London- Paris

So i am home from my crazy trip to london and paris. it was one of the best times ive had on this trip. we flew to london and arrived at midnight london time. because we didnt know where we were going we didnt get to our hostel till 4 am. we got up at 8am to start touring. we were dead. also london was 20 degress colder then rome is. freezing. bright sunshine but freezing. We saw the tower of london, tower bridge, the crown jewels, big ben and parliment (my friends found the joke old after about 2 min when i kept doing the thing from national lampoons "hey kids look, big ben..parliment") haha

we rode the london Eye which is the biggest farriswheel in the world. great views of the city at sunset. that night i met up with my friends kristin and zack who were on my crew team last year. we went out to a few pubs which is an awesome atmosphere. the next day i saw westminster abby, buckingham palace, hyde park and kensington gardens, we also saw kensington palace where princess dianna lived till her death. it was beautiful. we also went to harrods which is the biggest department store in the world. the whole time i was thinking how much my sisterin law would go nuts and how much my brother would be hating it.

side note, the pound is double the US dollar which was BRUTAL to the wallet, i spent a ton fo money just on food. a 10 dollar burger is 20 bucks.

that night i met up with my friend melissa. we went to a piano bar. it was alot of fun. we had fish and chips.

that night we didnt have a hostel because our train to paris left at 5am and we had to be there by 3 am to check in and get tickets. so we spent the night on the floor of the trainstation. not fun.

we got to paris and went to see notre dame and we climbed to the roof, we got an amazin view of all of paris. then we went to our hostel and took naps because we hadnt slept in a few days. then we went to the louvre because it was free to students on friday nights. what an expirence. i was there for 2 and half hours and didnt see a third of it. i did get to see the modonna on the rocks, mona lisa, winged vistory and that statue with no arms, the name escapes me now. the next day we climbed the eiffle tower which was a feat! nearly 700 steps. then we went to the arch di triumph. after the arch we took the metro to see the moulin rouge. we didnt go to the show because it was too expensive. then my favorite part of the trip was seeing the lightshow and the eiffle tower lit up at night. one of the best things ive seen on the trip. the others being saint peters, and david.

the next morning we got up at 5 and flew home to roma. it was an amazing trip that i will never forget.

its monday and i leave in three days for ireland.

(ooooh i forgot to say, real weird from going to an italian speaking country back to an english speaking country then to a french speaking country within a weekend. and i was the only french my group knew.... not a good sign seeing as how the last time i spoke french when i was a sophmore at prep and Guy "fraich-daddy" fraiture was my teacher... haha)

bye, avoir, and ciao

matty