Paris is filled with crazy awesomeness

Paris is, uh, frickin great maybe? I think that every single person in the world deserves to see this place. It's fantastic in every way.

I've seen many of the major sights such as the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Church, the Arc de Triamphe. I've been to the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou to see some priceless art. I've also seen things like the Catacombs and spots where scenes from Amelie were filmed. I had the luxery (my apologies for my spelling by the way-spell check is for French here) of seeing things from the perspective of a local. Twice I've met up with a friend who has studied in Paris for a year. She took me to the Amelie sights, then we ate bread and cheese on the steps of Sacre Coeur which overlooks the city. I also ate lunch Sebbe's aunt today. She has lived in Paris for about 30 years. She was great, I'm excited to see her again in Finland.

I will be sad to leave Paris, however I am excited for Amsterdam. One of my roommates (at my hostel) is going to Amsterdam the same day as I am so we are going to meet up in the evening. It will be fantastic because she had previously spend 6 days there. She's already given me advice on what to do there. I've learned that word of mouth is absolutely the way to go. I will post again soon!

I can not even begin to describe how incredible this experience has been. I feel like the luckiest person in the world. I've gotten to travel with the coolest people as well as travel on my own which has allowed me to meet about a zillion more cool people. Had I travelled with "someone" else, I would not have gotten to do this.

Yesterday afternoon I flew from Madrid, Spain to Paris, France. I even met 5 fabulous people at the airport! Our flight was delayed so we got to talking and laughing and having a great time. I've never learned so much so frequently at any other time in my life.

The pictures are of some of the people I met in Madrid. I stayed in three different hostels during my 6 days in the city. Each time I went out at night my group would get bigger because I would bring new people along. I can't wait to do that here in Paris. I'm unable to connect my camera to the computers at this hostel so I'll get some up of Paris tomorrow when internet cafes open. Now I've got to make some more plans as I've only got until June 27th planned. I think I'll spend a bit more time in Paris, then move on to Amsterdam :)

It's a strange feeling really: wanting to go home SO badly, but wanting to stay in Europe forever because there are so many places to go, things to see, and people to meet. It definitely forces one to live in the moment...