so i'm back from europe...it was really fun 8D
i might sound grumpy, but that's because i just got home from school, after waking up at 4am and not being able to go back to sleep because of jet lag. i'm tired so i'm not going to upload all the pics that i took (i took like 100 anyway). i'm also pissed off because the airline left our luggage at charles de gaul airport in paris and all our shit that was in it. i think we're getting it like on thursday. raWr.
anyways, this was the ship we sailed on:
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idk how big it is...like 900something feet long. those are people's balconies if you want a size reference. there were lots of resturants on board and naturally i got fat u.u
saturday/sunday: barcelona, spain
went sightseeing. visited la ramblas and did a little shopping. we also visited the sagrada familia, which is some famous cathedral. really nice. (sorry, too lazy to rotate the picture)
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monday: at sea. in other words. boring. but i did see some hot guys on the ship. too bad none of them spoke english.
tuesday: messina, italy
we went to this little shopping area. it was just like how you would imagine italy. mopeds, narrow sun-drenced alleyways, outdoor cafes, gelato stands at every street corner, etc. and some mime scared the shit out of me. he snuck up behind me and jumped in front of me.
our tour guide was kinda cute too @.@ (didn't get any pics of him :/ )
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wednesday: naples, italy
hehe. we went shopping, and i went into this little store where they were selling these cute little bottles shaped like moons and stars and stuff, on the label it said, "creme of melon" so when i paid for it the cashier asked if we would like a sample so me and my parents tried some
...it turned out to be liquor. xD
it was nasty anyway. yuck.
(sorry i couldn't get a picture of the bottles. they're still in our luggage in france >[ )
i got a headache after that, and we went to pompeii. we didn't even spend one hour there because it was soooooooo damn hot. it was like in the 90s there D: and apparently, there's the ruins of an old whorehouse and ancient roman porn on the walls O_O we did get to see the dead bodies though. well, the casts of the dead bodies. plus mt vesuvius was easily seen in the distance.
thursday: rome, italy
rome was really nice! except it was too hot >( in the morning, we got off the ship and took a taxi to the vatican, where we visited st. peter's basilica and the tombs of the popes. no we didn't see pope benedict while we were there.
btw, if you go there be sure not to wear any cleavage shirts, tanks, short shorts of short skirts. you won't be allowed in.
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then we visited the coliseum. we didn't go in though. line was too long, and teh weather was again too hot. we couldn't stand the heat. i did get some nice shots of it though.
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friday: florence, italy
e.e if you go here, or anywhere in europe actually, be sure to mind your pockets. florence was swarming with gypsies. anyways, i don't have any pictures on here, because i left my camera on the ship by accident for this day, and my dad's was running out of batteries so we only could manage to get a few shots. anyways, we went to this one place, saw the statue of david, plus many other naked statues. theyr'e amazing. i'm serious (just ignore the penises and stuff, they're not that big anyway). you need to actually be there and see the statues with your own eyes in order to see how detailed and perfect they are. @.@
we also went to the leaning tower of pisa. too bad we couldn't walk up it. they charged like 15 euros just to go up >_< plus we were tired from the heat.
saturday: villefranche, france
there really wasn't anything here. not worth taking any pictures. honestly we could've stayed on the ship and slept in instead of getting up at 5am to go on some stupid tour.
sunday: barcelona, spain
they kicked us off the ship, we went home the next day on a 10 hour flight, got home at like 5 something in the evening on the 3rd, and had school the next day. boo.
pleh. i have math homework too and it's only the first day. 1st period. pre-cal sucks already. jfadsklghaklgjhskg i'm taking full IB classes so it's going to be twice as hard as last year plus the big huge ass IB tests that i have to take this and next year. idk if i'll even take any IB tests besides psychology this year.