Monday, May 3, 2010

A picture is worth a thousand words

Places I've been in the last month:
Barcelona, Spain
Taghazout, Morocco
Paris, France
Prague, Czech Republic
Malmö, Sweden

And if you count the 7 stops from my 31-hour train extravaganza (thanks to the Icelandic Volcano) from Malmö to Aix en Provence...
Copenhagen, Denmark
Fredericia, Denmark
Hamburg, Germany
Basel, Switzerland
Mulhouse, France
Lyon, France

Then this past weekend: Paris (yes, again... I just can't get enough)

WOAH.

Here's the short version...

BARCELONA:

Our rooftop terrace at Ideal Hostel:



At the fountain show:


Enjoying the sun on the longest bench in the world:



MOROCCO:

The terrace view:



At the beach with Julia:



Kennedy taking a camel ride:



Ocean view:



PARIS:

Arc de Triomphe and the Champs d'Elysées:



PRAGUE:

The Original Disneyland:



MALMÖ:

I went to Malmö to visit my nanny from when I was younger who now has a child of her very own!
Elsa, only 10 months old and getting cuter by the second



PARIS (Round 2):

The view from the Eiffel Tower:



The beautiful Opera House:




...So I'd like to use all my traveling as an excuse as to why I haven't updated my blog in a really long time but it's mostly cause I'm lazy, sorry, France just does that to you. BUT I actually have a 10-page paper due in 2 weeks, 5 written exams and 1 monologue performance (for my Expression Orale class) coming up at the end of May so I am legitimately busy to some extent. I should finish the semester by the first of June but it looks like I'll be hanging out in Aix en Provence for an extra month because my flight back to the U.S. isn't until June 30th. I could change it but... what's the rush? ESPECIALLY with the world cup starting on June 11th, I can't miss that! SO I only have 2 more months left to "profiter" and learn as much French as I can, wish me luck ;)