Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
glacier_kitty: (Default)
Yesterday we left Switzerland. :( We had to change trains in Bern and Geneva before getting to Paris (it seemed we left the mountains fast :(). Thankfully we had a bus take us to the other bus station there. Omg..driving in Paris is CRAZY. It doesn't really seem like there's rules and lanes so everyone's driving every which way and trying to squeeze in at weird angles and bikes/motorcycles are squeezing between the cars too. Crazyy. D: But we made it to the station ok and then rode the train back to London. We said bye to the group (*sniff*) and found our cab (same guy as last time) and drove to grandma's house. So nice to sleep! Today is laundry day, we have a mountain of dirty clothes haha

last of the switzerland pics )
glacier_kitty: (kitty - face)
This morning we took a taxi to St. Pancras in London, the train station our group was meeting at. It's a cool looking station (part of Harry Potter was filmed there!). We had breakfast, checked in with the tour guide, got some Euros (jeez..American money is so boring compared to Pounds and Euros haha) and hung around till it was time to board. Our group was seated in the same car..there's 30 something of us all together (we're the only Americans :P). Honestly, after seeing everyone, I was surprised. Some of them don't even look like they can hike..they're limping around, one guy looks like he had a stroke..basically all of them are old (I'm definitely the youngest in the group). Who knows, they might surprise me. We got to go through the Channel Tunnel! Cooool. After arriving in France we had to switch trains in Paris. We had to walk through the streets of Paris with all our luggage to another train station. Annoying, but cool, I got to see some of Paris haha (I went to Paris yeaars ago as a kid, but don't remember much of it). There were lots of restaurants/eateries along the way..IT SMELLED SO GOOD EVERYWHERE. Haha! We had an hour or two before the next train departed, so we had lunch and hung around. Eventually we boarded and headed for Strasbourg, 2 1/2 hours away I think (we're staying there for the night). All the little villages in the French countryside looked so cute! Way nicer than blah drab England. When we arrived in Strasbourg we walked across the street to our hotel, got our rooms, and then met again in the lobby and walked the 20 minutes to dinner (late dinner..it was after 8 PM!). Omg..I LOVE STRASBOURG! It's really, really nice and has a great atmosphere. I love the cobbled sidewalks/streets!! I like it WAAY better than London. And OMG IT HAS THE MOST EPIC CATHEDRAL EVER!!! When we were walking and turned the corner I was like "WHOAAAAAAA *gapes*" It's called Strasbourg Cathedral, and it is SERIOUSLY one of the most AWESOME churches I have ever seen!! (And I've seen kind of a lot of European churches!) It's 400 some feet tall..you just feel so small and insignificant staring up at it (like being at a glacier haha). We had dinner at a nice little restaurant (it kinda feels like when I went to Europe with People to People..having a planned menu and stuff). We heard the cathedral's bells too..AWESOME. I lovee church bells..they're so pretty!! After dinner we could do whatever we wanted (go back to the hotel and relax. :P Haha). Tomorrow we have free time in the morning before the train leaves and mom and I are totally gonna explore the cathedral. I bet there will be a lot of church bells ringing since it'll be Sunday! Then yay off to Switzerland!

Profile

glacier_kitty: (Default)
glacier_kitty

January 2026

S M T W T F S
     1 23
4 5678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

Most Popular Tags

Syndicate

RSS Atom

Style Credit

Page generated Jan. 7th, 2026 03:22 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios