Lazy Sunday

We are back in London! Our first day was very very rainy... and we were fairly fatigued from all the late night hockey watching and all day touring. So we took it easy on Sunday. We hit up Harrods to stock up on some AMAZING cookies and take a look around at all of the extravagant stuff we could buy... maybe one day... but definitely not today!!

We were going to go to the Cabinet War Rooms, but it was raining so much and the two tube lines that we needed to get there were closed and I was tired SO we went and had Sunday Roast at the Nags Head Pub instead!! I got the lamb roast and it was super delicious!! Yes... I ate it with the gravy!

We then headed to Covent Garden markets where we picked up some great stuff! Brad got some handmade cuff-links and I got 2 new scarves!! We spent the night watching Geordie Shore with Iain. It is possibly better than the Jersey Shore. No joke. I can't wait for episode 4 on Tuesday night!!!

Now we are off to the British Museum!! So much to still see before we leave on Friday!!!

Last day in Paris!

We slept in a little bit today because of the late late night (go Canucks!). It was our last day in Paris, but we weren't flying out until 8:30pm so we got in some last minute sights like Notre Dame!!

It was pretty crowded but worth it!! The stained glass inside is so beautiful! Here are some examples:

Then we got in the hour and a half line-up to go up the tower!! It was worth it! We got to see the big bell and all the gargoyles up close!!

And another great view of the city!!

 Afterwards we had a little bit of time before we had to head to the airport so we perused the Seine boardwalk and looked at the used booksellers! We saw tons of cool old books but they were all in French (lame!). There was lots of fun stuff to look at and it was a beautiful day out!

Then we headed to the airport and back to London! Au revoir Paris!! It was fun!! (Even though Brad doesn't look too impressed in this picture.... hehe)

Let's tour Paris!!

We were tired of “learning” about stuff, so we decided to take a low-threshold bus tour of Paris.

Hop-on and Hop-off at different stops! We hit up the Champs-Elesyee and the Arc de Triomphe! 

We went to the top of the Arc through this awesome spiral staircase

where… low and behold… MORE children groups!!! Gah. It wasn’t as bad as Versailles though. 

We had a great view of all of Paris, although not as good as from the Eiffel Tower. 

We wandered down the Champs Elyesse and took a look in a few shops. I got some pants! And we had our first restaurant lunch!! It was AMAZING!!! I had chicken and brad had duck! My chicken was in a super yummy gravy … yes I was eating gravy AND dipping the fries in it too!! It was delicious! And Brad’s duck was delicious too! 

We had a nice relaxing day with little to no learning! We were getting ready for the hockey game (Game 5) later that night!! The game started at 2am our time and we had a very late dinner at around midnight after our Eiffel Tower experience and then headed to the Great Canadian Pub in the Latin Quarter! 

It was a great atmosphere there with TONS of people!! We were lucky to snag 2 of the last seats in the house when two Canucks fans saw Brad’s jersey! The French were very excited about the Canucks winning too! They were starting some chants that I had never heard before like “Van-Cou-Vaahheerr,  Van-Cou-Vaahheerr, Van-Cou-Vaahheerr” and “Let’s go Caaah-nucks, Let’s go!” Very strange, but supportive nonetheless. It was a great game and great to have so many Canucks fans to celebrate with in Paris!

Not again...

We lost the Mastachone again! And by we… I mean I. I thought it was in our hotel room in Paris, but apparently not. I think I left it on the train from the airport to Paris. I can just picture it being “destroyed” by bomb squad members. So delicious. Such a waste!

One of Brad’s family member’s said that you couldn’t travel with Mastachone. We thought that he was talking about it losing it’s freshness… now we think that it must be cursed! “If you can get it out of Abruzzo you sure as hell can’t get it out of Italy”!

Now there is no more Mastachone. That is all.