Lagos

I left Lisboa this morning and am in Lagos now. It's nice and hot and sunny... I'm still having to get used to that after the weather in Wales. Tonight, Portugal plays England in the World Cup, so there should be lots of craziness here. And, Brazil plays France later in the evening, which should be a good match, too. If Brazil and Portugal end up playing each other this country will be insane... so I kind if hope that happens. hah. There's not much else to tell right now. Unfortunately, I still don't have any new pictures up, but hopefully I will soon.

Back on the road

After a crazy 2 weeks on the go with Melody, I was back in Swansea for two days to clean out my room before leaving again. Paris, Swansea, Mumbles, Cardiff, Chepstow, Tintern, Hay-on-Wye, and London were all great. Unfortunately, I still don't have time to write about them. Hopefully, I will be able to put the pictures up soon.

  

 

  

Yesterday, I flew to Madrid to start the last leg of my trip. I took a night train from Madrid to Lisboa (Lisbon) in Portugal. I got here around 8 this morning and will be meeting up with a friend of mine soon... she's in class at the moment so I'm just chilling at the train station right now.

  

 

  

I'll be in and around Spain and Portugal for the next 3 weeks, but I'm still not sure where all I'm going. After that, I'll be back in Swansea for a few days to say goodbye to all the Britons. Then I'll be off to Dublin for a few days before coming home

  

Hope you are all enjoying your summer! I'll be back in the states in less than a month now! Miss you all!

  

Paris happenings: by Melody

This update is brought to you by my seastar. A message that she wrote about her first overseas adventures aka what we did in Paris:

I'm emailing from WALES, and I just got back from PARIS!!!!

This is crazy!
 

I'm just going to type a list of what all we did in Paris because it is too much to tell about in an email.  We hardly slept from the time I met Heather in London til the time we got to her house the night before last.

met Heather in London and took Eurostar train to Paris
  

drank much espresso and ate many chocolate croissants
  

visited Notre Dame Cathedral - saw the gargoyles and crown of thorns and all those stained glass windows - beautiful  

bought a used C.S. Lewis novel at Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore

ate crepes on the Seine River

drank more espresso at Cafe de Flore

visited St. Sulpice Cathedral - yup, the one from the Da Vinci Code

rested in Jardin de Luxenburg

ate dinner in the Montparnesse neighborhood

visited the Louvre - saw a bunch of cool stuff including the winged victory statue, Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and the Italian sculpture room <- SOOO beautiful

got rained on in the Jardin de Tuileries (sculpture garden in front of Louvre)

visited Arc de Triomphe - refused to take the tour because I was exhausted at this point

walked all the way down the Ave des Champs Elysees

rode an elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower

visited the Montmartre neighborhood

saw lots of really old parks, buildings, and cathedrals

switched to cappuccinos

visited this old Celtic church

heard some nuns sing in French in the Secre Coeur

walked down Clichy Blvd (thought about Henry Miller)

saw Moulin Rouge

back to the Eurostar station and then to Heather's house where we went to sleep until 1:00 in the afternoon the next day.

Yesterday we took it easy, went to the beach, visited Heather's school, and a little town next to Swansea called Mumbles. Having a great time! 

Paree... Paris, that is

I'm in Paris. Running out of time on the computer. Met up with Melody (my seastar) today in London and after a long day of travel, we're here. I'll write something more interesting later. But yea, I'm done with school, it's summer, it's finally really hot here, and I'm traveling until the 26th of July when I return to Americaaaa.

I'm coming to a country near you!

Just writing to let you all know when I will be headed back to the U S of A: I fly into Chicago to meet up with my brother on the 26th of July. I'll be back in Memphis a few days after that. If anyone not from M-town feels like dropping in, feel free... just give me a heads up if you think you can come. I will be back in the Burg around the middle of August, most likely. 

My seastar flies into London this Monday, and we're immediately heading to Paris. Then, we're coming back here to Wales for about a week before hitting up London for a few days prior to her flight home. After that, I will be in Portugal and southwest Spain, or at least that's the plan at this point. I'm flying out of Dublin, so I will be bumming around there for a few days before I hop a plane back over the pond to return to all of you. Don't worry though, I will keep you updated along the way with inane emails and installments of photos.