Grand Hotel St-Michel Paris

... Saint-Antoine
-Maison du Gyro in the Latin Quarter-one of the best lunches of my life, and reasonably priced!

All in all, lots of points on my life To-Do list were checked off this weekend! It was so unbelievably worth it to go through all the planning and stress to get to that amazing city! But coming back to Barcelona and finally getting to my room at 2 am was really like coming home. It was a phenomenal weekend, and it ended with one more affirmation that I am in the right city!

... canadian pub because we didnt enjoy our other french meal so much...and it cost us 39.50 euros....do the math on that meal!! i dont think i will complain about th cost of dairy queen burgers anymore!

we plan to take evening photos of the eiffle tower tonight and then we are off to rome tomorrow morning...when you are all asleep :)

love always,
R & M

ps i miss marley

... ripäähän, sillä varaamani iltapäivälento oli vaarassa jäädä tonttiin lennonjohtajien tuittuilun vuoksi. Ystävällinen lentokenttävirkailija sai siirrettyä minut aamupäivän lennolle, joka todellisuudessa pääsi lähtemään täsmälleen samalla kellonlyömällä, kun iltapäivälennon olisi pitänyt lähteä. Onneksi lähdin varmuuden vuoksi lentoasemalle 5 tuntia etuajassa. Loppu hyvin, kaikki hyvin ja muita asiaan kuuluvia ...

Our first 'free' day, and it's in Paris :D

"OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!"

Contiki dropped us off inside the Louvre this morning. Was gonna tag along with one of the groups to Notre Dame but everyone seemed to quickly disperse into the Louvre. Set off alone hoping to see as much as possible on foot. Walked across to Notre Dame first, free to get in which is nice. The interior was very simple but impressive. The huge stained ...

... We finally arrived back at the hotel, and collapsed into bed! Sunday, we (guess what...) grabbed another baguette (of course grabbing a dessert for the train ride home) and said our goodbyes to Paris! :( We had a great time and learned so much! It was a great end to an amazing term! I'm heading home on the 11th, so there's not much happening at the castle other packing than saying our goodbyes. Love you guys, and I'll see some of you very soon! :)

... I ate my first crème brulee, and it was awesome. Saturday we started with the Louvre, where everyone is a tourist and nobody speaks French. Saw the Mona Lisa... at the same time as about 341 other people. It was still cool. The Louvre is a gorgeous building, just like every building in Paris. Seriously, everywhere you turn your head there's another cool apartment or church or statue or obelisk or tower... Saturday afternoon we met up with ...

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Ah, France. I was up at 7am and made a pot of coffee and basked in the silence and stillness of the day. It was the only peace I would have until I sat down to write this at 9:45pm. But what a day. The rest of the family got up at 8:10 and we were all dressed and out the door at 8:35. Caught the bus to the train station and a train to Brussels. All smooth sailing. We brought waffles and yogurt drink for a breakfast on the go. We were 45 minutes early to Brussels Zuid ...

... all closed. So we checked out the only thing that was open - The Ritz hotel. It didn't look too flash from the outside. But inside it was gorgeous. Very swanky. We even went through the famous roller doors at the front. We checked out the restaurant menu - 60 ...

Our second day of drinking wine on the streets wasn't as crazy as the first. + went to the Louvre, saw the mona lisa and other cool paints, statues and stuff + mona lisa is quite small and yes ...