The Girls and I made it to Barcelona! It was a bit of an epic struggle to get here, actually. See...we were in Berlin before this and we had reserved 3 tickets from Berlin to Barcelona via Paris and a small town called Perpignion or something like that. We get to Paris and they say that the train from Paris to Perpignion is full. There´s no way we´re getting to Barcelona tonight. So the next morning at 6am they put us on a train to Montpellier...another small town that borders Spain. We get there and they say there´s a freaking TRAIN STRIKE and there are no French trains leaving the country today. Sorry. So we get stuck in this dinky...albeit beautiful French town for a day and a half. The next day at 10pm at night we finally make it to Barcelona.
It was so worth it though. We spent all of yesterday sun tanning on the beach. In NOVEMBER! We got 5 euro massages and went swimming and played with our poi and devil sticks and took sexy beach pictures. Much fun was had. It´s amazing...it feels like summer here.
Going to Rome tomorrow night via Milano. Ha! I feel like a billionare...yes I´m just going to head over to Rome via Milano after being in Barcelona for a short romp. Yes...I will have another expensive glass of Merlot, thank you, Jeeves. *grin*
Maybe I´ll update again later. Maybe. ;) I´ll try my best. It´s hard to get to a computer these days, though.
Katie
Monday, November 10, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Who knows what day this is. Thirty-six days until I see Wes again...that's all I care about right now o.O Not that I don't miss all of you equally. I do. I just miss him the most at this moment. Anyway, mom told me to update my blog. But I think it takes waaaay to long. I'll try to be speedy gonzales:
Went to Copenhagen. It was amazing. Best city ever. Jess and I absolutely adored it. Saw a Lars Brygmann movie while we were there. In Danish. We didn't really get the dialogue but we're smart gals and more or less understood the plot. Lars was awesome in it.
Went to this hippy ghetto-town. Interesting things happened.
Got really good at pool. We're pool sharks.
Oh, Carolyn is in France right now. Because she didn't want to come party with us in Amsterdam.
Which is where we are right now. Much fun has been had. Except we've kind of been lazing about all day. Whatever. We deserve a break.
Oh yeah, got the back of our necks pierced in Denmark. Matching piercings. Because we're awesome.
Coffee shops here are interesting. Not going into anymore detail on that one.
We went on a search for apple pie today. Found this computer instead. The search continues.
Happy, mom? :P
HEART! Katie
Went to Copenhagen. It was amazing. Best city ever. Jess and I absolutely adored it. Saw a Lars Brygmann movie while we were there. In Danish. We didn't really get the dialogue but we're smart gals and more or less understood the plot. Lars was awesome in it.
Went to this hippy ghetto-town. Interesting things happened.
Got really good at pool. We're pool sharks.
Oh, Carolyn is in France right now. Because she didn't want to come party with us in Amsterdam.
Which is where we are right now. Much fun has been had. Except we've kind of been lazing about all day. Whatever. We deserve a break.
Oh yeah, got the back of our necks pierced in Denmark. Matching piercings. Because we're awesome.
Coffee shops here are interesting. Not going into anymore detail on that one.
We went on a search for apple pie today. Found this computer instead. The search continues.
Happy, mom? :P
HEART! Katie
Friday, October 17, 2008
the internet eludes me....
Don't really feel like updating but I know people like to know where I am and what I'm doing. No, I'm not in Scotland anymore. I'm actually in Vienna now. Yeah, I've moved on to Austria and we were in Dublin and Paris before this. Interesting things that have happened in the last little while:
...Drank Guiness in Dublin but it was a bit of a hole, not much to do
...Everyone is drunk in Ireland all the time. This is the conclusion we've come to.
...Took a plane from Dublin to Paris because it was cheaper than taking a ferry and only an hour and a half instead of 17. Flew Ryan Air. Very cheap. Very crappy.
...Slept on the floor of my mothers hotel room in Paris very uncomfortable. But that's what you get when you suck at planning.
...Saw the Eiffel Tower. Absolutely amazing.
...Saw the Louvre. Mona Lisa has crazy security on it.
...Drank espresso and lots of pastries
...Saw the Moulin Rouge and sang a lot
...Mastered the french language
...Took a 14hour train to Austria
...Jess and I stole a compartment in first class and fell asleep. Were woken up by angry men speaking german. They hit us. o.O To wake us up I mean. Turned out to be passport officers.
...Got some money stolen on the train. It sucked. Austrians suck.
...German is difficult. Thank god people speak english here.
That's about it. I'll try to update more later.
...Drank Guiness in Dublin but it was a bit of a hole, not much to do
...Everyone is drunk in Ireland all the time. This is the conclusion we've come to.
...Took a plane from Dublin to Paris because it was cheaper than taking a ferry and only an hour and a half instead of 17. Flew Ryan Air. Very cheap. Very crappy.
...Slept on the floor of my mothers hotel room in Paris very uncomfortable. But that's what you get when you suck at planning.
...Saw the Eiffel Tower. Absolutely amazing.
...Saw the Louvre. Mona Lisa has crazy security on it.
...Drank espresso and lots of pastries
...Saw the Moulin Rouge and sang a lot
...Mastered the french language
...Took a 14hour train to Austria
...Jess and I stole a compartment in first class and fell asleep. Were woken up by angry men speaking german. They hit us. o.O To wake us up I mean. Turned out to be passport officers.
...Got some money stolen on the train. It sucked. Austrians suck.
...German is difficult. Thank god people speak english here.
That's about it. I'll try to update more later.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Hm, haven't updated the ol' blog in a while 0.o
Well, I don't really feel like updating right now. And I thought I could just update with some pictures but they lock the computer boxes up at this hostel. Grumble.
Left mom and Al today. They went to Paris in the morning. Caro and Jess and I are now in Edinburgh. It's a pretty kick ass little-big town, actually! We were so used to London that we didn't expect Scotland to be this cool. XD
The train took a heck of a long time, though. SIX hours. Gah. Sigh, I still 1/2 hour of internet time and I'm bored of it already.
We found a "mountain" today. Wanted to climb it, but it's dark.
Bah. I can't do it. I'll update tomorrow. ^_~
Well, I don't really feel like updating right now. And I thought I could just update with some pictures but they lock the computer boxes up at this hostel. Grumble.
Left mom and Al today. They went to Paris in the morning. Caro and Jess and I are now in Edinburgh. It's a pretty kick ass little-big town, actually! We were so used to London that we didn't expect Scotland to be this cool. XD
The train took a heck of a long time, though. SIX hours. Gah. Sigh, I still 1/2 hour of internet time and I'm bored of it already.
We found a "mountain" today. Wanted to climb it, but it's dark.
Bah. I can't do it. I'll update tomorrow. ^_~
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Gah I have to update more
I'm really tired so some of this is going to be in point form.
DAY TWELVE
DAY THIRTEEN
DAY TWELVE
- Chilled in Bath with Caro
- Didn't really do much
- Saw cows in a field overlooking Bath. We were very amused.
DAY THIRTEEN
- Again, we were hanging out in Bath.
- Saw the Roman Baths. Not quite as impressive as I would have thought initially. Definetely interesting. But we got through them really quick.
- Got high tea at a place called Sally Lunn's. Apparently it's the oldest tea house in Bath or England or something to that extent.
- My memory sucks. We did other stuff too.
DAY FOURTEEN
- Caro and I wanted to go to Stonehendge today but apparently buses don't run out there very often, if at all, on sundays.
- Truthfully we were kind of relieved because we both really wanted to get back into London.
- Took the train back to London. We headed down to our hostel which was fan-cy! It's London's newest hostel and it's got high tech key cards and automatic doors.
- Then we went to Primark (very cheap clothing store). and bought lots of clothes. Got Wes a dirty present. :D And I found the Fantomas album I was looking for! The epic quest is over!
- Found a Banksy! It said "One Nation Under CCTV" with a little girl painting it and a cop watching her.
- Stayed up late to wait for Jess to get in from Brighton.
- Went to bed at around 3am.
DAY FIFTEEN
- Ha! Yesterday was rather amusing to say the least.
- Met mom and Al and went to the flat. We were all stoked to see them.
- Walked around a bit by Trafalgar Square because we couldn't go to the flat until 2pm.
- Flat is very nice. It's not extremely big or anything but it's good enough for us.
- Okay I want to get to the good part. So Jess and Caro and I decide to go out for drinks because we finally have somewhere to dump our bags and it's just convenient (I can't spell). So we go to this bar and get fucking SMASHED. We ordered TWO six shooters. That's 12 shots. We drank those in the first 8 minutes.
- Suffice to say Jess experienced a new level of drunkness.
- I thought I was going to die and thought about playing California by Mr. Bungle (the album I'm going to play when I know I'm about to die).
- BAD hangover the next day.
- OH YEAH! I almost forgot. Jess cut my hair with sewing scissors (I have bangs!) and we dyed it dark brown. And I bleached her hair. And we dressed Caro up extremely hot like.
DAY SIXTEEN
- Went to Gordon Ramsay's restaurant today. Jess and I were not doing so well but we managed it. We mentioned that we were fans of Gordon's and they gave us a tour of the kitchen.
- Ha! But in the morning Jess and I were still a little drunk so we had a good time laughing about the night before. Caro and Mom (who sort of cleaned up after us/took care of us) were certainly not laughing. Actually, that's not true. They were laughing a lot.
- Saw Sam Roberts in concert! He was playing at some random club in a random part of town. It was kick ass! Of course, Al didn't have the best directions. So we got a bit lost.
- Meh, tired now. More details (and possibly pictures!) later. ^_~
Friday, September 26, 2008
Bah. Haven't updated in a while...
DAY NINE
Stratford! Which can only mean one thing...Hamlet! Yes, this is the only thing we did in Stratford. No, we don't regret it. I'm pretty sick of small towns in the UK at this point. And besides, all three of us were too excited about the play to really care about anything else.
Went to the stage door before the show started to see if Patrick Stewart or David Tenant would sign anything but a woman came out and said only David Tennant would come out and only after the show and only for five minutes. So we all sighed and left for a bit until it was closer to show time. A pitcher of Pimm's later we get back to the theatre to see it.
Gah! It was amazing. I can't tell you how awesome it was to see David Tennant and Patrick Stewart on stage together. They were both epic. The whole thing was epic. It was just amazing. I'm so good with the details, no? Haha...it was very good.
Afterward we ran back to the stage door but a grumpy old man came out and said that Mr. Stewart and Mr. Tennant had left already. And we were all very sad. Especially all the British fangirls who were only there to see David Tennant. Patrick Stewart is more amazing. I don't know why there were no British fangirls for him. :O Anyroad, we left them sticky notes on the door, telling them how much we love them.
DAY TEN
Took the train from Stratford to Cardiff today. It was a pretty long train because we had to go from Stratford to Birmingham and then Birmingham to Cardiff. It took about 3 hours and that day we didn't leave until later than usual. We didn't even get into Cardiff until around 200pm.
When we got in we immediately tried to find the Millenium Centre where they film Torchwood and Doctor Who. We walked by the Millenium Plaza and Millenium Stadium because we figured the Millenium Centre would be close by. No dice.
Then we decided to go back to the train station and ask them where the hostel is but the information booth was closed! So, we asked someone at the ticket booth and she said we needed to take a bus but she didn't know which one. Then it was an epic quest for this elusive hostel starting with a hunt for the right bus, involving awful cranky bus drivers, and ending with us walking most of the way to this stupid YHA hostel.
After quite an exhausting search we finally found it. We stayed in a 12 bedroom dorm that night. Not so bad, really. Everyone was fairly quiet.
After we got settled in we went back down to the city centre to find the Millenium Centre. We are determined. You gotta give us that. Bit of a walk to get there as it's actually by Cardiff Bay not the city centre. Lots of pictures ensued. The Millenium Centre looks rather impressive at night too:
http://www.cardiffbayholidays.co.uk/images/800px-Wales_Millennium_Centre.jpg
Had quite an awesome discussion while eating dinner with Caro about who is more of a musical genius: Mike Patton or Beethoven? We weren't really talking about that so much as how we would fairly determine how to answer that question. We had a whole scenario where we would get three guys and three girls who either liked both kinds of music or didn't like either and they would have to do a series of surveys and we would present our cases for each. It was all very awesome. Now we really want to do it. We asked Alex, Jess, and Wes. So far it's 1 for Beethoven, 1 for Patton, and 1 for David Usher. ^_^
DAY ELEVEN
Caro and I had to switch hostels that day because the YHA one we were staying in was booked up for the night so we headed down to our new one in the morning. Thankfully, it's very close to the city centre so no more awful bus drivers. Dropped off our bags and then headed to Cardiff Castle.
It's pretty awesome. It's this huuge castle right in the middle of the city. I'm talking like...right in the city centre. We did a little audio tour of it and took pictures of us attacking the keep and stuff.
http://www.lindsayfincher.com/gallery/d/9885-1/cardiff_castle_4.jpg
That's a picture of the keep. Not the whole castle. There's actually a huge wall surrounding that. The keep was the best part though. ^_^
Jess called and said she was in Cardiff too, staying at the same hostel even! Total coincidence. We're just awesome like that. Shopped a bit with her and Caro. Went to Spinner's Records which is the oldest record shop in the world. Got some awesome Melvins cds.
Headed down to the Millenium Centre again because Jess hadn't been. Found a Doctor Who exhibit. It was awesome.
DAY TWELVE
In Bath right now. Caro and I walked up a fucking huge hill to get to our hostel. And now we're being lazy. More later when my fingers don't hurt from typing. ^_~
Stratford! Which can only mean one thing...Hamlet! Yes, this is the only thing we did in Stratford. No, we don't regret it. I'm pretty sick of small towns in the UK at this point. And besides, all three of us were too excited about the play to really care about anything else.
Went to the stage door before the show started to see if Patrick Stewart or David Tenant would sign anything but a woman came out and said only David Tennant would come out and only after the show and only for five minutes. So we all sighed and left for a bit until it was closer to show time. A pitcher of Pimm's later we get back to the theatre to see it.
Gah! It was amazing. I can't tell you how awesome it was to see David Tennant and Patrick Stewart on stage together. They were both epic. The whole thing was epic. It was just amazing. I'm so good with the details, no? Haha...it was very good.
Afterward we ran back to the stage door but a grumpy old man came out and said that Mr. Stewart and Mr. Tennant had left already. And we were all very sad. Especially all the British fangirls who were only there to see David Tennant. Patrick Stewart is more amazing. I don't know why there were no British fangirls for him. :O Anyroad, we left them sticky notes on the door, telling them how much we love them.
DAY TEN
Took the train from Stratford to Cardiff today. It was a pretty long train because we had to go from Stratford to Birmingham and then Birmingham to Cardiff. It took about 3 hours and that day we didn't leave until later than usual. We didn't even get into Cardiff until around 200pm.
When we got in we immediately tried to find the Millenium Centre where they film Torchwood and Doctor Who. We walked by the Millenium Plaza and Millenium Stadium because we figured the Millenium Centre would be close by. No dice.
Then we decided to go back to the train station and ask them where the hostel is but the information booth was closed! So, we asked someone at the ticket booth and she said we needed to take a bus but she didn't know which one. Then it was an epic quest for this elusive hostel starting with a hunt for the right bus, involving awful cranky bus drivers, and ending with us walking most of the way to this stupid YHA hostel.
After quite an exhausting search we finally found it. We stayed in a 12 bedroom dorm that night. Not so bad, really. Everyone was fairly quiet.
After we got settled in we went back down to the city centre to find the Millenium Centre. We are determined. You gotta give us that. Bit of a walk to get there as it's actually by Cardiff Bay not the city centre. Lots of pictures ensued. The Millenium Centre looks rather impressive at night too:
http://www.cardiffbayholidays.co.uk/images/800px-Wales_Millennium_Centre.jpg
Had quite an awesome discussion while eating dinner with Caro about who is more of a musical genius: Mike Patton or Beethoven? We weren't really talking about that so much as how we would fairly determine how to answer that question. We had a whole scenario where we would get three guys and three girls who either liked both kinds of music or didn't like either and they would have to do a series of surveys and we would present our cases for each. It was all very awesome. Now we really want to do it. We asked Alex, Jess, and Wes. So far it's 1 for Beethoven, 1 for Patton, and 1 for David Usher. ^_^
DAY ELEVEN
Caro and I had to switch hostels that day because the YHA one we were staying in was booked up for the night so we headed down to our new one in the morning. Thankfully, it's very close to the city centre so no more awful bus drivers. Dropped off our bags and then headed to Cardiff Castle.
It's pretty awesome. It's this huuge castle right in the middle of the city. I'm talking like...right in the city centre. We did a little audio tour of it and took pictures of us attacking the keep and stuff.
http://www.lindsayfincher.com/gallery/d/9885-1/cardiff_castle_4.jpg
That's a picture of the keep. Not the whole castle. There's actually a huge wall surrounding that. The keep was the best part though. ^_^
Jess called and said she was in Cardiff too, staying at the same hostel even! Total coincidence. We're just awesome like that. Shopped a bit with her and Caro. Went to Spinner's Records which is the oldest record shop in the world. Got some awesome Melvins cds.
Headed down to the Millenium Centre again because Jess hadn't been. Found a Doctor Who exhibit. It was awesome.
DAY TWELVE
In Bath right now. Caro and I walked up a fucking huge hill to get to our hostel. And now we're being lazy. More later when my fingers don't hurt from typing. ^_~
Monday, September 22, 2008
And then there were two...
DAY SEVEN
Carolyn and I went to Oxford yesterday. It was the very start of our Britrail pass which let's us travel all around Britain by rail for the amount of time on the pass. We each got a 22 day pass so we have quite a bit of time to juice it for all it's worth.
We got up at 530am yesterday to try and catch the 645am train from London-Paddington to Oxford but when we got to the Tube it didn't open until 710am. So, we decided to just hang out until it opened and catch a later train. But when it finally did open we didn't get a train until 725am! o.O
Anyway, we finally caught a train from London-Paddington at 830am and arrived around 1130 or so. Oxford was very nice. It's quite small but that was good because we only had one day to look around. We basically walked the length of it 3 or 4 times. Didn't really do much particularly exciting. Just sort of wondered and hung out.
But I found out that STEPHEN FRY is doing a book signing in London on October 4th and Alex is going to be here too and we have to go. It's not even a question.
We had dinner at a small pub called the Turf Tavern...built in the 16th century! It was delicious. I had a chicken and mushroom pie with peas and chips and gravy oh and a pint. It was overly delicious. Mmmm.
DAY EIGHT
Got into Cambridge today. Had to go all the way back to London from Oxford and then go from London-Paddington to London-King's Cross. The Tube was a bit busy so that was a little difficult but we JUST made it.
Not feeling Cambridge so much. And felt a little lonely today. Maybe it's cause Jess isn't here. I miss Jess. Well, seeing her tomorrow when we go to see Hamlet at Stratford-Upon-Avon. With PATRICK STEWART AND DAVID TENANT!OH MY GOD.
Missing Rochellee and Wesley a lot today. :( Also Alex but she's going to be here in a few days.
And Wesley called me which made me feel much better.
GUYS! I want to know what's going on at home! E-mail me with any awesome news. I'll even settle for mundane news at this point.
Over and out!
Katie
Carolyn and I went to Oxford yesterday. It was the very start of our Britrail pass which let's us travel all around Britain by rail for the amount of time on the pass. We each got a 22 day pass so we have quite a bit of time to juice it for all it's worth.
We got up at 530am yesterday to try and catch the 645am train from London-Paddington to Oxford but when we got to the Tube it didn't open until 710am. So, we decided to just hang out until it opened and catch a later train. But when it finally did open we didn't get a train until 725am! o.O
Anyway, we finally caught a train from London-Paddington at 830am and arrived around 1130 or so. Oxford was very nice. It's quite small but that was good because we only had one day to look around. We basically walked the length of it 3 or 4 times. Didn't really do much particularly exciting. Just sort of wondered and hung out.
But I found out that STEPHEN FRY is doing a book signing in London on October 4th and Alex is going to be here too and we have to go. It's not even a question.
We had dinner at a small pub called the Turf Tavern...built in the 16th century! It was delicious. I had a chicken and mushroom pie with peas and chips and gravy oh and a pint. It was overly delicious. Mmmm.
DAY EIGHT
Got into Cambridge today. Had to go all the way back to London from Oxford and then go from London-Paddington to London-King's Cross. The Tube was a bit busy so that was a little difficult but we JUST made it.
Not feeling Cambridge so much. And felt a little lonely today. Maybe it's cause Jess isn't here. I miss Jess. Well, seeing her tomorrow when we go to see Hamlet at Stratford-Upon-Avon. With PATRICK STEWART AND DAVID TENANT!OH MY GOD.
Missing Rochellee and Wesley a lot today. :( Also Alex but she's going to be here in a few days.
And Wesley called me which made me feel much better.
GUYS! I want to know what's going on at home! E-mail me with any awesome news. I'll even settle for mundane news at this point.
Over and out!
Katie
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