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Orginially from Ohio, I went to the big city of New York for about 5 years (mainly for school), and now I am working towards my masters at Cambridge in England. I hope this website gives everyone a taste of what my life is like here... and if nothing else I think you will find it fun and entertaining!!
Monday, May 30, 2005
Paris Day 1
Girls weekend out in Paris!!! Except it was during the weekday haha. We had an awesome trip... we woke up at the crack of dawn, took the train to London, then the Eurostar to Paris plus walked 500 gazillion miles in Paris that day (a lot of the miles carrying a crazy heavy hiking backpack), and we still lived to tell the story hahaha.
Kahn on the train out of Cambridge to London.
Vanessa trying to get some sleep in.
hehe we will soon notice that Shoop is amazing and can sleep anywhere :)
Group photo!! Look how jolly we were even though it was waaaay before many people even go to sleep!!
Tube fun!!
Woooah Rachel, you are waaay too perky for this time of the morning... that is my job!!
Look how excited we are!!! Yup still waiting for another tube.
Check out that monster backpack... we all took turns carrying that sucker around.
Ohhh shoop can even sleep standing.
ewwww you can see the gum in Rachel's mouth!!
Going up the escalator... still in the Underground...
awww Shooooooooooop are you embarassed?
Eurostar!!! We made it to the train!!
Kahn eating her bagel and drinking her morning coffee.
Ohhhh what shall we do today? hehehehe yes that is the MAGDALENE MCR guide for Paris :) hmmmm when will they come steal that baby back? Or did Shoop give it back already hmmmmmmmm...
So we arrived in Paris... and what happens??? Some bastardly car drives by super fast through a massive puddle of water and splashes shoop and me... look how wet our pants are!!! and by pants i mean trousers ;)
hmmmm some church... Nessie fill in the blanks for us!!!!
Rachel is resting.
awww Shoop with the flowers... hehe we are secretly looking for a toilet at this point...
hmmm some fountain...
Vanessa what is it??
Rachel and Vanessa trying to guess what it is... and what it means... and Shoop innocently believing them hahahahaha.
Walking across a bridge...
awww Shoop why are you hiding!!
hehe ummm some fallic symbol... Go Ness (hehe fill in the blank)!!!
So European looking... hehe errr maybe thats cuz it is Europe ;)
Old looking sweeeet building with cool old light fixtures.
Very interesting... some water with an island in the middle of it, right in the middle of Paris... hehe GO NESS!!!! (sorry i really do not remember what a lot of this stuff is).
Resting on Vanessa's favorite bridge... ohhhh some background... Vanessa studied abroad in Paris so knows it well and speaks French fluently SCORE US!!!
Squint!!
What is it Ness?? wow it is like reliving our paris experience...
Resting on the bridge...
Group photo on the bridge WOOOO HOOO!!
Entering the Louvre...
What's going on?? (says Rachel)
ooohhh right, smile for shoop
Going to reclaim my camera back from Shoop
The famous pyramid at the Louvre
Too bad its all cloudy and dark... but don't worry our Louvre pictures from the next days are nice :)
More of the Louvre.
The pyramids up close.
So Zion said that in the da vinci code it says something about a big inverted pyramid at the Louvre... anyone have any idea what he means???
Big kid Rachel with the big pyramid.
And little cute shoop with the baby pyramid.
Ohhh it does look like it is going to rain.
Some arch across the road from the Louvre... what is it?? GO NESS!!
The inside of the arch.
The gardens on the other side of the Louvre.
The big monster group out in the distance hahaha... Shoop and I made up the little legs group.
Pretty fountain where we would have lunch a different day.
Rachel says lets go this way.
ohhh pretty flowers.
Uh oh now it started raining in front of this fallic object...
GO NESS WHAT IS IT!!!
Shoop is well protected from the rain.
Rachel with the HUGE LV bag in the background.
Also, this is where some lady started asking Shoop in chinese if she would help her smuggle bags into other countries hehehe.
The Arc de Triumphe.
So gloomy looking :(
The inside of this arch...
Vanessa translating what it said... since I couldn't hear the translation, I decided to go off and take photos mwaa ha ha
SIR WINSTON!!!!
The Eiffel Tower!!
Good photo opp from the park... unfortunately the sky wasn't all that pretty
But some day, we can photoshop the sky hahaha
Awwww we are sooo cute!!
More hugging photos!!
and more tower photos...
ohhh getting closer...
And closer...
And guess what?? CLOSER
Those funny inventions that were supposed to be the next big thing after the internet... haha RIIIIGHT
Shooop with her ham and cheese crepe
Rachel digging in...
I don't think i have EVER seen vanessa this happy
ohhh and the best crepe of all... nutella and banana in a crepe made into a cone shape and filled with whipped creme!!
YES I AM EXCITED!!!!!!!!
yummmmmmmmmmmmm!!
First bite!!
Paris 2012... they can always hope hahaha but NY will win!! YAAY!
ohhh looks quite large from down on the ground
Seee shoop can sleep anywhere... even on the park bench haha
ohhh good morning sunshine!!
Yup we sometimes like to be little kid-like...
Look at the adorable little french kid that came to play with us
Shoop is see-saw-ing with her cute little date.
And shoop has passed out at our hostel.
and we are eating dinner... I am telling you, we ate our way through Paris!!
Shoop and I had crepes!! YAAY mine is a cheese crepe... look at the cheese oooozing out
Vanessa and Rachel had sandwiches...
And we are SOOO ready to go to bed
Wow what a long day!!!
Kahn on the train out of Cambridge to London.
Vanessa trying to get some sleep in.
hehe we will soon notice that Shoop is amazing and can sleep anywhere :)
Group photo!! Look how jolly we were even though it was waaaay before many people even go to sleep!!
Tube fun!!
Woooah Rachel, you are waaay too perky for this time of the morning... that is my job!!
Look how excited we are!!! Yup still waiting for another tube.
Check out that monster backpack... we all took turns carrying that sucker around.
Ohhh shoop can even sleep standing.
ewwww you can see the gum in Rachel's mouth!!
Going up the escalator... still in the Underground...
awww Shooooooooooop are you embarassed?
Eurostar!!! We made it to the train!!
Kahn eating her bagel and drinking her morning coffee.
Ohhhh what shall we do today? hehehehe yes that is the MAGDALENE MCR guide for Paris :) hmmmm when will they come steal that baby back? Or did Shoop give it back already hmmmmmmmm...
So we arrived in Paris... and what happens??? Some bastardly car drives by super fast through a massive puddle of water and splashes shoop and me... look how wet our pants are!!! and by pants i mean trousers ;)
hmmmm some church... Nessie fill in the blanks for us!!!!
Rachel is resting.
awww Shoop with the flowers... hehe we are secretly looking for a toilet at this point...
hmmm some fountain...
Vanessa what is it??
Rachel and Vanessa trying to guess what it is... and what it means... and Shoop innocently believing them hahahahaha.
Walking across a bridge...
awww Shoop why are you hiding!!
hehe ummm some fallic symbol... Go Ness (hehe fill in the blank)!!!
So European looking... hehe errr maybe thats cuz it is Europe ;)
Old looking sweeeet building with cool old light fixtures.
Very interesting... some water with an island in the middle of it, right in the middle of Paris... hehe GO NESS!!!! (sorry i really do not remember what a lot of this stuff is).
Resting on Vanessa's favorite bridge... ohhhh some background... Vanessa studied abroad in Paris so knows it well and speaks French fluently SCORE US!!!
Squint!!
What is it Ness?? wow it is like reliving our paris experience...
Resting on the bridge...
Group photo on the bridge WOOOO HOOO!!
Entering the Louvre...
What's going on?? (says Rachel)
ooohhh right, smile for shoop
Going to reclaim my camera back from Shoop
The famous pyramid at the Louvre
Too bad its all cloudy and dark... but don't worry our Louvre pictures from the next days are nice :)
More of the Louvre.
The pyramids up close.
So Zion said that in the da vinci code it says something about a big inverted pyramid at the Louvre... anyone have any idea what he means???
Big kid Rachel with the big pyramid.
And little cute shoop with the baby pyramid.
Ohhh it does look like it is going to rain.
Some arch across the road from the Louvre... what is it?? GO NESS!!
The inside of the arch.
The gardens on the other side of the Louvre.
The big monster group out in the distance hahaha... Shoop and I made up the little legs group.
Pretty fountain where we would have lunch a different day.
Rachel says lets go this way.
ohhh pretty flowers.
Uh oh now it started raining in front of this fallic object...
GO NESS WHAT IS IT!!!
Shoop is well protected from the rain.
Rachel with the HUGE LV bag in the background.
Also, this is where some lady started asking Shoop in chinese if she would help her smuggle bags into other countries hehehe.
The Arc de Triumphe.
So gloomy looking :(
The inside of this arch...
Vanessa translating what it said... since I couldn't hear the translation, I decided to go off and take photos mwaa ha ha
SIR WINSTON!!!!
The Eiffel Tower!!
Good photo opp from the park... unfortunately the sky wasn't all that pretty
But some day, we can photoshop the sky hahaha
Awwww we are sooo cute!!
More hugging photos!!
and more tower photos...
ohhh getting closer...
And closer...
And guess what?? CLOSER
Those funny inventions that were supposed to be the next big thing after the internet... haha RIIIIGHT
Shooop with her ham and cheese crepe
Rachel digging in...
I don't think i have EVER seen vanessa this happy
ohhh and the best crepe of all... nutella and banana in a crepe made into a cone shape and filled with whipped creme!!
YES I AM EXCITED!!!!!!!!
yummmmmmmmmmmmm!!
First bite!!
Paris 2012... they can always hope hahaha but NY will win!! YAAY!
ohhh looks quite large from down on the ground
Seee shoop can sleep anywhere... even on the park bench haha
ohhh good morning sunshine!!
Yup we sometimes like to be little kid-like...
Look at the adorable little french kid that came to play with us
Shoop is see-saw-ing with her cute little date.
And shoop has passed out at our hostel.
and we are eating dinner... I am telling you, we ate our way through Paris!!
Shoop and I had crepes!! YAAY mine is a cheese crepe... look at the cheese oooozing out
Vanessa and Rachel had sandwiches...
And we are SOOO ready to go to bed
Wow what a long day!!!
