We just pretty much wanted to explore the city today, so we bought an all-day Metro pass and metro-ed and walked our way around Paris. Very cool. We walked up a TON of stairs to get to Sacré Cœur, a beautiful church overlooking the city. Then we ventured off into a high traffic tourist area to get some snacks and drinks. We had a very stereotypical rude waiter, but I suppose everybody gets one of those in France. (or so i hear). As we were walking to f...

Yes, you read that right....Here is a great story. Our day was already stressful today because we had to be checked out of our room by 10:30 am, but did not wake up until 10:00. We rushed to leave, but were able to get out in time. We found a cafe nearby that offered 10% off because we stayed in Belgravia Rooms. We got a traditional English breakfast. Not so good. But interesting nonetheless. It was just a bit past 11:00 am at this time, and we figured since our ...

Again, putting me in charge of this trip made for some interesting days. We only had one full day here in London, so it was jam packed. Ready to get exhausted just reading about it? Here we go! The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace was due to happen at 11:30 am. so we set out to walk there (only about a ten minute walk for us). Kristin also contacted her friend John and he told us that he would meet us at Buckingham Palace. Well, we get there, and there ...

Our train back to London was much more bearable than the ride there, probably because it was not combined with endless other forms of travel. After arriving at the london train station, we had an hour bus ride to the area where our hotel was. This place we found was actually a "hostel" type hotel accomodation, so it was modest, but just what we needed. We had our own sink, and private room, but a shared bathroom/shower. We settled in a bit and then ventured off t...

Well, the time difference finally caught up with us, and we slept until about 1pm today. But it was ok, because I guess it had to happen for us to catch up. We then decided it would be fun to rent some bikes and go for a bike ride. Our hostel offered bike rentals, so that is just what we did. However, leave it to Kristin and I to make a super easy concept super complicated: Atttempt 1: First, the bikes the hostel let us rent had super high seats, and we needed to...