prepare yourself for a long blog post full of pictures from... Fall Break!
I left bright & early Monday the 11th at 6:00am on a from Segovia to Madrid. We made our way through the metro, into the Airport, through "check in" (aka.. 2 stamps on a piece of computer paper that was our boarding pass - gotta love budget airlines) and security to our gate. Our flight left on 10:30 am.. and that consisted of waiting in line, going outside, getting on a bus/tram, running down the tarmac and up the stairs to claim our seats on the plane. What a morning. And then we were off.... to Paris! To Paris I traveled with two girls... Emilie and Leah. And once we got there we met up with two guys from our group... Paul and Isaac. Emilie and I were in Paris until Wednesday night, while the other 3 left early Wednesday morning for Dublin.
First... our hostel was pretty nice!!! It wasn't too expensive either. Emilie and I shared a "private double with bathroom"... let me just show what bathroom exactly means according to them...
Obviously a sink and mirror mean bathroom! hah.. but it wasn't that big of a deal, the place was clean!
Isaac, Emilie, Leah, Paul, Me!
For Monday & Tuesday it was all of us. Wednesday was just Em and I!
This was close to our hostel.. we went on a walk with our McDonalds and found a place to watch street performers while we ate!
We saw everythinggggg... mas o menos :)
Here we are.. at the Louvre!
The whole group at the Louvre
Of course, the Eiffle
The first night there we decided to cook for ourselves!
We made 2 different pastas and bread.
And of course, we had a lot of cheese and wine!!!
¡Que delicioso!
We didn't sleep the night before......
Day #2 in Paris
We went on a "free" walking tour.. it was so great!
Here we are at the Louvre again.
Arc de Triopmhe
Soooooo cool. My favorite place in Paris.
Of Course, the Eiffle again!!!
DELICIOUS Nutella Crepes
Just Em and I .. lovin' Paris.
had to make some stops at the local pet stores
loveeeee these kittens.
we did it.. found the Mona Lisa
In that HUGE museum that everyone seems to love
I wish I understood art.
Outside the Louvre.. again!
After a very interesting journey to London that night... we finally made out way to our friends' university in a not so near by town called Egham... 90 Pounds later.. which is $141
First night out in Egham
in a pub with friends!
Good 'ol McDonalds
whoops... we went shopping
even though we only have a back pack to travel with!
check it out..... BERRY'S!
Bethel friends :)
Gotta love a little piece of home on the other side of the world
Lots of Swans..
We cooked dinner for the boys!
It was a "thanks" for giving us your room for 4 nights :)
Em and I in the train to London
check it out.. Big Ben
in front of Buckingham Palace
Just some Modern Art
On Justin's favorite bridge... so we had to get a picture
Big Ben!!
Em and I lovin each other... and the boys in the background
Paris friends reunited in London, love them.
Tower Bridge behind us
London Eye
Wow! That was a lot of pictures. There is a little taste of the things I saw and did during fall break! Sunday night Em and I stayed in a hostel near Stansted Airport (all the airports in London are pretty far our there).. which we got to around 9:00 pm.. which is sadly when the Pub near by stops serving food. So.... we counted up how many pounds we had left... and luckily we were able to order some pizza! Which was pretty good. The hostel was adorable.. a cottage-y feeling.. but it was REALLY in the middle of no where. We were able to catch a ride with the owner of the hostel in the morning to the airport.. because he was taking his wife to the airport... so sweet of him! So we boarded our plane at around 8:00am ... to only find out we were going to be delayed 2 hours .. sitting on the tarmac. How Fun.. but it ended up being fine. We made it back to Madrid.. got on a bus to go back to Segovia.. and arrived in Segovia at about.. 3:45pm.. enough time to walk to school and be in class at 4:15 pm. To say the least ... we were pretty exhausted.
Overall -- amazing trip! Loved Paris. Loved London. They were both expensive, London worse -- because the pound sucks. Now, I am happily in Segovia.. about to go out! Its thursday... so as my host mom tells me .. of course I need to go out.. its thursday! Spainards are crazy!
Next Friday, the 29th, We leave for BARCELONA!! the weekend after that we spend a day in Salamanca.. and the weekend after that we are in Andalucia for like 5 days. And then its about half way through November.. time flys.
love you all.. hugs and kisses are sent your way.
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