Gravline, France

Graveline is a town totally surrounded by water. You must walk over a bridge to get into this quaint little town. The five of us; Katie, Becca, Patrick, Laura and I, take a bus that only takes about 30 minutes from Dunkerque. Once we get there we do a little exploring of a statue garden and of the town itself, then we head to the ocean which has perhaps the largest beach that I have ever seen in my life. It looked like a desert. The weather was crisp and breezy but not uncomfortably cold, and it helped that there was so much beauty everywhere, the colours of fall amaze me all the time, I feel as though they will never get old to me.

We walk along the boardwalk to get to the ocean, which takes quite a while since the beach is so dang long. A few stops are made along the way to explore the sights around us. Laura is a German teaching assistant that Katie knows through her program and Patrick is her man-friend who is visiting her for break. Patrick and Laura like to take pictures while they are jumping, so we decided to try it.

Once we make it to the end of the boardwalk some of our party, (Katie and I are not included) decide that they want to walk on the beach which includes climbing down a rock cliff like thing. Katie and I have shorter legs than most of the group so this adventure was a bit more scary for us, but we did finally make it and were thankful to be safe on the ground.