This is what we do with heroes. We honor their memory with manicured lawns and flowers, because frankly after they are gone you have nothing else to do for them. But I hope that sometimes when I feel that sparkle of gratitude and joy at the life I have the privilege of living because of histories present course that I am honoring them to.
My favorite leg of this trip was in France. I actually really love France the country is extreme beautiful. Strasburg certainly was, we stayed in a lovely hotel with a hot tub bath that I indulged in when ever possible. It was so fun we went out to dinner and I really got to met my peers. The evening was spent walking around the city and the morning on a cab ride to Waterloo. Which was a really lovely trip to a muddy field. No matter how great and historic Napoleons final defeat was I still felt like it was a muddy field. It is funny how our world is made in the most ordinary places like an ordinary field. The tyrant was unseated after his unbelievable escape from exile. That my friends is Waterloo.