HELLO FROM FRANCE (again)!!!! So I'm in France again, which is pretty neato...experiencing it a little differently though this time! I left Ærø on Monday and joined up with a group of the island's high school students to make the long trek to Bordeaux to come work at a vineyard in Bordeaux. There are vineyards EVERYWHERE! We are staying in the buildings around one of the chateau and work for the owners, picking grapes from about 830 until 1800, with lunch in b...

Whoa, long time, no post! So, I have been busy, to say the least, since my last post, and I've been ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF IT!! Two days after my last post, I packed my bag and took the ferry and train to Odense, the largest city on the island of Funen. Marianne, my dad's cousin's wife, has gone back to school in a law program in Odense, so she was able to pick me up from the station and drive me to the Elverhøj home in Skærbæk. Soon after, Bjarne came hom...

Well, the next half of my Great Escape has begun!! Kallee and I parted ways on the Underground (SO weird to leave you, Kallee!!), then I continued on the tube to my terminal. I was really early, so I had to wait around a bit to check in my bags...here's where the fun starts! I booked my ticket online, so was supposed to get my boarding pass from one of those fast check-in vendor things...I wasn't in the system! An assistant came over and just checked me in under ...

Day 41-London Kallee and I find ourselves in London again! The Contiki tour is over now, and we spent today further exploring the city of London; finding Shakespeare's Globe theatre and an AMAZING restaurant near it, the London Tower Bridge, London Tower and such. It was a day full of walking, as we didn't realize how far away all these monuments were from our hotel! We decided to accompany Melissa to the airport to see her off in the evening, and check out the ...

Day 40-London This morning was the start of an emotional day, for sure! We all said goodbye to those that stayed in Amsterdam to fly from the airport there, then we began the trip back through France to cross the English Channnel to get to London. The trip was filled with goodbye songs, writing messages to people in books, and enjoying the last coach ride with all these amazing people. We arrived in London around 5 or 6 in the evening, and had a few hours to do ...