Blogs from Europe - page 11313

I may be crazy but I did it! I finished my chair with ample time to go to Ibiza comfortably and back! It was my 21st birthday present to meet my sister and cousin as they traversed through Spain and I did it! Last Thursday to Sunday I was in Ibiza with Jenny and Jason and their buddies Rex and Stephanie. I welcomed the hot and humid weather and the opportunity to sunbathe and swim as much as possible. We visited caves, the saddest most man-damaged caves I've ever seen. We went parasailing, about 1000 feet into the air over the Mediterranean. We went "scuba diving". We ate a lot of delicious food including the world famous Paella partnered with Sangria.... read more

Todos sabeis que vivimos en Inglaterra...de sobras es conocido que aqui llueve mucho...pero despues de (literalmente) 2 meses y medio lloviendo (casi) todos los dias, teniamos unas ganas locas de irnos de vacaciones de una vez. En la tele daban tiempecillo "irregular" y nos imaginabamos lo peor: lluvia, lluvia y mas lluvia...pero no!!; no se si fue la suerte del principiante ( Pelayo era la primera vez que iba a Alemania) o, simplemente, que fuera de Inglaterra existe algo llamado "verano" que aqui no se conoce...pero el caso es que nos encontramos con un tiempo estupendo alla donde fuimos. La primera parada fue Chemnitz, a ver a los Zeidler. Si alguien esta pensando en volar con Ryanair...no lo hagais!!!; si, es barato (si tienes suerte), normalmente mas que las demas compañias...pero, a que precio?? ya ... read more

We made it to Paris today, and all I wanted to see was my precious Eiffel Tower. I have wanted to see that tower (well and of course the rest of Paris) since I was a little girl. My dreams were fulfilled this evening, when we took a stroll to see it. (Of course we will be going to climb it tomorrow morning to see the day view and then again on the night of our anniversary to see the night view. So this will not be my last viewing. But I do have to say, even though it sounds dramatic, that beautiful tower took my breath away. As we neared it, I could see it peeking over the buildings at me and I actually let out an audible gasp, because "she" (that is what I ... read more

Whenever a woman moves to a new place, there's always the practical issue of finding a hairstylist she trusts. Jay told me that when ex-wife Maggie visited London long ago she had her hair cut at the Vidal Sassoon Academy. The students did a great job and she has never looked so good since. I was enthused about the idea of a designer haircut at local salon prices, but wary about putting my mostly raven tresses into the hands of a student. I looked up the academy on the Internet and read the user reviews. The reviews said not to worry because an instuctor supervises every stage of the process. Many students are already trained stylists who are learning new techniques. I really wanted to go to Vidal Sassoon because I remember him from tv commercials ... read more

Gee the title says it all guys! I'm here and I bet y'all are at work mwahahahahahaha ... oops sorry I didn't mean to say that aloud *grin* Okedy dokedy flew into Athens from Prague and checked into a hotel for two nights before starting my Contiki Greek Cruise trip. I very cleverly thought I would book into Pireaus because that is the Port area of Athens where all the boats take off from and very carefully of course read the information about the hotel which says that it was 20 minutes from the Acropolis so first full day there I head off for a walk to see the sights and chill out in Athens for the day .... walking .... walking .... walking ... THREE AND A HALF HOURS LATER!!!! mwahahaha my hotel was actually ... read more