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Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris July 30th 2007

So right now, i'm writing this as there's a crisis occuring in LONDON. ...so yea, they found a bomb (undetonated) in London i believe, and with the Glasglow airport attempted bombing, london/england has gone completely crazy! and so i jus got news rite now that Heathrow airport has evacuated all the arrivals, and refused to let in any new ppl, and all the ppl that are there, are being pushed out, or sumthing like that. and since today, we've been receiving new students that's totally delayed all arrivals. and so we're all here in the office waiting for a group of spanish kids to appear, but as of yet, nothing. zzz... SO: Paris! We fly into paris, and we then get VERY lost on the metro because of the crazy amont of lines, stops and added ... read more
mmmmm.......
gah..
yay!

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice July 30th 2007

Wow, so it feels so weird to be writing about Venice, while i'm in England working, and my eurotrip has finished..likkkeee....almost 2 weeks ago! but, ahh well! you guys can still enjoy! Here's the Venice section... We arrive in Mestre, which is one of the mainlands close to Venice. We look around us and all we see are construction sites, metal yards and run down houses. Not impressive. We get to our hostel, where we are sharing a room with one other person, and we chat with her a bit before going into counting sheep land. The next day, we wake up and we much down our breakfast, and i consume a coffee, with what i presumed to be milk, but was in fact a hell of a lot of cream. My stomach begins to churn ... read more
Yum.
oooooo
St. Mark's Square

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence July 30th 2007

OKAY guys: as promised, here's the actual writing for the florence BLog! yayyyy! insert cheering here. SO. Florence, Italy! Well, the first day ended up with me being permanently stuck to a chair due to massive stomach cramps, followed by an incredibly long and heavy thunder storm. So of course, we did one of our favourite things this trip: we napped. After waking up, Ruby and I headed out to explore and to get dinner. We immediately realized the differences between Florence and Barcelona. I myself found it to be a lot less "chill". A lot less greeneries, less cafes, less places to just sit and people watch, and less parks. the sidewalks are also soooo narrow that in many places, there's only enough space for people to walk one person at a time... despite all ... read more
View at Sunset from Ponte Vecchio
Tiny tiny cars
Duomo area

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa July 30th 2007

Wow, for those who got far on the last blog. congrats! i definitely owe you a cookie or sumthing when i get back! cuz that one was massive! rite now, we're waiting for our train to Venice from Florence, and soooooo, we figure, we're sooo beat up from walking that we'll computer it up! (our feet are seriously, all blistered and bandaged...) SO, continuing on in eurotrip 2007..... PISA, ITALY! for those who can't tell by the name, Pisa = Leaning Tower of Pisa. Annddd...that's pretty much it. We get to Pisa @ night after an extremely bumpy ride provided to us by the discount airline, Ryanair, we arrive at the campsite where we realized that we weren't actually staying inside a building but a trailer. We chat with a few of our trailermates, and then ... read more
Field of Miracles
What posers..
What posers..part 2.

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona July 30th 2007

Hey all! Soooo we're in FLORENCE ITALY now! woot! our hostel doesn't open up to our rooms till 2:30pm, and i have massive cramps (darn girl problems.), so we've decided to take it easy, and just use the internet! oh yea, guys, remember to subscribe to this blog if u wanna get e-mails everytime i updated! just scroll down and look to the right and press subscribe! So i'll tell ya'all about Barcelona! We're definitely very sad to be gone, but excited for Italy! Oh yea, so I'm warning you guys, this is gonna be a doozy of a blog, jus cuz, i'm writing down everything!! so really, no pressure to read all this! cuz this way doubles as a update tool and a personal journal for me and ruby to remember this trip! so if ... read more
Streets in Barcelona
Gothic Quarter
Statue guy at Les Ramblas

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London July 29th 2007

Hey all! So yea, since I know that all of you guys are dying to hear about how Ruby and I are, I´ve decided to do a blog! So gone is the e'mail spamming (i know, you guys are sad.), and introducing the blooooging. For those who don´t know, I´m travelling with my Mississauga friend, Ruby, for 12 days before we go our seperate working ways! And right now, we´re innnnnnnn... Barcelona! Since ruby is rite now trying desperately to catch up on some sleep before we head to the beach, I´ll start from the beginning... So it all started out normally, we get on the plane from Pearson at 11 something pm, and so we´re expected to sleep on this plane. WELL. we just so happened to luck out, and sit next to a guy ... read more
There she is!
Sleeping in London
Rando




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