Island Five

Oh wow... I have a LOT to share this time... This might take a few days.

FRENCH BAGUETTES AND BAGUETTE SANDWICHES OWN ANY CRAP WANNABES (xD) IN THE U.S.!

Aug. 3rd

Whoosh... I didn't get much sleep that night. After much delay we finally made our way to SFO where we met up with Gene's group just as boarding began. Hehe we read Foxtrot anthologies the whole way there... xD

Hotel: Home Plazza, Les Jardins du Marais

Aug. 4th

Les Jardins du Tuileres.

Who the hell plans a (very) boring bus tour the day you arrive in a country 9 hours ahead of you?! JET LAG FTL!

Aug. 5th

Musee du Louvre

Saw the Mona Lisa, Modonna on the Rocks, missed the Last Supper, etc.

Aug. 6th

The Notre Dame

Wow. Today was the first large mishap of my trip. Gene, Alina, and I got separated from our parents in a small accident when the stupid metro operator cut us off with the doors. Before the train departed Gene's dag signaled for us to go on one more stop. So we did, but what did our parents do? THEY DIDN'T WAIT FOR US! So my group headed off to the Notre Dame to look for them, but they weren't there either! We were going back to the hotel when the parents' group called my cell phone. They apparently waited for us THREE STOPS AHEAD! WHAT?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?! We still got to see the Notre Dame though. ^__^

Sant-Chapelle

Departing for London with Gene's family

Hehe bullet trains are so fast... xD Got to London late at night, checked into a Sheraton SKYLINE (:D) and immediately went to sleep.

Aug. 7th

Took a tour all around London and got off to see the Tower of London! Hahahaha so cool. I have three movies of a mock tourney between two guys in full armor with real (possibly...) weapons.

I'll put links up later after I'm done uploading.

The Tower of London has a sweet armory. xD

Aug. 8th

Buckingham Palace

Weeee we got to see 80 of Her Majesty's dresses! She's only worn each of them once. ::lol!:: We also got to see the majority of the guard change.

Aug. 9th

Back in Paris, Versailles

In the morning we found out about the terror plot in London. ONE DAY AFTER WE LEFT! AT THE EXACT SAME AIRPORT OUR HOTEL WAS NEARBY!

The building was boring but the gardens were OMGWTFBBQ cool! After a little bit Gene and I got these HUGE ice creams w/ cones. Totally worth the 3 Euros each. Oh yeah, Euros > USD (both literally and figuratively).

If you ever go to Paris, you MUST eat at the restaurant by the name, Royal Turenne. And if you do, get the rib-eye steak with the parsley butter. IT'S THE BEST STEAK I'VE EVER HAD! D: Oh yeah, Orangina is so good... >.> I drank about 20 bottles of that stuff during my trip. Foie Gras is creepy. ::shudder::

Aug. 11th (I seem to be missing a day... Hm...)

L'Arc de Triomphe

Le Tombeau de Napolean

Musee de l'Armee

Ironic that they don't have much on their own troops. Mostly stuff about the Americans and the Axis.

Musee de Marine

w00t the Eiffel Tower light show is cool. xD ::seizures coming on::

Aug. 12th

Gene and I wandered around... Ended up in a Virgin Megastore and watching about two hours of King Kong without sound and with French subtitles. ::lol::

You know what SUCKS?! Right as we are going to the Eiffel Tower Gene, Alina and I get separated AGAIN in the POURING RAIN! We end up NOT GOING TO THE TOWER AT ALL!!!!! 'cause my mom told us to stay where we were if we got lost! SHE WENT UP THE TOWER TO LOOK FOR US 'CAUSE SHE FORGOT WHAT SHE TOLD US! ARGH!!!!!!!

Yes I know it's sad. Who the hell goes to Paris but doesn't see the Eiffel? Well at least I went right under it the day before when it was nice and clear.

Aug. 13th

back at home

Hehe Paris / London = fun! XD