WHEW

I am finally home in the USA. I had an incredible rest of the week in London. We went to see Rafta Rafta on Tuesday at the National Theatre, A Midsummer Night's Dream in an open air theatre in Regent's Park, and Les Miserables at Queen's Theatre on Thursday. The plays were so amazing!!

We also had a few assigned places left to visit before we could declare the month officially complete. We ended the month by visiting Abbey Road and singing Beatles songs while walking around London. We had a Farewell Gathering the last night at our hotel where everyone could say goodbye before we all left for various places (most of us came home). It was a fun time full of dancing and eating.

I traveled alone the entire way home on Saturday. No one from the trip was on either of my flights (which I still find quite strange) and I ended up connecting through Chicago O'Hare. My flights were quite uneventful and I actually found a way to sleep a bit on the long intercontinental one. Going through Immigration and Customs wasn't too awful because everyone was so nice. My flight into RDU was delayed because we could not land during a lightning storm that swept through. We were rerouted to Charlotte but eventually found our way back to RDU 2 hours late. My mother, father, brother, and brother's girlfriend all met me at RDU around 11:45pm. My mom even screamed when I rounded the corner. It was SO nice to see my family and I felt so comfortable being back in the US.

I had an INCREDIBLE time the entire month. It is so hard to find my favorite things so I will not even try to narrow it all down. There has been a lot left out in this blog because of time limits, but please feel free to ask me questions the next time you see me! I will feel flattered that you are so interested in my trip. Thank you all so much for reading this silly blog! I feel very honored to have you interested in my trip.

I have posted up LOTS of photos that are linked on the right side of this blog. Just click on the photos link and check them all out. These are my photos (not including the photos that my friends took). If I find that my friends have a few photos that I have left out I may post a few of them as well. I hope you have enjoyed the blog and I hope to see you soon!!

il fait beau

I spent the weekend in Paris, France. SO BEAUTIFUL! The weather was so perfect the entire time. We hit all the hot spots; Eiffel Tower, Champs - Elysees, Arc de Triomph, Notre Dame, Louvre (although we did not have time to go inside), Musee d'Orsay, Seine River, etc. I'm not sure that it is possible to describe everything we squeezed into 3 days there. We also tried to relax there by sleeping in late. I had a great time and really love the city. We stayed in the worst part of town (being college students we can't afford much better) but were safe in our hotel. We saw the high points and low points of living in such a large city. We saw how dirty it can be and how sleazy the men on the streets can act toward 4 pretty American girls but we also basked in the beauty of the tourist attractions and small brasseries and bistros. Everyone was nice to us (minus the managers of our hotel), but I still do not think that the French like us much. The Metro was very easy to figure out since we have spent the last 3 weeks traveling on the Underground in London.

I do not have much time to describe each sight in detail or explain what I liked about each of them because I only have 8 minutes left on this computer.

I have two or three more plays to see this week. The two for certain are Rafta, Rafta and Les Miserables. The other optional play is A Midsummer Night's Dream (this one could possibly be rained out since it is outside.) I am excited to be ending the trip on a high note with Les Miserables on Thursday.

I will be heading home on Saturday but cannot promise that I will make it to church on Sunday morning (for all you church members!) Jet-lag may prevent that!!

I hope things are going well back in the US despite Paris Hilton finally being jailed (I get the most important US news over here, obviously!)



I will post up one photo this time because I do not have any time left. Again this is stolen from a friend!

Meghan, Me, and Rachel A. after just arriving in Dublin, Ireland and waiting at the ferryport for the bus to take us to our hotel!