Thursday 7 August 2008

So I'm too busy to blog...sue me!

So I might suck at this thing a little but hey, I'm in London...what do you expect? I do apoligize though and since my adventures are coming to an end very shortly (in 3 days) I will give you all a short synopsis of the last 4 weeks.

So I went to Spain in mid July on a whim. Booked my ticket wednesday and flew out friday morning. Best weekend ever. I had a blast with Megan and Burg in Barcelona and they took me out and showed me the town. It was great to be with people who knew the area! On friday we went to the Born area of Barca and ate tapas and had sangria (which is amazing obviously) and then we went to this bar that was so unique cause it felt like you were in a cave! On Saturday we woke up after a long night out at 7 am and hopped on a bus to the pyrennes mountains in france. We were exhausted but by the time we got there we were ready for some river trekking. River trekking ended up to be much more like hiking but it was still quite the view...I loved it so much. I wish I could do a lot more things like that while I'm here, but I'm coming back to europe Ive decided in a year, so I'll got then!

After hiking all day, we came back to Barca, got ready, and made it to a bar by midnight. Only in Barca would your night START at midnight. I love it. After we had a few drinks we headed to Elephante (this club that used to be David Beckhams house). We danced all night in basically David B's old living room..awesome. We didnt get home that night till 730 in the morning and crashed till 2pm. we made it to the beach, I did some sight seeing and then we crashed again. Well worth it, I had so much fun. Monday I was all touristy on my own because Megan and Burg had to work, so I saw Sagrada Familia, Casa Mila, and a gew more sights with time to spare at the beach! We made it out last night to Chapitos (a bar with just shots for 2 euro) and we didnt get back till 3. I flew out at 9 am the next morning and definitely almost missed my flight but again...well worth it. I'm in love with barcelona. It was incredible and I could have had better hostesses that let me stay with them!! They were great!

i had a week in London of working, and then on Friday, me, megan, morgan, and danna headed off to Paris. We ended up staying with at my cousins place who lives in Paris with her adorable french husband and two kids. She was so sweet to let us stay there and we were not expecting anything fancy, but their place was fantastic! Such a great area of Paris, right down the street from the eiffel tower, and we all got our own room pretty much! We all wished we could have stayed longer, since my cousins were out of town on holiday but alas we had to come back to london town! Paris was amazing though, with the french meals, croissants, eiffel tower, the louvre, and lots of awkward encounters for me to try and attempt french. Pretty embarrassing actually but whatever!

After Paris, we were excited to get home to London and live up our last 3 weeks! I feel like its home here..I really do. I love it here and I don't even want to think about leaving. I'm kinda in denial about the whole thing. Im excited to see everyone at home, but I just want everyone I know to come here because London is wonderful! I have to come back and live here...its official.

The last 3 weeks have been fabulous! Lots of going out as our jobs have been winding down and we have been having so much fun! We have explored alot of new areas and have been rushed to do alot of things since we are running out of time! I have spent lots of time walking and reading in the park, shopping at portebella, and taking every opportunity to try some new dessert I come across. Bens cookies are my favorite because they have this incredible deal for a cookie with MILK! Its genius. I love it! I have been eating alot of gelato too since i cant get that too much in the states!

On top of all that, we have done the london eye which was so much fun! Me, danna, and morgan took a day yesterday and went to Brighton to the beach and did some intense roller coasters! Ive fallen asleep on a beach, tube, or park at least 10 times in the last 5 days...I'm going to miss that. Its the best feeling. Tonight we are going out to Carnaby street for a fun night out with the girls since its some of the girls last days of work today! Celebration time! We are trying to live it up till we have to return, which dont get me wrong I am excited about coming home, its just that there is no place like here! I love London. Did I mention that yet??!

I probably won't write again till I leave, and school is going to start as soon as we return to como, but I will keep writing hopefully and I will obviously be returning to Europe so there are more adventures to come!! xx