Europe Day 21 - final day of the trip

It's been a hell of a day again today. Yup, yesterday was not a good day for us either. Like I mentioned on my previous post, we went to the Palace of Versailles. What went wrong? Everything. Starting with the train. We were aware of that that we could take the train there for free since we have the Eurail pass but the lady there told us that we had to purchase the tickets. We were ripped off about 26 euros. A definitely a bad start. Then it gets better. We were transferring our train at this one station, but we took the wrong train and ended up going back to where we started. We wasted over half an hour from that. And on top of that, we started off our day pretty late so we were running out of time. We finally got there at around 11:30am and then guess what happened. We were standing in the wrong line so we wasted another 30 minutes there then got to the line we were supposed to go to then stood there for about an hour then went back to the line we were at the first time and waited about 20 minutes.

Thankfully though, we did see everything. It sure was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to.

Today was a weird day. We went to the Notre Dame and then went to La Defense and that was about it. So this one kid from one of the metro station started to really piss me off. I was taking a picture before we got there and this same kid started to wave his hand in front of my camera. What the fuck. That pissed me off a little bit but it wasn't something I'd get mad about. Then when we actually met up at the station, we were actually buying tickets. This kid stood right behind us when we were buying and I guess he saw my dad typing in his pin for his credit card. After that, he started to yell out thr pin numbers over and over again. So I just went up to him and just lost it at him. I was about to punch him in the face but my mom and my dad grabbed both of my arms and dragged me down the hallway so it didn't happen.

I was a little worried at that time but when my dad called the bank and all that, I now know that it's not a big deal and it's safe. At least for now.

Everything else was going just fine until about an hour ago. Just as we were about to eat and shower, my dad told us that my grandma had just passed away. So now we are all sad and depressed. It's just going to be me and my sister going back home to Canada now. Mom and dad will be leaving for Korea tomorrow as well. What a way to end the most beautiful trip of my life. Rest in peace grandma.

Europe Day 20

What a start to this day. We were supposed to just loil around the city and go shopping and whatnot today, but we are now standing in the line to get into the Palace of Versailles. This actually was our original plan but I don't know why it was changed then changed back again. I swear to god, my family can't make up their mind. They are always confused and lost.

Id write more stuff right now but I need my battery to take pictures so stay tuned till tonight.

Europe Day 19

   Due to lack of internet connection, I was not able to write up any more blogs for the past 4 days. So I guess I'm going to have to talk about what's been going on for the past few days.

   I'm actually in Paris now, my final destination of this trip, but I just got here today and I was still in Rome for past few 3 days before today. Rome was absolutely amazing. We went to the Colosseum on our first day and it was just amazing. When I saw it I was speechless. Also, there were a lot of ruins as well near it. I never knew that, but even those were amazing too. We were going to look around the city a little bit more, but that took us all day to just see the Colosseum and the ruins. Not a bad start.

   On our second day in Rome, we actually went to Vatican City. I've always wanted to go to Vatican when I was young and I finally did. To be honest, it was nothing like what I expected. For some reason, all these years, I thought you weren't allowed to visit Vatican because I thought only the popes were allowed to get in and out. Turned out it wasn't. There was a museum, which was a lot like The Louvre in Paris. I didn't know, but the Louvre and Vatican are the top 2 biggest art museums in the world. Awesome. I've been to 2 of the top 3 museums in the world in not even 3 weeks. It was as good as the Louvre, but then again, I'm not really into arts so I found some stuffs pretty boring. The best part was, though, was the church. I can't remember what it was called because it was all in Italian, but that was sick. It was the biggest and the most beautiful church I've ever seen in my life. That was more like the Vatican I wanted to see, but there still was a little bit of disappointment. I wanted to see the whole town, but it just never happened. Oh well, it was still amazing so I'm happy with that.

   Last day in Rome, I thought, was the best one of all. Don't get me wrong, The Colosseum and Vatican was good too, but we got to see a smaller ruins and sites in Rome on our last day. Some were really good but some were a little disappointing. We literally went to almost everywhere in Rome so it's hard to talk about all of it, but I will talk about this one place: Trevi Fountain. It was the most busiest place in Rome. Well, it was about the same as Colosseum, but the Fountain was pretty small so it seemed like there was a lot of people and it seemed really crowded. I was told that it was the most beautiful fountain in Rome, and it really was. It was gorgeous. Sam told me that it looks even better at night but I didn't have a chance to actually see it at night. I totally would've checked it out at night if I didn't have to come here to Paris.

   I just arrived here in Paris this morning. We had to take the night train to get here. It was a little different. We were in one of those trains with beds in them. It was fairly interesting. It was new to me so I had a little fun with it but at the same time, it was a little awkward, because there were a couple people that weren't my family but there were good people so I didn't really have problem with them which was good.

   So, we didn't really do much in Paris today for a couple reasons. First, we arrived here late so there really wasn't much time to do stuff, and secondly, we were already here before so there really isn't much left to see. We ended up going back to Eiffel tower and this time, we actually went up. It was awesome. I got to see the whole town in that just one spot. It was beautiful. When we came back down, we went on to one of those tour ferry. We haven't done any group tours or anything like that so it was kind of new to us, but we decided to go for it anyway because we got 50% discount haha. It was definitely worth it. At least I thought it was. I got to know Paris a little bit more and I like going on the ferries so it was fun.

   So that's pretty much the summary for the past 4 days. I got 2 more full days left till I go back home. I still want to be home pretty bad but at the same time, I don't want to leave. I would definitely come back here later in the future for sure, but this time, not with my family. It's good that I'm with my family right now, but it's always not the best thing. So next time when I come here, it's got to be with someone special.

Europe Day 15

   Yay! It's my birthday today! I love how I just spent my birthday in Europe but at the same time, I'm a little sad that I'm not home to go for drinks or even just hang out with my friends, but I can always do that when I go back home next week. You don't get this kind of chance too often; being in Europe on your birthday.

   We finished off our day at Florence earlier today. We left out few parts of the city for today, and we went through it like nothing. We were done in like 2 hours. So we decided to check out some of the flea markets and we bought 6 key chains. It was fairly cheap actually, and it looks really good. Not that I really need another key chains on my keys but it's a pretty decent souvenir. The owner at the place we stayed at recommended us this one really good restaurant. We were told that they have really good food compare to the price so we decided to check that out as well. I just wanted to go with something simple, not too fancy, so I got myself a spaghetti with meat sauce. It was really good. It was a little saltier than the ones I had back home, but I guess that's what it's supposed to be like?? Anyways, I can now say I've tried pretty much everything so far. I've had pizza, spaghetti, and wine! Oh and a lot of European beers too. I still haven't tried the donair here. Apparently they are called doner kebab or something. Sounds pretty fancy so I want to try it. One day lol.

   We are in Rome right now, haven't really looked around at all. We just got a couple beers and just chilling here right now. I guess we got a big day tomorrow. We were just looking at our map, but it seems like it's going to be another long walk. Really long walk. I never thought I'd say this or even understood it when someone else said it, but this is actually a lot harder and more tiring than working. Working at AMJ isn't the easiest job. It really wears you out, but this is even worse. Oh well, it's all worth it.

Europe Day 14

   I'm not going to lie, Europe is definitely the most amazing place I've been to so far in my life, and I'm still having a lot of fun, but it's getting pretty repetitive now. We spent about 2 hours in Florence, then we decided to go check out Pisa. We were planning on going to Pisa tomorrow morning, but we decided to go today.

   Pisa was definitely one of the smaller town. It was a lot like Brugge in Belgium. It was a pretty neat town. We went there to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, of course, and we did. I got to say, I had a mixed feelings about that place. It was amazing that how angled it was, and I finally got saw one of the most famous place on earth, but I was also a little disappointed because the whole place, and the tower itself wasn't as big as I thought. Anyways, it was still pretty cool. It only took us about 3-4 hours to go there and come back to Florence.

    When we got back, we decided to go straight to this one palace in Florence. I can't really remember the name of the place, I'll let you guys know as soon as I find out. It was huge! Not only the palace was big, but the backyard, or the garden they call it, was even bigger! There were a lot of nice pathways, a fortress thing that looked like Halifax Citadel. It was absolutely gorgeous. Even though it was really nice there, we had few problems. We went there pretty late so we had to see everything in about a couple hours which was impossible, so we skipped few parts and we were just rushing. Secondly, we've been walking all day before we went there so we were extremely tired. We've actually have not been taking whole lot of public transits or cabs at all. It's always been subway or train, nothing else, if not, we'd walk. Thirdly, it was about 35C out so it was so hot out. I think it was way too hot out for us Albertans. I wish it was a little cooler and we would've went there earlier, but at least we went, so that's all it matters. It was worth all that.

   I just realized today, all the cities in Europe are fairly small. Everything is in walking distance and we pretty much checked out the whole town in Italy and Belgium without even taking any public transit. That's pretty neat actually, that way, we get to check out more towns in a shorter period of time.

   I got exactly one more week left till I go home. I sure am going to miss Europe, but I'm also really excited to go back home. I miss work, surprisingly, and I miss my friends, and most of all, I miss sleeping in my own bed and showering in my bathroom. Oh and I miss smoking! I'm going crazy right now. Oh well, just one more week to go! And plus, since my mom knows that I smoke, I don't have to hide it anymore and maybe smoke at home. Yay!

   Oh I found out this morning that Jessica didn't get in. I felt horrible because I knew how much this meant to her and now, she may or may not be going back to school next year, but apparently she can still register all her classes after tomorrow. I really hope that she gets into those classes at least, not only because I need a study buddy, but like I said before, I know how much this means to her. She's my best friend, and I want her to be happy and want all the best things to happen to her. Well, fingers crossed.

   I just finished like a liter of some Italian beer called Dreher. It's pretty decent. Definitely not as good as French or Belgian beers though. Anyways, I'm going to bed now. I'm pretty beat from today and I got 7 more days like this coming up. Oh, it's my birthday tomorrow! Yay! And we will be going to one of the most beautiful place in Europe: Rome. I am so excited! This is going to be the best birthday ever!!

Europe Day 13

   Today was the 12th day in Europe. I know, the title said day 13, but it's actually 12. The first day was actually the day I left my house, and we actually arrived in Paris the day after, which was the 2nd of August. Anyways, today was awesome. We spent few hours in downtown of Venice. We went back to the same place as yesterday, it was called S. Marco, but we didn't get to go up the tower or inside the church and whatnot, but today, we went up the tower. It was amazing. It was actually high enough to see the whole town. The view was absolutely stunning. The shore looked really really good. Plus the weather was really nice today so the sky was all clear and everything. It was awesome. 

   We took the 3:39pm train going to Florence and we arrived here at about 6. We were just going to relax at our hotel, but we were told that there's this one place in Florence that has an outstanding view at night so we had supper and decided to go check it out. We actually never toured around the town at night so far in this trip. Well, we did see the Eiffel tower all lit up at night, but that was about it. Anyways, we had to walk about half an hour to 40 minutes to get to that hill, or Michelangelo square or something, but when we got there, and even on the way there, it was absolutely gorgeous. There were street performers everywhere, which was pretty fun and entertaining, and the view was fantastic. I took quite a lot of pictures but you can't really tell what it is, it looks like just bunch of lights in dark haha. But still, it was beautiful. 

   We were also told that there's a lot of theft and pickpockets here in Florence but turned out, it's just about the same as Venice. It wasn't bad at all. I don't know about during the day, but tonight wasn't so bad. I didn't have to worry about getting my stuff stolen at all. In fact, I didn't even think about it, because I was so into the view I just totally forgot about it. I hope tomorrow is just about the same. Everybody was right. Florence IS beautiful.

   When I was up at that hill, I thought it was the most romantic place on earth. It had an amazing view, and I don't know why, but I thought it was really romantic. I didn't really feel depressed or anything, but I felt the loneliness inside of me. I really wished that I was with someone special, regardless of who it is. Well, when I actually get a girlfriend, I know where to go now.

Europe Day 12

Today was actually a lot better than Milan. We are actually staying just outside of Venice so we didn't really get to see the town when we arrived here yesterday. It was absolutely stunning! Venice is a pretty famous place for movies and I really thought I was in one of them. I can't really describe that feeling when you walk down one of the streets in Venice. When you hit the water, it feels even better. When I was living back in Korea, I lived by thr ocean my childhood so it reminded me of those days. Good times.

I didn't realize this until about 3-4 hours into walking around the city but there are no vehicles there at all. Not even scooters! You either have to walk or take public transits, like boats or travel in your own private boat! How awesome is that? Thr streets here are so narrow you can barely pass through another person beside you. It was amazing.

Since there was a lot of tourists, I didn't really have to worry about getting my stuff stolen. Although, it is still Italy, I was pretty cautious because you never know what will happen. I can honestly say that Venice was one of the best places I've been to so far in this trip next to Interlaken. I still have one more day to check out rest of thr city then I'm off to Florence tomorrow night. I'm pretty excited!!

So, now that I have quite a lot of time, I should tell you who Sam is. She's another one of the girls I met on that online dating website. We met in real life for the first time about a week before I came here. We went to Capital Ex actually. I don't know about her, but I had a lot of fun that day. It got pretty romantic towards the end of the night. When we got off the ferris wheel and as we started to walk around, they started the fireworks. Then out of nowhere she turned around and hugged me and next thing you know,we were making out. I don't know, I thought that was pretty romantic. It was awesome.

I met her again the next day and we had a dinner then went for a movie. Dinner wasn't that great because we didn't really eat much. But we did grab a couple beers after. Movie was pretty fun too. We watched Friends With Benefits, but I missed about half of the movie because we were kind of busy making out. I had a great time that night too.

I only saw her briefly a couple times after that then I came here. It felt like it was going pretty well, but she told me that I seemed a little too eager. I wasn't trying to be but it kind of sucks that she felt that way.

Before I left, she told me that she'd wait for me and would start a relationship depending on her bloodwork, but I doubt that anything will happen when I get back to Edmonton. 3 weeks is a long time. Anything can happen even in 1 day. I mean, it'd be really nice if she did wait for me till I come back home, but seeing that she's still on that dating website and updated her pics and title for her profile, shes definitely looking for someone else. It kind of sucks because I want to date her but then again, we just met and we met through online dating website so I guess it's not supposed to work out well. And I guess I expected too much from it and took it way too serious. Oh well, I guess we will see what happens when I get back, who knows, Cory might start talking to me again or I'll find someone else.

Oh by the way, I think I finally know why I was so upset for past couple days. It's nothing to do with Sam, and it's nothing to do with Milan. I've been smoke free for past couple weeks so I guess that's why haha. Oh how I miss smoking.

Europe Day 11

   Today is the 11th day away from home, and 10th day in Europe, and it was not the greatest day. I don't really know why, I can't really seem to figure it out, but I was in a really bad mood today. I honestly did not talk at all today. I guess I was still scared of Milan or something I don't know. I guess frustration would be a good word for my feelings right now. This is what's been happening a lot lately. This is one of the reasons why I don't like traveling with my family.

   We had trouble reading maps for past couple days, and to be honest, I have no problem with that, but when everyone is saying how they are right and everyone else is wrong, or have to look at the map every block and check the street name, or just randomly stopping in the middle of the street to see the map and blocking the traffic. Things like that really drove me crazy. Oh, and another thing, everyone is going to different directions, and I'm just like, what the hell!? Where do I go?? I don't know about you guys but it really makes me mad. On top of that, I had to repeat everything I said because my parents could not hear what I was saying every single time. So I guess that's why I was in a such a bad mood today.

   At least I'm not in Milan anymore. I just got to Venice a couple hours ago. Hopefully, it's a lot better than Milan. Italy can't ruin this trip. Not now. If not, I hope Florence can make up for it. Everyone's been saying that Florence is amazing so I guess I'll find out if that's true or not in a couple days.

   I still haven't talked about Sam yet, and I'd tell you now, but seeing that my parents need my laptop, I'm going to have to delay it again till tomorrow. I actually have quite a few things to talk about her and I. Some are good, and some are bad I'd say. That could be the reason why I was in a bad mood, I don't know. You guys tell me what you think tomorrow.

Europe Day 10. So Far So Good?

   I can't believe it's already been 10 days since I left Edmonton. It seems like I just got here yesterday. I'm currently in Milan, Italy right now and we have been everywhere in last 10 days. First 4 days were in Paris, then went to Brussels and Brugge, Belgium the couple days, and Zurich and Interlaken, Switzerland the last couple days and now here I am, a start of our Italy trip, Milan. Then we are off to Venice tomorrow afternoon, then Florence, Pisa, and Rome, then back to Paris, then home!

   The second half of Paris was really good. I got to go to Invalides on the third day, and Musee du Louvre on the last day in Paris. Both took forever to look around. They were huge for a museum! Invalides was amazing. It was supposed to be like an artillery, weaponry, and war museum. There was a lot of cool stuff there, from really old school, as in from 14-15th centuries to about 20th centuries. I was really impressed. What really amazed me was the Napoleon's tomb. When I saw it on the brochure, I thought it was going to be pretty lame, but it wasn't. It was outstanding. I don't know how to describe it. The wall and the ceilings of the chapel was absolutely amazing. On one side of the building, they had a huge yellow stained glass so everything was gold inside! It was beautiful. I could not believe what I was seeing. I'll post some pictures of it later but it's not as good as the actual chapel.

   Musee du Louvre was up next. Apparently, it's one of the most famous art museum in the world. Didn't know that until I actually got there. I'm not really into arts but I got to say, I really did enjoy it. Honestly, I didn't really care for the paintings but I really wanted to see the Mona Lisa. Of course I did, it's one of the most famous art work in the history of art. It was a lot smaller than I thought it was going to be. There were so many people around there just like I expected. Other than that I really enjoyed the sculptures and the ceilings. They had some interesting looking sculptures there but it looked really cool. I wonder how they did that. Some ceilings had painting on them and it was unbelievable. Again, I always wondered how people did that, because it didn't look fake to me. The building structure kind of made it look a lot better. These are some stuff you don't see every day, and for 10 euros, it was definitely worth it.

   Belgium was up next. Oh man, what a start to that morning. I slept in and I missed the train to the Gard du Nord so I had to wait 20 minutes for the next one. It could've been 10 because they only came every 10 minutes but the first one was absolutely full so we missed that one and had to take the next one. So when we got to Gard du Nord, we had to book it down to the Thalys station to catch our next train. We thought we were going to be late but we made it JUST in time. Running hardcore in 8 in the morning with our backpacks and luggages. What a way to start the morning. Brugge wasn't the biggest town but it was gorgeous. You know when you watch an old European movie and you see those really old school towns? Yup it was exactly like that. Colourful buildings, narrow streets, sidewalk with bricks and all that. It was amazing. We went to this one really old church and we went on top of the clock tower thing. It cost us quite a lot and we had to go up to one of those spiral stairs and that was something. It was really steep and it was really tight there so it wasn't so easy to climb those stairs. Especially after running a lot in that morning, it sure wasn't fun, but was totally worth it.

   Unfortunately, we were only there for one day, not even. We came back to Brussels to stay the night. Everything was going good until then. I almost got my backpack stolen. Well, pickpocket, actually. As I was getting off the train, this fucker came up behind me, then the next thing I know, his hands were IN my backpack. As soon as I turned around, he started to talk to someone else. What the fuck. I honestly didn't think they were being serious when they said there's a lot of pickpockets but right then, I was the victim. Luckily, I didn't get anything stolen though, but since then, I've been way too cautious about it. I've been looking behind me every 2 seconds, watching everyone around me and etc. That kind of made me think of not only Brussels, but Europe a little differently. Other than that, Brussels was pretty decent too. It was kind of ghetto though, the whole country was. I'd visit Brugge again, but I don't know about Brussels.

   Zurich, and Interlaken were up next. Those two towns were the nicest place I've been to so far in this trip. We didn't really stay in Zurich for long, we just kind of stopped there for the night. Interlaken was amazing. It really reminded me of Banff and Jasper. It was just like the Rocky Mountains. The only difference was it was in Europe, and there were houses and even towns in the middle of the mountains. Not like under the mountains, but like up in the mountains! It was very unique. I felt like I was just staring at one giant picture. It was unbelievable. Want to hear something even better? They have railways going up the mountains! The trains actually go to the top of the mountain and these mountains are about 11,333 ft above the sea level. It was an unbelievable experience. When we were up in the mountains, it was snowing! Snowing in August? You don't hear that very often. It was -5C up there. Unfortunately, we didn't really get to see what's really up there because like I mentioned, it was snowing and it was really foggy. Oh well, I just wanted to go up there by train for the first time instead of actually hiking up there so it was all good. If you'd like to know where this is, for your information, it's called Jungfraujoch. It's the top of the Europe. If you ever have a chance, go there. You won't regret it. 

   We left Interlaken today and came here in Milan. Oh. My. God. This is the sketchiest town I've ever been to in my life. Duomo church was nice. It was one big fancy church, but other than that, it scared the shit out of me. I'm aware that Italy has a lot of thieves and pickpockets and all that garbage so that really worried me because obviously I didn't want to get my shit stolen, especially my wallet. That wasn't the only thing I was scared of. I'm not trying to be racist or anything, but there was so many black people and brown people, and they did not look very nice at all. I was so scared. At least I didn't get anything stolen today so that's good. We are stuck here in Milan until tomorrow afternoon then we are off to Venice. It's going to be a long day tomorrow and I really hope that Venice and Florence is at least a little bit better than this! I'm here on a vacation, I'm not here to get scared lol.

   I just realized I've been drinking every day since we got here. On the first night, we went to this Korean restaurant that my dad always goes to in Paris, and he bought us a couple bottle of this rice liquor. It was really good I had the whole bottle myself while my mom and dad shared one. That same night, I had a French beer. It was called 1664. A really good beer actually. I enjoyed it. The next day, we went back to the same restaurant for dinner and had a different kind of drink. It was kind of a hard liquor and I had about 3 shots of it. On the third day, we went to this Japanese restaurant and had a Japanese beer there. Asahi was what it was called I think. It tasted a lot like 1664. Amazing. Didn't drink anything on the 4th day because I went to bed at around 6 and didn't wake up till about 9. On last Friday, the 5th day, I had more of 1664 and some other French beer. I can't remember the name of it, but it was pretty decent. Belgium is pretty famous for beer. I never knew that, but when I found out, I had to try some so my dad bought this beer, it was called Leffe. It was delicious. One thing I love about Europe is that you are allowed to drink out on public places. Well, at least I think. I've seen people drinking Heineken's in the trains, and we drank on the street and nobody told us anything so I'd assume that you are allowed to haha. We had more Leffe that night, had a Swiss beer the next night, 1664 again last night, and tonight, we had this British beer. It was a 10% al. beer and all the beer cans here are big so I got a little drunk off of that one beer. Beers here tastes really good actually. I really like it. It's nothing like American beers. I don't know if I'd be able to drink any of those now when I go back home. I haven't really tried wine though. I have to try it soon.

   I'm actually having tons of fun being here, but at the same time, I miss home, I miss work, I miss all my friends, especially Sam and Jessica. It's been 10 days already, so I'm sure another 11 days will go by pretty quick. Even though I want to go home right now, when I actually do go back, I'd probably want to come back here again. I know I already miss Switzerland.

Europe Day 3

Today was definitely not the best day. I don't really know why but I was cranky all day. I got mad at my mom for no particular reason, I got tired way too quick, and it was way too hot out. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love it here but when certain things don't go well, you just wanna leave no matter how nice it is.

We went to few places today. The one place I really liked was the artillery museum. I can't recall the actual name of the place was, and we didn't see what was inside, but it was still awesome. It had that classic, unique, and extraordinary European look to it. It was absolutely stunning. I think we will actually see what's inside the museum. I'm so excited for that.

We walked around the river pretty much thr whole afternoon and that was pretty nice too. After dinner, we went back to Eiffel Tower because I was told that it looks amazing at night because it lights up. They were right. It was absolutely gorgeous. This kind of made up for all the anger and frustration I had earlier today.

Oh ya, after checking out that museum, we will be going to the Norte dame which is something else I'm excited for. I hope tomorrow is better than today. A good night sleep is all I need right now. I don't want to be falling asleep again in this beautiful city, like I did a outside the louvre today haha.

I kind of miss Sam right now. I really do. Only 19 more days till home!

Europe Day 2

   After a couple hours of flight delay and about 8-10 hours of flight, I finally got to my destination: Paris. We arrived here at about noon and we actually took a look around the city till pretty much just about now. I have to say, it sure is a gorgeous city. Everything here just amazed me! It was definitely worth all the time and money we invested to come here. I'd say Effel Tower was the best part. I know it's everyone's favourite, but I don't care. Until you see this beauty before your own eyes, you won't know what it feels like. I don't know. When I came around the corner, and saw the Effel tower, I literally could not stop smiling or even close my mouth. It was that amazing. We also went to La Defense. We didn't really plan on going but my dad was working there so we decided to stop by at his hotel room then just look around there. That place was really unique. I'd talk about all this in more detail but I'm way too tired to think right now.

   Oh, before I go, a couple things really frustrated me today. First, the transportation. It wasn't bad, but it was just annoying. I guess I'm way too used to driving around from place to place that I forgot what it's like to actually travel by any sort of public transportation. Secondly, the accommodation. My parents are staying at this hotel in La Defense, and they found us a different place to stay. Turned out, this place was owned by a Korean. Honestly, I don't like staying at places where there's a lot of Koreans or owned by Koreans. I'm not being racist or anything because I'm one of them, but I remember, when we went to Vancouver, we stayed at this place which was ran by a Korean family. When we got there, it turned out, they gave away our room for some other group reservation shit. Well, guess what? It happened again. Apparently, this place we booked only wants girls but still takes guys too. The owner didn't want the guys to stay there because she had more girls coming in, so we were kicked out from our room and was sent to some different hotel that's like 10 minutes away from the original place. What the hell. Never trust Koreans when it comes to accommodation. Even I don't.

   I'm not sure where we are off to tomorrow, but I know that we will be staying in Paris for sure. I hope it's another good one!

Europe Day 1

   So, I'm sitting here in Toronto airport waiting for my next flight. I've been waiting for about 2 hours now and I got to wait another hour. Honestly, I wasn't too excited before today. Well, I'm never excited for any kind of trip to be honest, but now that I'm getting closer and closer to my destination, I can really feel the excitement. After 10 hours of flight, I'll be in Europe for the first time in my life.

   I don't really have anything else to say right now. I haven't even left Canada yet, so nothing exciting has happened. This trip would be a lot better if I wasn't so sick right now.