Before I met Emmanuel´s family, I was intimidated by France because of the traveling horror stories I had read about how mean the french can be to americans. Well, I took the momentum and few French words they gave me and successfully navigated Paris, France´s spectacular captial. There´s so much to tell! Day 1 I arrived at 7am and ran into a ma...

Oh la la ! Lá vai um post sem inspiração: Após voltar a Holanda e ficar alguns dias com a família, meu tio me convidou para passar alguns dias em sua casa de campo no sul da Fraça. Não recusei de maneira alguma a oferta, ainda mais por saber que a regiao de Bourgogne (ou Burgundy em inglês) é uma das mais bonitas da França, com colinas, floresta...

Overheard in the Louvre: Small child and mother, in front of a painting of St Etienne: - Mama, why does that man have a knife in his head? - Probably because he is a saint. - Mama, am I a saint? - No. - Because I have no knife? - No. I woke up in the hostel to the sound of some very hungover people. The Montmartre nightlife had done its worst, a...

Atrasadas, pero llegamos!

Ok, so hello again! :) We're in Paris right now, in our delightful hostel downstairs from the hole of a room we're in. Actually, it's not that bad, just a small room. But, it is cleanish and we're in a private room. However, people sure are loud in hostels and it is hard to sleep at night. We got here yesterday and after maneuvering our way thro...

Entry 3 of a trip titled: Europe

My month long backpacking trip through Most of Western Europe.