Paris!!!

My wings to Paris...yep that's how I roll. Obviously we had too much time on our hands during our lay over in Barcelona.

Our trip to Paris was absolutely amazing!! It might not have been straight out of the fairy tale storybooks, but we didn't let the cold and rain ruin our Paris adventures. We arrived at the airport and had to take a bus to the city, costing 14 euros, we new right away that it was going to be an expensive trip. Katy and I got so excited when we saw the Eiffel Tower from the bus! We've been told that Paris is the most romantic city in the world and it is pretty quaint. As we were arriving to the bus stop Katy nudged me and I said excitedly we are in PARIS...FRANCE. Her response... "I know! One of these days I might just end up holding your hand" LOL I understand it might be one of those things you had to be there for but it was pretty hilarious. :)

After getting lost for a little bit the first night, we had a good night's sleep in our hostel and got up to start our first day in Paris! There was a free walking tour that we wanted to check out but somehow we ended up with the wrong tour group. We had to navigate the Metro ourselves but somehow made it there in time to catch the free tour!

This is the Cathedral of Notre Dame!! there are more pics of this later.

Even the lamp posts were gorgeous. :) But really, that's one pretty light.

Yeah, we saw the Eiffel Tower and proceeded to take about a million pictures of it and with it. We may have gone a little overboard but it was the Eiffel Tower! How can you not? :) We stood in line to go up the Eiffel Tower but it was much cooler to look at than to be in. The tower was constructed in 1889 as the grand entrance into the World's Fair of 1900.

Those are some of the crepes we ate! Crepes are officially the best food in the entire world. We tried some with ham and cheese...yum... and Nutella an amazing chocolate spread. Be jealous :P

so my blogspot is hating me and erasing all of my pics so I will continue later.

alright alright alright...

I'm a terrible blogger! last week was so busy with tests and such. Buuuttt, I will post my Paris blog tomorrow and my Spring break right after that, even though it will be a bit out of order.

now sleep!!!

Spring Break!!

I'm here in Toledo on Spring Break with my Mom & Aunt!! Mom and Janie got in to Sevilla on Thursday with only a bit of drama. The airlines thought that they had jumped on the flight from Madrid to Sevilla without paying. Apparently they called out their names and made them go talk to the airline people in their broken English. THEN...their luggage didn't show. I could see them from the door but the little security man wouldn't let me go help them figure it all out. The important thing was that they made it safely...and no worries my peanut M&Ms arrived 2 days later with their luggage. :)
We had four full days to tour all of Sevilla at a very relaxing pace. We saw the Cathedral, Alcazar, Flamenco dancing and a some others I can't think of right now. They seem to think I'm a demanding tour guide since they now have blisters on their feet from all the walking. :) They'll get over it. We are now in Toledo where they are known for their swords. This morning we visited a 13th century castle and the Don Quijote windmills on the way here. Tomorrow we are headed up to Madrid stopping at a few sites. Should be fun! Guess I should head to bed soon. That's it for now.

Más de Sevilla

So, I should be studying right now but I'm going to blog first. Last weekend we stayed in Sevilla...finally. Saturday Katy and I ventured around for a while and went to the archeological museum. Eh. We had heard a lot about the Arab Baths here which is a kind of spa thing so we decided that we should check it out. The only opening they had left was at midnight that night so we went for it. We had plenty of time so we decided to out for wine and dessert before the spa. The Arab Baths are unique to this area and were sooooo cool. There were three different levels of huge pools that were heated to different degrees. You could swim to each one and try out the warm, super hot, and ice cold. We also had a 15 minute massage!! It wasn't a massage to write home about but the pools and the whole experience was amazing! Now that's my kind of night on the town.
Today......I got my hair cut....in Spain......explaining what I wanted in Spanish! I took in a picture of the idea that I wanted and told him to not make my face look any fatter than it already is :). Literally, that is what I said. He knew what he wanted to do so I just gave him artistic freedom. It's a lot shorter than what I'm used to but I really like it.
Soooooooo, my Mom and Aunt Janie are coming tomorrow!!!! Less than 24 hours. I can't wait! I just have to finish my project and take a test before they get here. Yay