Day 10: South of France to Italy

30/07/11

Another early one again today..
We had ham and cheese croissants for breakfast today - yum! Felt really sick today though! Slept most of the time on the coach, and we watched Independence day.

We had to put in designs for our team's t-shirt today, I designed mine with a girl called Caitlin, its the Best!!

We stopped of at the leaning tower of Pisa and I took pictures kissing and licking it! There was a competition but they didn't say who won! We shall see tomorrow!

We got to the campsite at 6pm, I was really impressed! The cabins are newly built and the food was sooo nice! We had lasagne and tiramisu icecream for dessert!

Everyone went to a bar but I'm ill so I'm resting tonight, getting ready for a big night tomorrow! :)
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Day 9: Nice/Monaco

29/07/2011

It was sooooo HOT today! :)
Breakfast was decent, had a cheese omlette..
Then we went to NICE!
It was really upclass - I would love to move to the south of France!
we went to a perfumery which was nice, and then spent the rest of the day on the beach!!

We paid 14€ for a private beach which was well worth it to have our own loungers and space! It was beautiful weather! I sunbathed for 3-4 hours :)
Think I stayed in it too long though, felt sick the rest of the day!

That evening we went to Monaco! This place was really upclass! We saw the hairpin bend of the F1 track, expensive shops and went into the Grand casino - a bit dissapointing as we paid 10€ entry and it was a boring casino basically made for the rich people of Monaco. I put 5€ into a slot machine which was lost very quickly!

We ended up in Mcdonalds - 4€ for a happy meal :)

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Day 8: Barcelona to French Riviera, South of France

28/07/2011

This was another very long drive!
Only had like 2 hours sleep so wasn't in the best of moods! Didn't have breakfast but ate Bacon n Eggs at our first stop :)

We stopped off at a town called Arles where we saw a Roman building (can't remember the name!

We arrived at the campsite, and Contiki recruit 'cookies' and 'dishies' for meal times.. Unfortunately I was a dishie, so I had to clear up plates n wipe tables. The cabin we stayed in was pretty small with bunk beds and 4 people shared a bathroom.

We tried frogs legs which tasted like fishy chicken, not too bad but the though of it made me feel sick!

Tonight we just played some pool, hung around the bar and went bed! I caught up on stuff like doin my nails! Pretty nice relaxing evening.
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Day 7: BARCELONA!

27/07/2011

Today was a HUGE day! Toured around Barcelona in the day time.

We walked up and down Las Ramblas a few times, saw the Spanish Arc de Triomphe, castles, Christopher Columbus tower, a food market (which had moving crabs n lobsters! Yuk!), the Port and the BEACH!!
The beach was soooo nice! The weather was amazing - finally hit the hot weather! :)

Then 5:45pm, back on the coach for FLAMENCO!! It was so fun! The dancing was amazing! I don't know how they move their feet like that! There was a really talented guitarist as well. They brought us on stage to dance and there was sooooo much SANGRIA!!

We got really drunk so had a coach party on the way to a restaurant! It was so fun jumping n dancin around the coach! I'm bruised now though!

We went to a MEXICAN restaurant which was nice and drank some more sangria!

Then it was bar time! We went to Port Olympica, about 5 clubs next to each other. I danced a little but mainly sat at the front of the club with people drinking n smoking sheesha..

Twas a good day!!
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Day 6: Beaujolais Wine Region to Barcelona!

26/07/2011

Today is a DRIVING DAY! Left at 7:45am and got to the hostel at about 7pm!!

There were a few stops though, 2 service stations and one stop at Pont Du Gard - a roman aqueduct, the views were amazingly beautiful.

The accomodation was quite nice, bunk beds and the bathroom was in the room! :)

We just hung around the hotel, did some washing and caught up on sleep (still went bed late tho!)
: D

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Day 5: CHATEAU free day at Beaujolais wine region

25/07/2011

This was our only free day on the tour and it was NEEDED! It was raining all day so unfortunately we couldn't go in the pool, and we were meant to go on a picnic but it was an HOUR walk in the rain!! So we just stayed in with our picnic basket and hung about the chateau.

We watched a film in our room on someone's laptop, went on the net and just RELAXED!! After the last night I planned on not going out on this night, but ended up goin! The theme was HoBos and Hot Hoes! I was a hot gangsta hoe lol. Didn't have a big night though.. Too much alcohol in my system!!!

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Day 4: Paris to Beaujolais wine region

24/07/2011

Today was a driving day.
Woke up for breakfast and left the Etap hotel at around 9am.
At one of our stops we went to a Patisserie and bought Macaroons :)

We arrived at our Chateau at about 5pm and had wine tasting at 6pm, which we didn't have to spit out! Didn't even want it after all the wine that was drunk the night before!
The chateau was beautiful, big white building with a pool out front. Unisex showers however!!

Dinner was ok and we got dessert! After dinner it was PYJAMA PARTY time!! I was still feeling rough so intended on not drinking much but ended up drinking a lot!! The party was fun - in the basement of the chateau or cave as they call it! Drinks were cheap n the music was decent!
Was a good night!!!

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Day 3: PARIS!

23/07/2011

Today was a big day!!
We went sightseeing in Paris but only had from 9am til 4pm so couldn't do everything.. There's so much to do! Its lucky we went on the Eiffel Tower last nite coz we would have spent the whole day waiting in the queue for it!

We went to the Louvre which was what I expected! I loved the pyramid structure :) we saw the Mona Lisa and the Venus de milo..
We also went to the Notre Dame cathedral - we wanted to just walk into the cathedral but we joined the wrong queue, and after we queued for like an hour we realised it was to climb up the tower! That was a KILLER!! So many stairs!! Nice view though.

We went to Dinner and I had French onion soup, which had a thick layer of cheese on the top! I also had Duck a l'orange for main and some kinda chocolate moussey brownie thing. Food was ok but it was very shambolic!

After dinner the rest of the group went to cabaret, but at 75 euros so early in the trip, I could live without it!! A few of us went on to a bar and the rest of the group joined us after the cabaret.

It was a mad night! Drank a lot and had a reallly good time! I'm liking the people :)

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Day 2: London to Paris!!

22/07/2011

Woo Hoo! So today I went overseas!!
Woke up at 4:45am (!!) I was soooo tired but sooooo EXCITED!!

After getting my case weighed we had a 2 hour drive to Dover, 1 and a half hours on the ferry to Calais, then a 4-5 hour drive to PARIS!

The journey wasn't bad at all! I've enjoyed meeting new people, and haven't got lost yet!!

I'm staying at the Etap hotel in Paris, really happy with the room and even happier that I stay here for 2 nights!

We had dinner at Le Sultan restaurant right next to the hotel. Not very nice to be honest, some bland chicken leg with rice and lettuce lol. But it was an included meal so I'm not complaining!!

We then went on an 'illuminated' tour of Paris - supposed to be by night but it was still bright outside! We saw the Arc de Triomphe, drove along the Champs-Elysees, saw the Opera Garnier, the River Sen (if that's how its spelt!), the bridge with all of the locks on it, and loads of other stuff I can't remember!

And then we went to the Eiffel Tower and WENT UP IT! :) it was AMAZING!! We went scary high!!

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Day 1: LONDON!

21/07/2011

So today I showed round a couple of people from Australia round London!
We went to Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Oxford Street, Marble Arch, Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, London Eye, and St Paul's Cathedral!!
We did a HELL of a lot!
It pelted it down with rain while they were on the London Eye, but it was still a nice day!!
We saw random statues of giant jelly babies (I think!) at Marble Arch and I hadn't been to Buckingham Palace before so it was good for me too!!

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Packing Day!!

20/07/2011

OMG! Today was a day of STRESS!!

me at my mum's house packing! :(

Packing is officially the worst thing in the WORLD! It's bad enough when you're just packing for a 2 week holiday, but it's the worst packing for travelling! You need more and have to bring less!!!
Anyway, after packing and re-packing about 3 times, I finally got there!
The allowance is 20kg, and my case weighs 18kgs. My only worry is carrying it if I have to go up stairs or wotever..
I'm sure it'll be fine - I can't take anything out now! I nearly took my mouthwash out until my mum said "well go around with stink mouth then" loool I've never seen my mum laugh that hard! haha.

Here's my beautifully packed case!! :)

OMG IT'S TOMORROW!!!!

Tomorrow it will be TOMORROW!!

19/07/2011

Lol.. OMG! I'm so excited but kinda stressed at the same time! I'm SURROUNDED by clothes, toiletries, bags etc etc and I have no idea what to take!!
But as I said above, tomorrow it will be tomorrow!
The actual tour starts on Friday, but I'm classing it as starting on Thursday as I'm staying in a hotel in London for the night and I'm showing a couple of people on the tour round London for the day, so that should be fun!
It's been raining CONSTANTLY in London, I can't WAIT to get away from it!!

Rainy and murky London :(

so so EXCITED!! woo hoo! I just wanna go now!!