Belgium. Life is good.

Climbed the stairs up the Eiffel Tower at night... simply breath taking.
































Spent all day in Belgium and had a blast! 3 best things to do in Belgium... Belgium chocolate, Belgium waffles, and Belgium beer (check, check, and check)















The famous "peeing" statue in Brussels

Toulouse

Worst 24 hours of my life. My original plan for yesterday was to take the 8:45am train from Barcelona to Paris and get in around 5:45pm. 7:30am this morning I finally made it home. The train from Barcelona to Montpillier was then supposed to go from Montpillier to Paris. Well there were rock slides or something and no high speed trains were going to Paris. SOOOO we ended up taking a train from Monpillier to Toulouse, then waiting 5.5 hours to take a night train to Paris. Normally the night train is supposed to have beds but NO we got SEATS with the lights on all night LOL. Just glad to be back in Paris!


On the night train, in our seats!















Toulouse, what is this?



















Waiting in the train station for 5.5 hours, what a happy bunch















On a more positive note, the train ride had some beautiful views and I'm back in Paris.

Love,

Allison

Another Blog

The program assistants that are on our trip with us have also been keeping a blog if you would like to check out our group blog:

www.msuparis.livejournal.com

Barcelona

The light show at the Famous Magic Fountain of Montjuic















The fountain was set to music and lights... very cool















Antoni Gaudi's architecture in Spain



















Sagrada Familia Cathedral by Gaudi.. still under construction for many years to come.















And because I am missing Paris...















Barcelona has been amazing but I'm glad to be returning to the city I love in the morning.

Barcelona

At the beach in Paradise















Spain is great, totally a vacation spot. Heading to the beach again today then shopping. Taking the high speed train back to Paris in the morning!

Spain

On the night train from Paris to Barcelona 13 hours.... what an experience! Love these girls I shared it with!!










View from my window at the hotel in Barcelona.
















Spain is beautiful, not as much to do as Paris but the nightlife is fun and the weather is summery! Went to the beach today in SPAIN, still need to pinch myself daily! Will post more pics later.

Love,

Allison

Off to Spain

Quick update before I head off to Barcelona for the week, then Rome this weekend I hope!
Love and miss you all!