The next day we woke up at 9:30 for breakfast and coffee at the hotel. Big breakfast and big coffee! ☺ After eating, we walked through a park and then went to an old church across the river to see some crypts. We touched a 800 year old mummies hand for good luck! We also saw some old tombs and coffins, which were all underneath the church! Creepy!! Our tour guide was definitely a character. I don’t even know how to describe him but he made the tour very fun. We spent the rest of the day walking around Dublin, enjoying the people, the sights and the weather! Big event of the day: Andy got a tattoo! He got a 4 leaf clover on his behind mostly to show off how lucky he is haha but he is also Irish and has been studying for the past semester in Ireland so it will be a great symbol to have forever. That night we got to go out for Sushi! We went back early because we all had to leave for the airport at 2:30 am. It was a great weekend and start to my adventures. It was wonderful seeing and spending time with Dan and Carol, Andy’s parents, especially since my parents were unable to come visit me! The weekend was perfect and Dublin is a gorgeous city!
We got to London in the morning around 9:30 and met Charlie (a friend from school who is studying there). The area where they live is one of the nicest in London. The cars on the streets consisted of Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini etc. Andy and I walked around all day and then went to the oldest pub in London with Charlie and some people from his study abroad group. We didn’t get much sleep that night because Andy and I slept on the two couches in the main room and people had to stay up late to study and wake up early to study. We felt bad and did not want to be in the way because they had finals the next day, so we got up early and went to Hyde Park. We sat by the lake, had a picnic, soaked up some sun and people watched. It was very nice out and there were people everywhere. Later that day, we rented bikes, rode through the park and got some starbucks!!
We also went to the London Tower and the London Bridge. The London marathon was going on during the day so there were a lot of people in the city for that.
That night we also saw Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the Tower Bridge. We walked around this boardwalk where a lot of stuff was going on. We were waiting for it to get dark out to go on “The Eye”, which is a big Ferris Wheel. After some Subway for dinner we waited in line for The Eye and had perfect timing! We saw the whole city lit up and it was absolutely gorgeous. I had no idea how huge London was!! Andy got some great pictures that we will have to put up soon.
The next day we were able to sleep in a little later. We rented bikes again because we figured it was a good way to get around and see everything. We went to see Buckingham Palace, but unfortunately we missed the changing of the guards. There was a lot of construction and stuff going on due to some wedding that is coming up. ;) haha everything in the city is focused around the wedding, it is crazy! There is merchandise everywhere with Kate and William’s faces and the date of the wedding. I am hoping to watch the event on TV to see what they were making and setting up while we were there.
That night we went to….WICKED!! I felt bad because it was Andy’s 4th time seeing the show hah. We got the last tickets of the night and they were in restricted view, but it ended up being perfect! The show was absolutely amazing. It was so fun to actually see it, since I already knew all the music. Rachel Tucker played the role of Elpheba and she had the most beautiful voice. After the show we met Charlie and his group at a bar. There was karaoke going on when we got there and one of our friends sang “Sweet Child of Mine”. He gave a great performance! After the karaoke was over we stayed there for some mingling and dancing. We had to go back at about 1 in order to get ready to catch our bus to the airport at 2:30. Little did we know the bus didn’t run at night and we ended up having to take a Taxi. The taxi dropped us off at another bus that would take us to the airport. It was a very long night because our flight wasn’t until 6 am. Once Andy and I hit the plane seats we instantly fell asleep, however we both woke up over an hour later and hadn’t even left the ground. Two rows in front of us a girl was getting taken off the plane with paramedics, but we were clueless as to what had happened.
When we got to Paris all we wanted to do was shower and take a nap, but we were not allowed into our room until 4 pm due to cleaning. We walked up to Notre Dame and walked through it and then went over to the Louvre, which apparently is closed every Tuesday. After that we headed to the Eiffel Tower. We thought about going up it, but the lines were extremely long so we decided to get lunch instead. We ate at a café in view of the tower. We asked the person at our hostel where a good place to get crepes was and he directed us to this cute little hidden place. I got a crepe with dark, milk and white chocolate and Andy got banana and chocolate. We were wiped out and went back to sleep around 10. Luckily the two other girls who were sharing our room were going to bed then as well. France was very fun, but it was so hard not knowing any French, I felt helpless because a lot of the people we ran into did not speak English.
Early morning once again….we got up at 4:00 am to take the bus to another bus, but of course the bus never came and we had to hail a cab. The cab took us to our other bus in time and we took that bus to the airport. I think I have seen more sunrises than sunsets on this trip so far…
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