Information about the countries i went to.
*France-Full country name: French Republic
Area: 547,000 sq km (213,330 sq mi)
Population: 59 million
Capital city: Paris (pop 10.95 million)
People: 92% French, 3% North African, 2% German, 1% Breton, 2% Other (including Provençal, Catalan & Basque)
Language: French (also Flemish, Alsacian, Breton, Basque, Catalan, Provençal & Corsican)
Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant, 1% Muslim, 1% Jewish, 6% unaffiliated
Government: Democracy
President: Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister: Jean-Pierre Raffarin
*Switzerland-Full country name: Swiss Confederation
Area: 41,295 sq km (16,105 sq mi)
Population: 7.3 million
Capital city: Bern (pop 130,000)
People: 74% German, 20% French, 4% Italian & 1% Romansch
Language: German, French, Italian & Romansch
Religion: 49% Roman Catholic & 48% Protestant
Government: Federal republic
President: Kaspar Villiger
*Austria-Full country name: The Republic of Austria
Area: 83,854 sq km (32,367 sq mi)
Population: 8,139,000
Capital city: Vienna (pop: 1.64 million)
People: 97% Germanic origin, 2% Slovene & Croat and 1% Turkish
Language: 97% German, plus some Turkish, Slovene and Croat
Religion: 88% Roman Catholic, 6% Protestant
Government: Federal Republic
President: Thomas Klestil
Chancellor: Wolfgang Schüessel
*Italy-Full country name: Italian Republic
Area: 301,250 sq km (117,487 sq mi)
Population: 57.6 million
Capital city: Rome (pop 3.6 million)
People: Italian
Languages: standard Italian and numerous dialects, German, French, Slovene
Religions: 85% Roman Catholic, 5% Jewish and Protestant
Government: Republic
Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi


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TOP TEN
there were so many fun things going on during my trip. its very hard to pick just ten but heres the ones ive decided!!
10.airplane ride over-i was so excited to be coming to france.
9.vatican-even though i am not cathlic i loved seeing the vatican. it was one of the beautiful places ive ever ben too. it was so wonderful u almost cant describe it in words.
8.collesium-the collesium is one of the most historic places ive ever been. i thought it would look totaly diffrent but i loved how it looked.
7.eifel tower-it was one of the most beautiful places in the world. looking off it and onto paris is one of the greatest sites ever.
6.high ropes couse-we did this in austria, its was so fun!! its where you are 35 to 55 feet in the air and you walk on ropes that are about 2 inches thick
5.bobsledding-or they call it that. it was so fun. you go down a mountain on these yellow cars and you get to decide how fast you go!!
4.the concert in Vienna-we went to a beautiful concert with the works of motzart. i loved it so much!!
3.playing with the pigeons-we played with pigeons in venice, italy. it was so fun!! one of them pooped on my shoulder thoguht, lol.
2.meeting finley and victoria-they were my bestest friends on the trip!!they are from georgia and we met at the airport.
1.HOMESTAY-homestay was the best part of the whole trip. since it was in austria we had some language problems some of the time. we had to grab the dictionary alot and such.