Paris:
Paris is awesome.
When I first got off the plane in Paris I realized my phone did not have roaming capability. Oops- Guess I should have thought about that before! Luckily, Stephanie emailed me directions to her apartment and one and a half hours later I arrived (Whew!) I stayed with Steph for 2 nights. The first night I got there we went to a club where I thought I was going to die o either exhaustion (I slept 3 hours the night before) or suffocation (Do Parisian guys not believe in deodorant?) The next day Steph and I, along with her friend, Amy went to the Louvre and then met up with Nicole and her friend Cally for dinner and drinks afterwards. The next day we... Shit, I don't remember, but that night I went out with Nicole for her friend, Cally's 21st birthday at a really cool bar/club. I stayed at Nicole's that night... I slept in her host mother's daughter's room and when I woke up I realized that this girl has some intense "yellow fever"- Every square inch of the room was covered with pictures of Japanese pop band posters (weird.)
The next 3 days I stayed with Emily. We did a lot of sightseeing (Catacombes, Champs d'Elysee, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower) and ate a lot of french pasteries (yum.) We also went to this really cool restaurant that serves fondue and wine in baby bottles.
London:
The second half of the trip I was in London. Once again with no cell phone, but this time I also did not have access to internet. Steph and I arrived in London around midnight and made it to our hotel around 2 AM. When we walk into the hotel there is a creepy old man at the front desk who gives us an actual key. This was beyond the sketchiest hotel I have ever stayed in. The room was the size of a walk in closet. In order to avoid being in the room Steph and I did a ton of sightseeing- We visited the London Eye, Big Ben & Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Tower of London, Tate Modern, and Harrods. We also met up with 2 people from GW- Sean Gaffney (who I knew was studying there) and Josh Yeston (who I happened to just run into on the street!)
Oslo:
My next trip was to Oslo, Norway. I took a cruise from Copenhagen to Norway and essentially only spent 6 hours actually in Oslo- but trust me when I say that was enough. Oslo is FREEZING and the people were so rude! The cruise there and back was essentially of 48 hour shit show. Having a hangover after having been drunk for 2 days- painful. Some educational things were done is Oslo though- I saw a castle, Parliament, a Cathedral, the art museum, the historical museum, and the Nobel Peace Prize Museum. Although I am not sure if the Nobel Peace Prize Museum should be counted considering we walked in, realized it was 55 Norwegian Kroner and then decided that it wasn't worth it.
