day 5 in paris france

okay. so i was in the kenington area of london. super super fancy with beautiful houses and lots of overpriced stuff, but the hostel we stayed at was so cheap. had such a wonderful time in london, didnt pay for a single tourist attraction because ive seen them with mom when i was here last and im poor. haha. we met up with rebecca's friend amelia who is taking a psychlogy class in london this month and went to hyde park and had a picnic with wine the first day.

the next day we took the underground to see the london bridge, not what i thought it was, i thought london bridge was the tower bridge, so we just walked to the tate musuem then went to buckingham palace, saw the guards and walked to kings college where amelia was staying and got fish and chips. that night i left them to go to the airport instead of staying at the hostel. my flight was at 720am, so i had to either take a taxi to the airport at 4 or 5 am, or just hang out at the airport. no underground until 8am on sundays. lame. so that was an interesting experience.. the airport was closed. completely empty except for about 20-30 other people just milling around waiting like me, or cleaning. i only slept an hour and just read. bought the time travelers wife to read in seattle, it was so good i really loved it. amanda needs to go buy it-its that good. had a long talk with a british airport maintance guy. drank coffee at 4am. read. was bored. haha. wasnt that bad. sleep deprevation is not so fun though.

flew into paris, took the train into town. found the hostel fouccinier (sp?) pretty easily. its near notre dame, so im going to walk there after this, then head over to the louve or d'orsay. it is such a pretty hostel, with breakfast included and this beautiful wood beams in the ceiling and this spiral staircase, i have lots of pics but am waiting til i get to siena to put it all on my computer, i dont have a memory stick to transfer and cant get wireless at the hostel.. so... just wait for the pics.

me and becky took a nap as soon as they let us into our rooms, had to wait til 3. after the nap we undergrounded it to arc de truimphe right? yeah.. that giant arc thing. then went and shared a bottle of wine and walked up the stairs to the eiffel tower. god thats a walk i dont want to repeat. no thanks! but really nice. the light show went off while we were there.

becky left today to go to lyon, really enjoyed spending time with her. will see her and the rest of the group on friday when we all meet up in siena. we had hostel breakfast together, she left, i went back to bed. haha. im glad i found an internet cafe before i heading off. best way to list all the crap im doing instead of seperate emails. its like.. 3.50 euros for 30 minutes! ridicolous! its like everything costs the same as home, but is double the amount because the dollar sucks.

but im not sick anymore. i was so sick the last two days at home. too sick to have a party like i wanted to. i felt bad not being able to say goodbye to my friends, but ill be back in october. it was pretty miserable, but its gone now! i think i just was so stressed out that it was easy to get that sick.

alright. im off to find food and a church. i miss my phone and not being able to talk to everyone. but its so wonderful here and im really happy. i love you all. jordan.