GLASGOW — Traveling through Europe and playing music for part of the summer is a good gig if you can get it. Two Glasgow High School band students were able to do just that earlier this year.

Daniel Cambron and Jamey Buchanan were selected to participate in the Voyageurs Kentucky Ambassadors of Music European concert tour through the University of Louisville from June 30 through July 15.

GHS band director Corey Bonds was contacted by the university for a list of names of junior and senior music students for the tour and Buchanan, a clarinet player, and Cambron, who plays trumpet, were chosen.

The boys attended a five-day camp beforehand to learn the music — a collection of polkas, marches and patriotic music, according to Cambron. The two joined students from all over the state of Kentucky as ambassadors on the trip.

The first stop on the 16-day tour was London, England, where the two enjoyed fish and chips and English tea. While sightseeing, they were able to see the London Eye or Millenium Wheel, British Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.

After three days, the group departed from the White Cliffs of Dover, crossed the English Channel on a two-hour ferry ride and arrived in France.

They performed in Paris and then took time out to visit the Louvre Museum where they saw the Mona Lisa and Winged Victory, and then took a boat ride on the River Seine and saw Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower.

The next destination was Switzerland — Cambron’s best stop on the trip.

“By far, it was my favorite place,” he said. “It was gorgeous. There was no trash or graffiti.”

He also bought the required Swiss Army knife and “lots” of chocolate.

The students traveled to the Alps,  saw the Matterhorn and they swam in Lake Geneva.

Buchanan also found his “wow” spot in Switzerland.

“The Alps were my absolute favorite,” he said.

Even though the food was good, both boys said they ate too much bread and cheese and began to miss “side items” after a while.

“We wanted vegetables — corn, green beans, and steak and potatoes,” they said.

A stop in Liechtenstein, one of the world’s smallest countries, lasted for about “an hour,” according to the boys, and then they traveled to Austria where they visited the town of Seefeld and the site of the Innsbruck Winter Olympics. Cambron was impressed by the Austrian crystal they found in the shops, he said.

Venice, Italy, was next on the itinerary, which Cambron said was “the strangest city.” They found beautiful blown glass there and ate “real Italian” pizza. The students were in a city floating on water, but they said a bottle of the stuff cost them $6.

The last part of the tour was in Germany. They visited the medieval town of Rothenburg and performed a concert in the village square behind 15-foot tall walls.

The boys were impressed with German technology, especially with the number of windmills and solar panels seen throughout the country. They had a more somber visit to Dachau, a World War II concentration camp, however.

“It was a sad reminder,” Cambron said.

Buchanan and Cambron spent more than two weeks traveling in seven countries and playing musical concerts. The two students both said they met a lot of good people interested in music and that the experience left them thinking about future travels.

“I certainly want to travel more now,” Buchanan said.