I'm in Europe! Whooooa!
Jul. 21st, 2009 04:54 pmIt's so cool, and everything's happening so fast, and I'm hopping from here to there to another place every couple of days, it's overwhelming in a good way. I spent four days in London, two in Amsterdam, and now I'm in Paris for 26 hours or so, until my overnight train to Madrid, which leaves at 11 tonight.
I kind of love Paris. The Metro looks like brains and there are no helpful arrow like in London, but whatever, I have a day pass so I can get on and off and swear then get back on again... as many times as I want! It's airy and the streets are wide, and it's about 90 degrees and blazingly sunny.
Amsterdam was okay. I actually like the smell of marijuana, even if I've never properly smoked it, so the smell hovering in the air was nice. But the whole stoner culture is just not my thing, and the architecture was kind of cutesy. It looked like how an old aunt with 16 cats and no social life would design a town, y'know? Too many doilies.
That's not to say that Amsterdam's BAD. It's lovely! Just not my scene. London was nice, though a bit grim. My favorite part was how everywhere was history and culture. Like, my sister and I were just walking around, and we managed to mostly accidentally find all the big sights. London Eye, Tower of London, Paddington Square and Tate Galleries, all neato.
While I'm in Paris I'm actually avoiding the museums. I'm sure the Louvre is just keen, but there's only so long I want to stand in line, and you can't see anything real in a museum. Well, you can. But I like riding the metro and people-watching more. Noshing croissants and sipping fanta so I don't get dehydrated in this sunshine.
It's so sunny! 90 and a bit humid, which is a bit much, but it's glorious after that depressing excuse for a summer we've had back home. London was dreary as well, but Paris? Ooh la-la!
I kind of love Paris. The Metro looks like brains and there are no helpful arrow like in London, but whatever, I have a day pass so I can get on and off and swear then get back on again... as many times as I want! It's airy and the streets are wide, and it's about 90 degrees and blazingly sunny.
Amsterdam was okay. I actually like the smell of marijuana, even if I've never properly smoked it, so the smell hovering in the air was nice. But the whole stoner culture is just not my thing, and the architecture was kind of cutesy. It looked like how an old aunt with 16 cats and no social life would design a town, y'know? Too many doilies.
That's not to say that Amsterdam's BAD. It's lovely! Just not my scene. London was nice, though a bit grim. My favorite part was how everywhere was history and culture. Like, my sister and I were just walking around, and we managed to mostly accidentally find all the big sights. London Eye, Tower of London, Paddington Square and Tate Galleries, all neato.
While I'm in Paris I'm actually avoiding the museums. I'm sure the Louvre is just keen, but there's only so long I want to stand in line, and you can't see anything real in a museum. Well, you can. But I like riding the metro and people-watching more. Noshing croissants and sipping fanta so I don't get dehydrated in this sunshine.
It's so sunny! 90 and a bit humid, which is a bit much, but it's glorious after that depressing excuse for a summer we've had back home. London was dreary as well, but Paris? Ooh la-la!