Jules and I have had this long desire for a Euro adventure and mentally had been planning the trip a year before. My plane ride was incredibly awesome!!! Pop a couple Tylenol Pm's and BAM!!! You wake up in Europe all refreshed at 6am their time :)
Pip Pip Cheerio!
Day 1 in London:
Takin the tube was the easy part, finding my euro outlet was not and almost causing a spark in the Comfort Heathrow hotel was almost catastrophic when I tried to find an alternative to my phone charger.
So, skipped that and took to the 'tube'. I thoroughly enjoyed my day of site seeing.
I took a jaunt to St. Paul's Cathedral ( I wasn't supposed to photograph but when do I ever listen when it comes to photo opps??? and escorts), then off to Buckingham Palace where I met a police man whom I totally fell in love with just because of his accent. He was very helpful and said "have a good day, pip pip cheerio". After I came across a busy intersection where you would totally get run over if you didn't remember that they drive on the opposite side of the street.
Off to the Shakespeare "Globe Theater". By then I was walking all day in my kitten heels that I realized tennis shoes would've been more ideal but anyone who knows me knows I always wear fashionable shoes. Totally not a DO in Europe. I got to see a reenactment of "Romeo and Juliet" which I loved!!
I made an effort to enjoy my only full day in London so I strolled the fresh food market, saw chocolate pasta mmmmm! Had some fabulous fresh drink with fruit and basil mulled, enjoyed some conversation with a fire engine red haired woman with the coolest outfit ever. She was so sweet and fun to talk to.
Back to Comfort Inn. It's almost time for Dublin, Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland
If there's any place I loved it was Ireland. Carrying my luggage off the bus was a big tricky with my gigantic zebra suitcase and heels. Trying to find my hotel. I walked for a good hour and found this wonderful market with the most amazing market foods. I eventually found my hotel, un-packed and headed to get some Irish Pizza :) It was AMAZING!! Especially after walking all over and ate the entire pizza. No help needed there. Some really hot Irish biker dude whistled and hollard at me... I thought it was flattering until I realized almost all the men act that way there. It almost felt like a construction site. BUT I love the accents and didn't mind. Off to bed.
My full day in Ireland was absolutely amazing. I walked ALL over Dublin and went to every single church, land mark you could possibly think of. My favorite church was St. Augustine built in 1796.
I saw an old castle built in 1504 as well. I love places you can go and immerse yourself into what it must have been like that many years ago.
Paris
Intense! We saw every site in Paris pretty much and got ripped off by some men who made bracelets for 8 bucks. Never again! Food...AMAZING! They know how to make it. The most beautiful city for sure I have ever been to. There was a man pretending to be blind with 8 puppies. Those homeless sneaks are goooood! Puppies, hard to say no to puppies & he didn't like me petting them unless I paid up.
Fashion there...let's say I could've spent more money on clothes but I ended up spending a lot on sites. French 'Tubes' are ridiculously hard to use but their fruity beer during the process helped a little. I met a ton of guy travelers who shared their stories & I shared mine.
Pastries.....yeah, I went back to one pastry shop a few times. I loved seeing the Chanel store across the street from Notre Dame. Amazing church. Julia stood inside picturing all of the old famous people in history walking the same stair case ect...I could get lost in Paris.
The Eiffel tower was beautiful. Julia & I stopped in a french pizza restaurant and they apparently don't have health codes since the pigeons just pecked around our feet. The waiters also don't work off tips so they can be as rude as they like. They were okay.
I could go back to Paris, that's for sure.
I saw an old castle built in 1504 as well. I love places you can go and immerse yourself into what it must have been like that many years ago.
Paris
Intense! We saw every site in Paris pretty much and got ripped off by some men who made bracelets for 8 bucks. Never again! Food...AMAZING! They know how to make it. The most beautiful city for sure I have ever been to. There was a man pretending to be blind with 8 puppies. Those homeless sneaks are goooood! Puppies, hard to say no to puppies & he didn't like me petting them unless I paid up.
Fashion there...let's say I could've spent more money on clothes but I ended up spending a lot on sites. French 'Tubes' are ridiculously hard to use but their fruity beer during the process helped a little. I met a ton of guy travelers who shared their stories & I shared mine.
Pastries.....yeah, I went back to one pastry shop a few times. I loved seeing the Chanel store across the street from Notre Dame. Amazing church. Julia stood inside picturing all of the old famous people in history walking the same stair case ect...I could get lost in Paris.
The Eiffel tower was beautiful. Julia & I stopped in a french pizza restaurant and they apparently don't have health codes since the pigeons just pecked around our feet. The waiters also don't work off tips so they can be as rude as they like. They were okay.
I could go back to Paris, that's for sure.
