London/Amsterdam/Paris

Glamour, beauty, awesome accents, etc was totally not the case in London.  For some reason I thought all these things about London, uh...I don't know maybe it's all the stupid t.v. shows and what not that I thought that maybe either way it was NOT the case.  I was somewhat disappointed with London and a bit stressed there.  London is a big place and kind of hectic.  What I have come to realize is that Europe's streets do not have any rhyme or reason.  They just put streets wherever and however and just call it whatever...very confusing.  Ha ha maybe that's why all the locals use landmarks instead of the street names when helping me with directions.  I saw some really awesome things in London though AND saw Phantom of the Opera, WHAAATTT yeah that's right!  It was fabulous!  I am glad I went to say that I have gone to London but will probably not go back.

NOW....Amsterdam...what can I say about Amsterdam.  The wreak of weed from the cafes and the practically naked ladies in the windows.  What more can I say?!?!  We were a couple windows down from the red light district.  A girl I met got told that he wanted to buy her for a million dollars, pretty creepy.  Went to the Van Gogh Museum and to the Jordan area which was beautiful.  I will say that the canals were pretty neat, other than that Amsterdam was not my favorite either.  It would be much better if a group of friends went instead of just one person for sure!  Maybe next time a group of us can go and party, what do ya say?!

Anyways, I am in Paris now.  The day started off not so good because I got told by a train station employee to move lines because I was in the "wrong" line, I ignored her, and her co-worker, and her manager because another person I had met went to that line and got a ticket and the line went much faster!  I guess she was very pissed I kept ignoring her.  In fact the manager said "Don't blame me if you can't get a ticket".  They're scare tactics don't work on me!  I knew they could not remove me from the line and the only reason I knew she was pissed (obviously because I do not speak french) is because the french lady that was standing in line behind me told me ha ha ha!!  She was on my side though and told me to stay because of her the bad feelings I had about the train station people were revoked.  In the end I won because I did get my ticket in the "wrong" line.  After that I caught a taxi to the hotel (that I paid buccu dollars for) and went touring on a bus for a while and got off.  It was one of those hop on hop off buses, pretty neat.  I tried renting a bike and since my debit card doesn't have a chip in it I was not able...BOO!!!  My feet are killing me by now, including my ankle, hips, I am falling apart but no time to complain, just keep swimming, just keep swimming... the Lourve, the Eiffel Tower, Champe de Elysse, Arc De Triumph, etc just absolutely gorgeous.  I was going to stay at the Eiffel tower to see it glitter at midnight but after a random guy came up to me trying to sell me champagne, saying how cute, nice, and how much he liked me and asked me to come with him after the Eiffel tower, I decided it probably was not a good idea to stay after too dark.  So, here I am writing in my blog to you guys, instead of watching the Eiffel Tower glitter...I got to see it light up though and that is good enough for me!  The hot shower and nice cozy bed, and a room all to myself makes up for all of it.  I will go see Notre Dame and the Latin Quarters tomorrow.

I take the overnight train to Berlin, Germany tomorrow.  So, until next time, thanks for reading and hope everyone over there are doing just as magnificent as me.

Anne