How did the man go from Calais to Paris?

W: Hello, Dave. I haven’t seen you for some time. Have you been away?
M: Yes, I’ve just returned from a holiday in France and Spain.
W: Sounds good. Did you travel around much?
M: Quite a lot. I had a month’s holiday so there was plenty of time.
W: How did you get around?
M: Oh, all sorts of ways—bus, boat, train, car and plane. I caught the train from London to Dover and then got the boat across the Channel to Calais. I met a friend on the boat who was going to Paris too, so I have company on the train journey from Calais. In fact she had friends in Paris so I stayed with them for a few days instead of in a hotel. It saved me a lot of money.
W: That was lucky! What did you do there?
M: Oh, the normal things—went to the Louvre and Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower and so on. It was my first visit to Paris, so it was interesting to visit them.
W: Where did you go next?
M: To Avignon in the south of France. I went by bus so I saw a lot of the villages. I really liked some of the buildings and Avignon is a beautiful place. I stayed in a small hotel that was really comfortable and pleasant. After that I went by bus to Barcelona. It’s a fascinating city and I stayed there a long time, nearly two weeks.
W: It sounds interesting. Perhaps I’ll go there next year. Where did you go next?
M: I travelled south along the coast. I hired a car and visited the seaside resorts but I didn’t like them so I didn’t stay very long. When I arrived in Valencia I left the coast and drove to Madrid. I stayed with some friends who live there. It was very hot so we didn’t do much, just talked and went out to bars most of the time, although I did visit the famous Prado museum and I went to a bullfight one afternoon
W: A bullfight! Did you enjoy it?
M: Um, it was interesting but I didn’t really enjoy it—too much blood.
W: I can imagine that.