Kelsey came for a visit from the 26th of March to April 3rd! It was amazing. Although the two days before she got here I had a violent stomach virus that manifested itself for the first time in a nightclub in Paris. Not very fun. Kelsey proceeded to get some sort of stomach thing, as well. I'm not sure if we had the same thing, but the voyage got off to a rough start. Saturday I got up to get her and I was so excited. I took the train to Paris, then another train, then a bus to get her, because of train track construction. I was afraid I'd be late, but I was able to get there on time and hold up my "TWINNIE" sign at the airport. I couldn't help but tear up (with joy, of course) when I saw her and hugged her. It was definitely refreshing to have her here. My two lives came together for the first time in almost three months, so it was good to have a good friend to bitch with about whatever is going on, and I got to share what I've been experiencing with someone, finally. Plus she brought me a water bottle, allergy medicine, lipton soup mix, and arnold palmer :)
We stayed two nights in Compiègne and then moved on to Paris on Monday after my mandatory x-ray for my immigration papers here, odd right? We saw all of the sights in Paris, did some shopping, and before I knew it, it was already Thursday and time to go to London! We took the train there, which took about 2.5 hours, not bad. We got to our less than desirable hostel, and then went back into downtown London. It was about a 30 minute subway ride to the center of London, which was kind of annoying, but wasn't bad. We did the bus sightseeing tour and killed some time before Cait came to meet us. The highlight of the trip, if I can even say it, was on our way back from downtown on the tube. We were so tired and worn out, sitting on the tube and some guy was listening to Rihanna's "Unfaithful" so loud on his ipod and lipsyncing the words and looking at himself in the reflection of the door. After holding back laughter for ten minutes, the guy finally gets up to leave the subway, but before he was fully out, he turned back into the car, gagged himself, threw up, and left. Kelsey and I haven't stopped talking about it/ acting it out. Gosh, people are weird.
Anyway, the rest of the trip was great. Cait got to us later that evening and we braved the horrible conditions of the hostel all together for that weekend. We got all around London: the London and Tower Bridges, Buckingham Palace, Abbey Road, Trafaglar Square, the National Gallery, and much more.
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| Myself, Kelsey, and Cait |
With upcoming visits and such, I realized that not only do I need to get a lot of work done, but I need to plan out the rest of my time here; part of that being when I'm going home. My mom and I talked the other day and booked a flight for June 16th! I can't believe I know when I'm coming home. That's been bothering me for a while. It's a little early in relation to when I finish school and whatnot, but I think it's best. It's going to come so quickly, too.
Everything is good here, though. My French has gotten so much better (thank God) and the weather is nice. Can't complain! I hope that everyone is doing well at home. I hear it's still pretty cold. I'll send some good weather vibes your way.
XO,
A
