Where do I even begin?? Can't believe the last time I was here was before Christmas. I'll start with a New Year in a different country, Europe :) What an AMAZING experience...I want to travel more!! This was just a taste of what the world has to offer. I met some wonderful travel friends, who I hope to meet up and travel with again; I got to experience bringing in the New Year in London, what a memorable night and one I will never be able to forget!! London was by far my favorite part of the trip, we were there for a week and in that one week we did every possible thing you could imagine! My highlights were: Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, the amazing Pubs, eating Fish and Chips, and just the fun city life!!!! Also being able to sit in on a Church Service at St. Paul's Cathedral where Princess Diana got married was a moment that really touched my heart and gave me a feeling that words can't even begin to express. Also while we were there we visited Businesses everyday as well. Lloyd's of London was a very unique Business. The structure and the way it was built showed how creative of a business it was. Everywhere we went as a group, it must have been the clothes we wore or the way we walked but it was obvious that we were Americans! Which at first was scary but everyone in London seemed to love Americans!!! I met an Italian, who was amazed and very jealous because we lived in the states and he wanted to move to New York so bad. We told him we would trade places and move to Italy. They say the food there is just breathtaking :) I will have to say that when you travel you really do learn more about yourself and really learn to appreciate what you have at home, your family, friends, etc. much more. One thing I had trouble with was not being able to order tap water, which here I do on a regular basis. I know there are many things I left out from London but there is just not enough room to put everything.
Our next adventure was off to Belgium, where the waffles are absolutely the BEST waffles you will ever taste in your life. I would have to say Belgium had about the best food, the restaurants there were so unique but they had such a variety of food. I ate Mussels and Fries at a cute restaurant with some friends and we absolutely loved it! In Belgium the buildings were built in such a distinctive but elegant way that you couldn't take your eyes off of them. Prior to our trip I did research on the Bank of Belgium which we visited the few days that we were there.
After our time in Belgium we visited our last destination the BEAUTIFUL Paris! What a magnificent City :) Of course one of my favorite foods in Paris was a Crepe with Nutella, ahh that was absolutely GREAT!!! Probably the highlight of our entire trip was being able to go up the Eiffel Tower! That has always been on my bucketlist of things to do and I am so thankful that I was able to check it off. If there is one thing that everyone needs to do in there lifetime I think its seeing the Eiffel Tower, what a remarkable creation and being able to look out and see what a beautiful city Paris is!!! I was sad when I left Europe but was also very excited to get home, seeing my parents at the airport to pick me up was definitely a great feeling! I really did miss being home and with family. This was the first chapter to my traveling experiences and I hope to have many more. If I'm able to travel again I would without a doubt travel to Italy and Greece next. They are two beautiful places and I would just love to experience being there!!!
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