San Sebastien, Paris and New York
Hey y'all(I am in Texas)
So you're probably wondering what I've been doing the last few weeks, well here it is in all it's vague and uninteresting glory.
So...San Sebastien coolest place on earth. My nine nights there were pretty much set to a pattern. Go out till the early hours, get up late, go to the beach, bum around all afternoon, cook up a massive dinner(the hostel had a kitchen) and repeat. Along with the Aussies that I hung out with there was also Steph, the Canadian and Jake the Englishman(hilarious). Both top people and lots of fun. I also spent a fair bit of time around Sangria, which for those who don't know is red wine mixed with fruits and fruit juice, and it tastes fantastic. Also, made up one of the greatest dance moves of all time, crab in a bucket. I'll give everyone a demonstration when I get back but for now it involves clicking your hands like pincers among other things. I'll be honest it really doesn't make sense to me, let's just put it down to another fine act of stupidity. On the 10th I had to say goodbye to my new found friends as I left for Paris.
Off to Paris, the city of the Parisians...obviously. Paris is a fantastic city with heaps to see and do. The first day I was there(11th) I walked down the Champs Elysee(OOOHH! Champs Elysee) from the Arc de Triomphe to the Louvre. Walked on past the Louvre to Notre Dame Cathedral and walked around inside. After that I walked along the other side of the river all the way to the Eiffel Tower, which really is a sight to behold. I climbed all the way to the top and got some great pictures of Paris. After this I got the metro back to the hostel, I was pooped.
The 12th was the day to tackle the Louvre. Make no mistake the building is freakin' huge! too big to do the whole thing so I saw all the stuff I was interested in(Roman,Greek and Egyptian art) aswell as the big ones. I now no that the hype surrounding the Mona Lisa is somewhat justified. Her eyes do follow you around the room...packed with about 1000 other people probably all thinking the same thing(probably some were cynically, and not entirely incorrect in thinking "It's so bloody small, what's the big deal" ). One really cool experience was leaving the Louvre through the glass pyramid. It was raining and you could see heaps of tiny rivulets(that's right, rivulets) running down the sides. In writing this sounds a lot less interesting than it was at the time.
That night I met up with Jed,Alex,Ebony and Welco as they had come in on the bus that night. It was in fact Welco's birthday so we all went out for dinner and drinks, then up to the Sacre Cur which is a castle overlooking Paris. Good times.
The 13th I went to the Catacombs, which is pretty much a cemetry in an old quarry with more than a million peoples bones lining the walls...good wholesome family fun. It was quite a surreal experience. That night was the final night for the group of us to hang out as Jed and Ebony had to go back to work(ha) in the UK and Welco and Alex were continuing there European adventures. Sad times(so ronery).
The 14th I went to the Sacre Cur during the day, and also visited the site of the Bastille, then for the rest of the day pretty much just worried about my flight from Paris to New York(through London Heathrow AAARGH!!) the next day.
Fortunately my flight wasn't late or cancelled and I got into New York at 11:30pm on the 15th. Unfortunately that meant I was only able to get to my hostel at about 1:30 and into bed at 2am which was actually about 8am Paris time. I was pooped.
16/08/06-I slept
On the 17th I walked through central park and went to the central park zoo(waste of time). I then caught the subway for the first time down to the bottom of Manhattan and tried to catch the ferry to the statue of liberty. However, for some reason the ferry wasn't going to liberty island for the rest of the day. Bugger.
The 18th, the day was finally here. No more hostels, no more dorm rooms with people waking you up and turning on the light in the middle of the night,no more sleeping with mattress springs trying to puncture my lungs. Today I got to stay in a hotel. WOOO!! The hotel we stayed in(my brother, Mark and I) was right next to Ground Zero, whixh was viewable from our window on the 30th floor. I got to the hotel at about 12noon and decided to have a lie down on my bed...4 hours later I woke up and had wasted most of the day. I walked around downtown Manhattan for the rest of the day, not really knowing where I was but I did walk through Chinatown at some stage. After that I waited for my bro in the room until he arrived at 1am from Austin.
On both the 19th and 20th we walked around New York and went to both the Museum of Modern Art and the Met. Also on Saturday night we met Mark's friend Kathy and had dinner at an Argentinian restaurant, la di da! So I can now say I have tried NY pizza, which is pretty good, a NY hot dog in central park, tasted like crap, been to Times Square and ridden the subway.
Now I'm in Austin, at my bro's house,watching Premier League in the middle of the day for once. Awesome.
So that's that,
Hope everyone is enjoying work and study...sorry couldn't resist
The Nath train
So you're probably wondering what I've been doing the last few weeks, well here it is in all it's vague and uninteresting glory.
So...San Sebastien coolest place on earth. My nine nights there were pretty much set to a pattern. Go out till the early hours, get up late, go to the beach, bum around all afternoon, cook up a massive dinner(the hostel had a kitchen) and repeat. Along with the Aussies that I hung out with there was also Steph, the Canadian and Jake the Englishman(hilarious). Both top people and lots of fun. I also spent a fair bit of time around Sangria, which for those who don't know is red wine mixed with fruits and fruit juice, and it tastes fantastic. Also, made up one of the greatest dance moves of all time, crab in a bucket. I'll give everyone a demonstration when I get back but for now it involves clicking your hands like pincers among other things. I'll be honest it really doesn't make sense to me, let's just put it down to another fine act of stupidity. On the 10th I had to say goodbye to my new found friends as I left for Paris.
Off to Paris, the city of the Parisians...obviously. Paris is a fantastic city with heaps to see and do. The first day I was there(11th) I walked down the Champs Elysee(OOOHH! Champs Elysee) from the Arc de Triomphe to the Louvre. Walked on past the Louvre to Notre Dame Cathedral and walked around inside. After that I walked along the other side of the river all the way to the Eiffel Tower, which really is a sight to behold. I climbed all the way to the top and got some great pictures of Paris. After this I got the metro back to the hostel, I was pooped.
The 12th was the day to tackle the Louvre. Make no mistake the building is freakin' huge! too big to do the whole thing so I saw all the stuff I was interested in(Roman,Greek and Egyptian art) aswell as the big ones. I now no that the hype surrounding the Mona Lisa is somewhat justified. Her eyes do follow you around the room...packed with about 1000 other people probably all thinking the same thing(probably some were cynically, and not entirely incorrect in thinking "It's so bloody small, what's the big deal" ). One really cool experience was leaving the Louvre through the glass pyramid. It was raining and you could see heaps of tiny rivulets(that's right, rivulets) running down the sides. In writing this sounds a lot less interesting than it was at the time.
That night I met up with Jed,Alex,Ebony and Welco as they had come in on the bus that night. It was in fact Welco's birthday so we all went out for dinner and drinks, then up to the Sacre Cur which is a castle overlooking Paris. Good times.
The 13th I went to the Catacombs, which is pretty much a cemetry in an old quarry with more than a million peoples bones lining the walls...good wholesome family fun. It was quite a surreal experience. That night was the final night for the group of us to hang out as Jed and Ebony had to go back to work(ha) in the UK and Welco and Alex were continuing there European adventures. Sad times(so ronery).
The 14th I went to the Sacre Cur during the day, and also visited the site of the Bastille, then for the rest of the day pretty much just worried about my flight from Paris to New York(through London Heathrow AAARGH!!) the next day.
Fortunately my flight wasn't late or cancelled and I got into New York at 11:30pm on the 15th. Unfortunately that meant I was only able to get to my hostel at about 1:30 and into bed at 2am which was actually about 8am Paris time. I was pooped.
16/08/06-I slept
On the 17th I walked through central park and went to the central park zoo(waste of time). I then caught the subway for the first time down to the bottom of Manhattan and tried to catch the ferry to the statue of liberty. However, for some reason the ferry wasn't going to liberty island for the rest of the day. Bugger.
The 18th, the day was finally here. No more hostels, no more dorm rooms with people waking you up and turning on the light in the middle of the night,no more sleeping with mattress springs trying to puncture my lungs. Today I got to stay in a hotel. WOOO!! The hotel we stayed in(my brother, Mark and I) was right next to Ground Zero, whixh was viewable from our window on the 30th floor. I got to the hotel at about 12noon and decided to have a lie down on my bed...4 hours later I woke up and had wasted most of the day. I walked around downtown Manhattan for the rest of the day, not really knowing where I was but I did walk through Chinatown at some stage. After that I waited for my bro in the room until he arrived at 1am from Austin.
On both the 19th and 20th we walked around New York and went to both the Museum of Modern Art and the Met. Also on Saturday night we met Mark's friend Kathy and had dinner at an Argentinian restaurant, la di da! So I can now say I have tried NY pizza, which is pretty good, a NY hot dog in central park, tasted like crap, been to Times Square and ridden the subway.
Now I'm in Austin, at my bro's house,watching Premier League in the middle of the day for once. Awesome.
So that's that,
Hope everyone is enjoying work and study...sorry couldn't resist
The Nath train
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