Hello again! We have met up again after spending Christmas in the UK. Scott went to London to see Courtney and her family, and I stayed in Southampton and ate lots of food. My Christmas was a three-day food extravaganza... I left Southampton on the 27th, wishing I could stay there for the rest of my holiday. Arrived in London and waited around for Scott in the pub next door to the apartment. It was great to see Courtney again. The morning of the 28th was freezing...

Too lazy to write another recount of the past couple of days, I have pasted below the email sent to family: Hi all! Time for another travel update. Last time I wrote we'd just had our second day in Paris. Day three in Paris we woke up relatively late and didn't actually get anywhere until midday. We went back to the Eiffel Tower and went up to the middle floor. The tower was still covered in fog so they weren't letting people up to the top floor and you co...

I am in domestic bliss in Southampton. I have a bed, and a real pillow, and real food, and I may have to stay here forever. Feeling heaps better now I'm somewhere that has a working washing machine/shower/hairdryer/sink/front door/all of the above. I'm sure Scott will have more interesting news, because I intend to take full advantage of acting like a sloth and relaxing for the next week or so.

Tuesday was a continuation of the Paris-sightseeing-craziness, with a trip up the Eiffel Tower. It was so overcast and smoggy that we couldn't see the top of the tower even when we were standing on the 2nd viewing deck! Pretty crazy. After that we headed for Musee Rodin, and saw sculptures such as The Thinker and The Kiss. Most of the museum was in a garden, which was very cool. I continued on to the Musee d'Orsay for the pastel exhibition and some awesome Impres...

WHEEEE!!!!!!!!! PARIS PARIS PARIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *insert nonsensical blog about how much I <3 Paris* Hmm. Anyway, we've had a whirlwind couple of days. Lots of trains and walking. In (sort of) chronological order: caught a train to Lviv walked around Lviv for hours in the freezing cold caught a train to Budapest. Slept on the train, and went through Customs at 4am again walked around Budapest for hours in the freezing cold slept in a real bed caug...