PARIS! March 14-17

Last weekend I went to Paris, France with one of my roommates who has a friend studying in Paris. Her friend is living with a host family and they allowed us to stay there for the weekend! We didn't get there until later Friday evening because traveling took awhile, too many buses and trains! But that first night we went to dinner at a place called the Spaghetti bar. It was a really cool, modern restaurant in the gay district of Paris. We all spit really good spaghetti and wine! Then that night we went to a few other pubs and bars for a little while, in France they stay out pretty late. The next day we went to the Luxembourg Garden's and just sat and looked at the view for awhile. It was really relaxing. We also went to ......... then for dinner we went to a place called "Indiana" and the food was pretty Americanized. It was funny because all the decorations were pictures of Indians and Indian accessories were all over. So i guess they associate Indiana with Indians? kinda funny! Then we went to a really cool bar called Footsies. Its suppose to be like a stock market and the prices of the drinks are listen on a big board above the bar, and they change every so often, and then sometimes the stock market will crash and the drink prices are really cheap. So we all had a lot of fun there! Sunday morning we all slept in for a while then we ate breakfast at a place called "Breakfast in America" because we all wanted eggs and pancakes and it ended up being really good! The rest of the day we just walked around. At night we went to see the Eiffel Tower, which was really cool because it was lit up. Monday morning we got up at 5am to start our travels back to Milan and got home around noon! I absolutely loved Paris and would go back if I had more weekends and time! Maybe someday...

Barcelona!! February 28-30

My friend Elle is studying abroad in Barcelona so me and my other friend Laura, from Florence, went to see her last weekend! I got there late Friday night and we went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner that was really good. I know its kinda weird to get Chinese food in Europe but it was worth it! Then we were all pretty tired so we didnt go out that night! Which was probably a good idea because in Barcelona people don't out to the bars until about 2 or 3 am and we were going to be walking around and sight seeing all day Saturday! Saturday we went to see the Cathedral, the outdoor market (which was huge! and had really good candy!! ..i think there are pictures on the webshots link i attached above), and Parc de Guell ( which was my favorite part of the day). I have a lot of pictures from that day on webshots. That night we went to dinner at a really cool tapas restaurant. Tapas are just like little appetizers, but much better! We got a bunch and then split them between the three of us. We also had sangria which is the drink that Spain is known for, its just like wine with fruit in it, and its tastes really good as well! We went out for a little while that night but I had to leave at 330 am to make my plane at 6:40am! (which I almost missed) Overall it was a really fun weekend!! This weekend (March 7-9) my friends from London are coming to Milan to visit! So we finally get to take people around Milan!