Sunday, October 26, 2008
Schwenksville
I was reading over this blog this morning (in another attempt to procrastinate writing my senior thesis). And I was trying to figure out why it felt so different than my last blog, without the obvious reason that I'm no longer gallivanting around Europe or Canada. I suppose the other real reason is that I've never posted pictures here. I again suppose that's because I'm really not taking pictures as often as I did abroad, but I did take some when I was home last weekend. So here they are:
Friday, April 11, 2008
Travel Update III
26 March:
For the first time on the trip, we slept in. After getting showers and checking email, we finally made it out of the hostel by 11AM and headed to the first museum on our list, The Pergamon. Berlin offers this amazing 3 day Museum pass, so for 9 euros we had access to over 50 museums in the city, but we tackled the ones on Museum Island first. The Pergamon required a bit of a wait, as they only allow a certain number of visitors in at a time - but it was absolutely worth it. Essentially, Germany pillaged the an ancient Greek city (and many other cities in the Middle East, Turkey, and Greece) and created this fabulous museum. It was so well arranged with an amazing audio tour, a nice contrast to the Lourve which was so overwhelming and so poorly arranged. After the Pergamon we grabbed a quick bite (Berliner currywurst for me and chips for Caroline) before checking out the Bote and Altes Museums in the afternoon. We wandered around a bit before heading out to see the Berlin Wall Memorial. We headed back to the hostel where I started to feel feverish so I was in bed not much after 9pm.
27 March:
The 27th was beautiful and sunny, so Caroline and I decided to visit Potsdam, a former retreat for Prussian kings. The town itself was so quaint, lots of gardens and cafes - Caroline and I decided it was exactly the kind of place you'd want to retire to. We headed towards the palace, exploring the gardens (where I climbed the wall "protecting" the palace and jumped down on the other side). We got tickets for a guided tour and ate roasted bratwurst by the windmill while we waited. The palace, SansSouci, was absolutely beautiful - but unfortunately you couldn't take pictures. After the tour we explored the town a bit more, ducking into the little shops and pouring through stacks of books, and finally settled at a cafe to have Schokolademilchkaffees (chocolate lattes) and split an apfelstrudel. Once back in Berlin we explored the area around our hostel for a bit, then Caroline threw in a load of laundry and we went out to see the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag before having a late dinner at a little restaurant near the Spree.
28 March:
We had an afternoon flight to catch to Athens, so we spent the morning checking off a few more things on our to-do list (although, I almost feel as if a month wouldn't be sufficent enough time to see all of Berlin). We started off with the Alte Museum which was a wonderful collection and then headed up down to Checkpoint Charlie. Seeing Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall memorial, the DDR Museum, etc. was so interesting - but I still found it hard to fathom that the city was divided in my lifetime. We spent nearly all our time in East Berlin, and while the city was under and unbelievable amount of construction, there weren't that many reminders left of the wall that divided a city, and so many lives and families for nearly thirty years. My German professor at AU was born in East Berlin in 1943 and it made me wish that she had told us more stories of growing up there. After Checkpoint Charlie, we ran a few errands before grabbing a last Bratwurst and our bags and heading to the airport. Our flight was originally supposed to leave late afternoon, but it got delayed four hours so we ended up camping out in the Berlin airport for awhile and didn't get into Athens until nearly midnight!
For the first time on the trip, we slept in. After getting showers and checking email, we finally made it out of the hostel by 11AM and headed to the first museum on our list, The Pergamon. Berlin offers this amazing 3 day Museum pass, so for 9 euros we had access to over 50 museums in the city, but we tackled the ones on Museum Island first. The Pergamon required a bit of a wait, as they only allow a certain number of visitors in at a time - but it was absolutely worth it. Essentially, Germany pillaged the an ancient Greek city (and many other cities in the Middle East, Turkey, and Greece) and created this fabulous museum. It was so well arranged with an amazing audio tour, a nice contrast to the Lourve which was so overwhelming and so poorly arranged. After the Pergamon we grabbed a quick bite (Berliner currywurst for me and chips for Caroline) before checking out the Bote and Altes Museums in the afternoon. We wandered around a bit before heading out to see the Berlin Wall Memorial. We headed back to the hostel where I started to feel feverish so I was in bed not much after 9pm.
27 March:
The 27th was beautiful and sunny, so Caroline and I decided to visit Potsdam, a former retreat for Prussian kings. The town itself was so quaint, lots of gardens and cafes - Caroline and I decided it was exactly the kind of place you'd want to retire to. We headed towards the palace, exploring the gardens (where I climbed the wall "protecting" the palace and jumped down on the other side). We got tickets for a guided tour and ate roasted bratwurst by the windmill while we waited. The palace, SansSouci, was absolutely beautiful - but unfortunately you couldn't take pictures. After the tour we explored the town a bit more, ducking into the little shops and pouring through stacks of books, and finally settled at a cafe to have Schokolademilchkaffees (chocolate lattes) and split an apfelstrudel. Once back in Berlin we explored the area around our hostel for a bit, then Caroline threw in a load of laundry and we went out to see the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag before having a late dinner at a little restaurant near the Spree.
28 March:
We had an afternoon flight to catch to Athens, so we spent the morning checking off a few more things on our to-do list (although, I almost feel as if a month wouldn't be sufficent enough time to see all of Berlin). We started off with the Alte Museum which was a wonderful collection and then headed up down to Checkpoint Charlie. Seeing Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall memorial, the DDR Museum, etc. was so interesting - but I still found it hard to fathom that the city was divided in my lifetime. We spent nearly all our time in East Berlin, and while the city was under and unbelievable amount of construction, there weren't that many reminders left of the wall that divided a city, and so many lives and families for nearly thirty years. My German professor at AU was born in East Berlin in 1943 and it made me wish that she had told us more stories of growing up there. After Checkpoint Charlie, we ran a few errands before grabbing a last Bratwurst and our bags and heading to the airport. Our flight was originally supposed to leave late afternoon, but it got delayed four hours so we ended up camping out in the Berlin airport for awhile and didn't get into Athens until nearly midnight!
Travel Recap, Cont.
23 March: Our second day in Paris was Easter, so we started off the morning 
trying to attend mass at Notre Dame. We got there too late to get seats, and then were a bit startled to see that the cathedral was still function as tourist site while mass was going on - people walking around snapping pictures of architecture and filming videos of the stained glass during Easter Mass! After seeing the cathedral for a bit and not understanding any of French mass, we went to Sainte Chapelle, which was he most beautiful church, and quite possibly the most beautiful building, I've ever been in. We stayed in Sainte Chapelle for awhile, just in awe of the stained glass, before heading out to explore along the river. Lunch bread and Caroline's peanut butter mailed from the States before we got crepes from a street vendor near by. We then trekked to the Arc de Triumph and climbed to the top for a beautiful view of the city. Finally, we made our way back to the hostel where we ended up taking long naps before getting up for dinner - and then getting to bed early as we set off for Versailles the next morning!
March 24: For our last day in Paris we decided to tackle Versailles. We were warned
by both our hotel owner and a metro guard that the palace would be closed because it was a Monday, but we decided to go check out the gardens - and then were pleasantly surprised that the palace was open! We saw of the chambers and the hall of mirrors, which were absolutely stunning, but almost overwhelming and then set out to explore the gardens and took the very long walk around the pools and gardens in the park next to the palace. We got lunch from a vendor and then headed back into the city where we were met with rain. We ducked into the first cafe we saw for some over-priced cappuccinos and a bite to eat - and then met up with Mike, a friend of ours from our page year, that is studying at La Sorbonne for the semester. The three of us decided to split a 2 euro bottle of wine, but as it was raining and Caroline and I had already checked out of our hotel, we ended up drinking it under a bridge along the Seine. We headed out to an area of the suburbs near where Mike is living to check out some architecture and then had to part ways with Mike. Caroline and I had an amazing late dinner near our hotel before grabbing our bags and heading to the Orly airport where we'd stay for the night.
25 March: After sleeping on benches in the Orly airport for the night, Caroline
and I awoke at 4:00AM to catch our flight to Berlin. We were greeted in Berlin by snow, which we were both excited as - Caroline as a Floridian studying who studying in Spain and never sees it, and me, as someone who has been missing it from Canada. It wasn't much and none of it really stuck, but it was fun to jump around in our way to our hostel. We drop our bags in a locker and then grabbed amazing and cheap pastries at a cafe near-by. A note about Berlin, the unemployment rate is around 16%, much higher than nearly all of the rest of Western Europe, so it is quite cheap, even with the weakness of the US dollar. After warming up with pastries and cappuccinos, we decided to take one of the free tours offered by New Berlin, but ended up paying to go on a tour of the Sauchenh
ausen Concentration Camp with was just outside Berlin. The tour last several hours and was both overwhelming and sobering. One of the most striking things for me, personally, was just how freezing I was bundled up in winter clothes on the snowy day after a full breakfast, and thinking about just how cold and painful it must have been for the inmates, which just one cotton uniform and boots filled with holes, if they had any shoes at all. As sad and sobering as the visit to the concentration camp was, I am very glad that Caroline and I decided to go. After the tour ended in the late afternoon, we headed to a grocery store and I used my limited German to help us buy the wrote groceries (apple juice instead of apple flavoured juice drink, water without carbonation, etc.) and we headed back to our hostel for an early dinner. After dinner we went to the DDR museum, which was all about life in East Berlin and East Germany before reunification, which was absolutely fascinating. Finally we finally walked along the river Spree back to our hostel and went to bed a bit early, after only getting a few hours of sleep in the airport the night before.
And I will continue updating later tonight or tomorrow, but for now studying calls!
trying to attend mass at Notre Dame. We got there too late to get seats, and then were a bit startled to see that the cathedral was still function as tourist site while mass was going on - people walking around snapping pictures of architecture and filming videos of the stained glass during Easter Mass! After seeing the cathedral for a bit and not understanding any of French mass, we went to Sainte Chapelle, which was he most beautiful church, and quite possibly the most beautiful building, I've ever been in. We stayed in Sainte Chapelle for awhile, just in awe of the stained glass, before heading out to explore along the river. Lunch bread and Caroline's peanut butter mailed from the States before we got crepes from a street vendor near by. We then trekked to the Arc de Triumph and climbed to the top for a beautiful view of the city. Finally, we made our way back to the hostel where we ended up taking long naps before getting up for dinner - and then getting to bed early as we set off for Versailles the next morning!
March 24: For our last day in Paris we decided to tackle Versailles. We were warned
by both our hotel owner and a metro guard that the palace would be closed because it was a Monday, but we decided to go check out the gardens - and then were pleasantly surprised that the palace was open! We saw of the chambers and the hall of mirrors, which were absolutely stunning, but almost overwhelming and then set out to explore the gardens and took the very long walk around the pools and gardens in the park next to the palace. We got lunch from a vendor and then headed back into the city where we were met with rain. We ducked into the first cafe we saw for some over-priced cappuccinos and a bite to eat - and then met up with Mike, a friend of ours from our page year, that is studying at La Sorbonne for the semester. The three of us decided to split a 2 euro bottle of wine, but as it was raining and Caroline and I had already checked out of our hotel, we ended up drinking it under a bridge along the Seine. We headed out to an area of the suburbs near where Mike is living to check out some architecture and then had to part ways with Mike. Caroline and I had an amazing late dinner near our hotel before grabbing our bags and heading to the Orly airport where we'd stay for the night.
25 March: After sleeping on benches in the Orly airport for the night, Caroline
and I awoke at 4:00AM to catch our flight to Berlin. We were greeted in Berlin by snow, which we were both excited as - Caroline as a Floridian studying who studying in Spain and never sees it, and me, as someone who has been missing it from Canada. It wasn't much and none of it really stuck, but it was fun to jump around in our way to our hostel. We drop our bags in a locker and then grabbed amazing and cheap pastries at a cafe near-by. A note about Berlin, the unemployment rate is around 16%, much higher than nearly all of the rest of Western Europe, so it is quite cheap, even with the weakness of the US dollar. After warming up with pastries and cappuccinos, we decided to take one of the free tours offered by New Berlin, but ended up paying to go on a tour of the Sauchenh
ausen Concentration Camp with was just outside Berlin. The tour last several hours and was both overwhelming and sobering. One of the most striking things for me, personally, was just how freezing I was bundled up in winter clothes on the snowy day after a full breakfast, and thinking about just how cold and painful it must have been for the inmates, which just one cotton uniform and boots filled with holes, if they had any shoes at all. As sad and sobering as the visit to the concentration camp was, I am very glad that Caroline and I decided to go. After the tour ended in the late afternoon, we headed to a grocery store and I used my limited German to help us buy the wrote groceries (apple juice instead of apple flavoured juice drink, water without carbonation, etc.) and we headed back to our hostel for an early dinner. After dinner we went to the DDR museum, which was all about life in East Berlin and East Germany before reunification, which was absolutely fascinating. Finally we finally walked along the river Spree back to our hostel and went to bed a bit early, after only getting a few hours of sleep in the airport the night before.And I will continue updating later tonight or tomorrow, but for now studying calls!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
And the recap begins:
I am going to start at the beginning of traveling, Dublin for St. Patrick's Day, and see how far I get on this entry before giving up and having to write about the rest later. Luckily, I kept a journal while traveling, so here it goes:
13 March: I left Edinburgh for Dublin on the last plane out, to spend my night sleeping in the Dublin airport (yet again). The border control guard, who was probably in his late 60s, seeing that this was my third time through Dublin this semester, asked if I had an Irish boyfriend, when I replied no, he jokingly asked if I was looking for one. I then camped out on a Starbucks couch for the night before being woken up at 4AM by the Starbucks employees and ended up watching a Dr. Phil "Can this marriage be saved?" marathon on one of the airport TVs until the buses started running into the city centre.
14 March: I caught the first bus into Dublin around 6:30, and was lucky enough to see one of the most beautiful sunrises of my entire life on the ride. I walked around a bit looking for a local cafe, but after a half an hour was only
able to find Starbucks and gave in, settling down in a chai and a book. I'm not quite sure when I fell asleep, but I woke up on the Starbucks couch at least a couple of hours later. After my early morning nap, I headed to the National Gallery of Ireland, which was a bit disappointing, too heavy on the 18th century portraits for my taste, but it has some lovely landscapes and one of the most brilliant Caravaggio's I've ever seen. Wandered through some parks, including St. Steven's Green, before visiting the first public library in Scotland and St. Patrick's cathedral. I next got take-away and ate it in a park near Christ's Church. I spent most of the afternoon writing and reading in a cafe while enjoying a white hot chocolate. I caught an early evening moving, Be Kind Rewind - absolutely fantastic, and headed to my hostel quite early and got a good night's sleep.
15 March: I slept in before grabbing another white hot chocolate and doing a bit of
reading before heading to pick up Rachael at the airport. I watched the England-Ireland rugby game while waiting for her plane (sadly, Ireland lost). Rachael and I checked into our hostel and changed into warmer clothes (it was raining and quite cold) before heading down to the Temple Bar area for dinner. We ended up at a strange pseudo-Mexican food restaurant called the Alamo and then went to a couple of bars in the area which were packed with Irish who are so much more talkative and less reserved than Scots, so it was a nice change of pace. Finally we headed back to our hostel where we met up with fellow page Mary Swick! who was in Dublin for the weekend with college friends.
16 March: Mary, Rachael, 4 of Mary's Lafayette friends, and I spent the day touring Dublin. We headed
down to the river before checking out Trinity College's campus. Mary played tour guide on the campus with her guide book and we all tried to figure out what the much advertised Book of Kells was, with no success. We walked along of some of the busier streets and through parks before ending up at St. Patrick's Cathedral. We had an amazing, long lunch at an Irish pub and then just wandered around Dublin for the rest of the afternoon. We headed back to the hostel in the early evening for naps and resting before going out for the night. We spent much of the evening in a bar called O'Neill's, which had fantastic live music, before ending the evening at a club, which had black lights instead of regular lights in the bathrooms, but was otherwise quite fun. We stopped for fries for Rachael before hailing a cab back to the hostel and crashing into bed around 4AM.
17 March - St. Patrick's Day!: Despite our late night, Rachael and I still got up relatively early in the morning and headed down to O'Connell street to get spots along the parade route. Shortly before the parade began, a group of teenage Irish boys showed up,
who proved to be quite entertaining as they were very interested in hearing about the States from, and saying things for shock value to, us 'USA girls.' The parade itself was absolutely amazing, and Rachael and I were right at the barriers and had the perfect view. After the parade, which last more than two hours, we headed to a pub nearby to meet up with my friends from Edinburgh who had taken a morning flight into Dublin. They finished their pints and we headed out into the city to do some exploring. We walked around, spent some time in the park next to St. Patrick's soaking up the sun, and then finally found a bar with a bit of breathing room and fantastic live music where we spent most of the afternoon and early evening. Finally, hunger got the best of us and we headed to a cafe next door. After dinner we went to another bar in the Temple Bar area, but Katie, Rachael and I were all exhausted by 11pm - and a little overwhelmed by the floods of drunken Irish teenagers in the streets - and grabbed our bags from the hostel before heading to airport to camp out for the night, where Constance and Mirja would meet us a few hours later.
18-19 March: Back in Edinburgh for 48 hours I attended my last classes and toured Rachael around the city I love so dearly, seeing Dolly the sheep in the Scottish Museum, visiting Holyrood Park, touring up and down the Royal Mile, etc.
20-21 March: After my Scottish Government tutorial, my last class at the University of Edinburgh, Rachael and I caught the bus up to Inverness - which offered some
stunning scenery of the Highlands. We made it into Inverness in the early evening and toured around the city a bit for getting dinner and then settling in my the fireplace in our hostel to watch movies - the weather was absolutely terrible outside and Rachael, unaccustomed to the Scottish weather, wasn't up to braving more rain. The next morning we woke up early to catch the bus to our cruise on Loch Ness - which was quite relaxing and enjoyable, as the Loch was absolutely beautiful - although we didn't find Nessie. We grabbed lunch in cute cafe back in Inverness before catching the bus back to Edinburgh. Rachael and I got dinner and packed up in Edinburgh, as she headed back to NY in the morning - and I headed to Paris!
22 March: Shortly after Rachael left to catch her flight back to NYC out of Glasgow, I headed to the
Edinburgh airport to catch my flight to Paris. After an uneventful flight to Paris, I made my way into the city to meet up with Caroline at our hotel! After dropping off my backpack we headed off to tackle the Lourve. We had to wait for tickets for quite a bit and then wandered through the museum - quite and overwhelming experience. The collection was obviously impressive, but the arrangement of the works was not aesthetically pleasing - it seemed if they just threw works up where they had space, almost at random. They had my favorite Leonardo and the winged Victory was stunning, but I was a bit too overwhelmed by the museum to really appreciate the collection. After the Lourve we wandered along the river, seeing Pont Neuf and all of the other lovely bridges, grabbed a sandwich, and then headed to see the Eiffel Tower - which was very impressive, but had such a long line that Caroline and I didn't go to the top. We headed back to the hotel in the early evening with plans of heading out later, but ended up just catching up and talking until we both crashed at a relatively early hour.
And now, my flatmates are requesting that we watch an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and I can never resist my favorite TV show so this is all for tonight, more on the trip tomorrow!
13 March: I left Edinburgh for Dublin on the last plane out, to spend my night sleeping in the Dublin airport (yet again). The border control guard, who was probably in his late 60s, seeing that this was my third time through Dublin this semester, asked if I had an Irish boyfriend, when I replied no, he jokingly asked if I was looking for one. I then camped out on a Starbucks couch for the night before being woken up at 4AM by the Starbucks employees and ended up watching a Dr. Phil "Can this marriage be saved?" marathon on one of the airport TVs until the buses started running into the city centre.
14 March: I caught the first bus into Dublin around 6:30, and was lucky enough to see one of the most beautiful sunrises of my entire life on the ride. I walked around a bit looking for a local cafe, but after a half an hour was only
able to find Starbucks and gave in, settling down in a chai and a book. I'm not quite sure when I fell asleep, but I woke up on the Starbucks couch at least a couple of hours later. After my early morning nap, I headed to the National Gallery of Ireland, which was a bit disappointing, too heavy on the 18th century portraits for my taste, but it has some lovely landscapes and one of the most brilliant Caravaggio's I've ever seen. Wandered through some parks, including St. Steven's Green, before visiting the first public library in Scotland and St. Patrick's cathedral. I next got take-away and ate it in a park near Christ's Church. I spent most of the afternoon writing and reading in a cafe while enjoying a white hot chocolate. I caught an early evening moving, Be Kind Rewind - absolutely fantastic, and headed to my hostel quite early and got a good night's sleep.15 March: I slept in before grabbing another white hot chocolate and doing a bit of
reading before heading to pick up Rachael at the airport. I watched the England-Ireland rugby game while waiting for her plane (sadly, Ireland lost). Rachael and I checked into our hostel and changed into warmer clothes (it was raining and quite cold) before heading down to the Temple Bar area for dinner. We ended up at a strange pseudo-Mexican food restaurant called the Alamo and then went to a couple of bars in the area which were packed with Irish who are so much more talkative and less reserved than Scots, so it was a nice change of pace. Finally we headed back to our hostel where we met up with fellow page Mary Swick! who was in Dublin for the weekend with college friends.16 March: Mary, Rachael, 4 of Mary's Lafayette friends, and I spent the day touring Dublin. We headed
down to the river before checking out Trinity College's campus. Mary played tour guide on the campus with her guide book and we all tried to figure out what the much advertised Book of Kells was, with no success. We walked along of some of the busier streets and through parks before ending up at St. Patrick's Cathedral. We had an amazing, long lunch at an Irish pub and then just wandered around Dublin for the rest of the afternoon. We headed back to the hostel in the early evening for naps and resting before going out for the night. We spent much of the evening in a bar called O'Neill's, which had fantastic live music, before ending the evening at a club, which had black lights instead of regular lights in the bathrooms, but was otherwise quite fun. We stopped for fries for Rachael before hailing a cab back to the hostel and crashing into bed around 4AM.
17 March - St. Patrick's Day!: Despite our late night, Rachael and I still got up relatively early in the morning and headed down to O'Connell street to get spots along the parade route. Shortly before the parade began, a group of teenage Irish boys showed up,
who proved to be quite entertaining as they were very interested in hearing about the States from, and saying things for shock value to, us 'USA girls.' The parade itself was absolutely amazing, and Rachael and I were right at the barriers and had the perfect view. After the parade, which last more than two hours, we headed to a pub nearby to meet up with my friends from Edinburgh who had taken a morning flight into Dublin. They finished their pints and we headed out into the city to do some exploring. We walked around, spent some time in the park next to St. Patrick's soaking up the sun, and then finally found a bar with a bit of breathing room and fantastic live music where we spent most of the afternoon and early evening. Finally, hunger got the best of us and we headed to a cafe next door. After dinner we went to another bar in the Temple Bar area, but Katie, Rachael and I were all exhausted by 11pm - and a little overwhelmed by the floods of drunken Irish teenagers in the streets - and grabbed our bags from the hostel before heading to airport to camp out for the night, where Constance and Mirja would meet us a few hours later.
18-19 March: Back in Edinburgh for 48 hours I attended my last classes and toured Rachael around the city I love so dearly, seeing Dolly the sheep in the Scottish Museum, visiting Holyrood Park, touring up and down the Royal Mile, etc.
20-21 March: After my Scottish Government tutorial, my last class at the University of Edinburgh, Rachael and I caught the bus up to Inverness - which offered some
stunning scenery of the Highlands. We made it into Inverness in the early evening and toured around the city a bit for getting dinner and then settling in my the fireplace in our hostel to watch movies - the weather was absolutely terrible outside and Rachael, unaccustomed to the Scottish weather, wasn't up to braving more rain. The next morning we woke up early to catch the bus to our cruise on Loch Ness - which was quite relaxing and enjoyable, as the Loch was absolutely beautiful - although we didn't find Nessie. We grabbed lunch in cute cafe back in Inverness before catching the bus back to Edinburgh. Rachael and I got dinner and packed up in Edinburgh, as she headed back to NY in the morning - and I headed to Paris!22 March: Shortly after Rachael left to catch her flight back to NYC out of Glasgow, I headed to the
Edinburgh airport to catch my flight to Paris. After an uneventful flight to Paris, I made my way into the city to meet up with Caroline at our hotel! After dropping off my backpack we headed off to tackle the Lourve. We had to wait for tickets for quite a bit and then wandered through the museum - quite and overwhelming experience. The collection was obviously impressive, but the arrangement of the works was not aesthetically pleasing - it seemed if they just threw works up where they had space, almost at random. They had my favorite Leonardo and the winged Victory was stunning, but I was a bit too overwhelmed by the museum to really appreciate the collection. After the Lourve we wandered along the river, seeing Pont Neuf and all of the other lovely bridges, grabbed a sandwich, and then headed to see the Eiffel Tower - which was very impressive, but had such a long line that Caroline and I didn't go to the top. We headed back to the hotel in the early evening with plans of heading out later, but ended up just catching up and talking until we both crashed at a relatively early hour.
And now, my flatmates are requesting that we watch an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and I can never resist my favorite TV show so this is all for tonight, more on the trip tomorrow!
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