Paris

This weekend we went to Paris! Wow. What a whirlwind! I can't say that I liked Paris as much as I love London but se la vie! It was definitely a great experience and now I've been and I'm glad to be back in London.

The first night we got there we all went to the Eiffel Tower! It is HUGE!! In pictures and movies it really doesn't look as big as it is in real life. It was pretty neat though because it was only about a 10 minutes walk from our hotel! Then after that some of us went to dinner. It was a good, kind of chill, night.

Eiffel Tower!!

From the top of the Eiffel Tower!

Pi Phi. Love it.

Jenn and me

Salad for dinner that night. Ham on the side, goat cheese on toast on the 2 sides, and apples and walnuts in the middle! DELICIOUS!!

Eiffel tower sparkling that night!

Friday we went to the Louvre all morning, which was awesome! So many things to see...I loved seeing all the Egyptian artifacts they had, including a statue of Ramses II! Obviously we also saw Mona Lisa. Even though I've heard it a million times, it really is much smaller than I realized it would be. We also saw Venus de Milo which was cool too.

The Louvre

Mona Lisa

Venus de Milo

The Seine

Then my camera ran out of battery, but after that we went to see Notre Dame and we went to the Modern Art museum. It really was neat to see all these landmarks in real life! Then that night (haha after my camera had been charged) we went on a river cruise up the Seine. It was so fun! It was beautiful outside and the sun was setting so it really was beautiful.

The next day Jenn and I wanted to just take a shopping day so we went to Champs-Élysées! It was pretty touristy but we did find a really cool pastry shop! One street over though, was all the street with all of the super designer stores like Loui Vuitton, Dior, Dolce and Gabana, Chanel, etc etc. which was fun to go in those shops. Then we just walked around Paris!!

Where Napoleon is buried, on the way to Champs-Élysées.

The pastry shop!

yum :)

A strawberry thing from the shop!

So delicious

Arc de Triomphe

Notre Dame! (I had to get a picture right?!)

Dinner that night..duck! Tasted like pot roast.

Paris adventure over! Back in London now for my last week with BGB...Hopefully I can get everything in!

Stonehenge, Shopping Day, and The Globe

Hello hello! Sorry it's been a while everyone..I'll try and catch you all up!

So Monday when Miles and I got back from St. Andrews, we all went to Stonehenge! It was pretty cool to be in a place that is thousands of years old! And amazing that those stones have stayed in the same place for thousands and thousands of years.

The train stop to Stonehenge is in Salisbury which is such a cute town! My history class also went to the cathedral there which was amazing! It's not a giant as the one in Canterbury but it's considered one of the best examples of a gothic cathedral because it was built in the space of 50 years instead of over a 100 or so. Since cathedral styles would change over the years new bishops or builders would want to make their section they had funding for in the latest style and not preserve the previous style. It was really cool to compare the two.

Salisbury Cathedral

Courtyard of the cathedral

Salisbury

More berries on the side of the road! Just for you Mom :)

On Tuesday Miles and I used the day as a shopping day since none of my classes had any trips planned. For everyone coming to London you need this book:

It was where we found all the shops we went to that day. Seriously, one of the best investments I made before this trip. But we went this store called the Map House..INCREDIBLE. They had drawers and drawers of maps from as far back as they were making maps. I found one from 1520 in a drawer for sale! Granted it was like £600 but it was so cool! Miles actually bought one of Europe from like 1756 or something like that for £98. It was really cool. Then we went to a shop where he wanted to buy a bowtie from that makes shirts, ties, and stuff like that for the Royal Family! He got two :) The hat store next door made custom top hats, bowler hats, and had a whole shelf of Sherlock Holmes hats. Then we went to a tobacco store that has been in business for 200 years! It was a really fun afternoon!

I almost bought one.

Miles in his bowtie later that night.

That night everyone went to Icebar! Haha if you get cold easily then don't go. The whole bar is made out of ice. Including your glasses. But definitely worth the £12 to get in!

All of us at Icebar!

Ice glasses!

The next day was Miles' last day and my English class went and saw Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe in the Globe Theater! It was really cool to see that play performed the way it would have been performed back in Shakespeare's time when it was written. The Globe looked pretty much I had always imagined it would have looked! It was really cool!

The Globe!

Miles and I at the Globe!

The stage.

Thank you wonderful fiance for coming to visit me. I can't wait until we get to take trips like this together in less than a year! I am so so blessed by you :) See you soon!