"Life is either a great adventure or nothing" - Hellen Keller
I just got back from my adventures in Europe a few weeks ago more or less. Im just going break down my adventures into 5 and categorise it to the 5 cities I went to Paris, London, Florence,Venice and Vienna as well as show you some pictures I took.
Paris:
Paris was my first destination, the city of love, unfortunately I couldn't share it with the one I love. It was beautiful, seeing the Arc de Triomphe and being able to see the city from the top of the Arc (after climbing up a lot of stairs, and not just any stairs, REALLY STEEP stairs) the view was incredible and just our luck it was raining
During the next few days in Paris, we visited Versaille Palace with its wonderful architecture and breath amazing lying beautiful garden, the Sacre Coeur (after getting lost, for about an hour), La Feyette which made me cry after seeing the most gorgeous and most expensive make up and handbags, and of course the Eiffel Tower, the most iconic place, the view from the top was amazing! I also visited museums like the Louvre and Orangerie(which i thought was an orange factory which turns out to be a museum).
We also visited Le Cordon Bleu which is where Julia Childs was learnt to cooked when she lived in France. Shes one of my idols.
London:
From Paris, we caught the train across the channel, then had a small tour of the city on our coach before going to the hotel. London was my favourite place, if could live in any european city, id live in London. While in London we visited the National Gallery, Tate Modern Gallery, Saint Pauls Cathedral, and West Minister Abbey, where Kate and Will got married, but also where some of the past monarchs were buried. We also went down the Thames river, passing by iconic places like where Daniel Radcliff (Harry Potter) went to school. My favourite place was the Tower of London, where the crown jewels are stored and where some powerful people people were executed, the other is the Globe Theatre, I didn't get to see a play unfortunately but i did see the theatre itself and it was stunning.
Florence:
From London, we flew to Florence. I was surprised when my luggage was less than 20kg on the way to Florence as I bought a hell of a lot of stuff. Florence was small and historic, with narrow roads and buildings that are incredibly venerable. While in Florence we visited more museums and galleries and shopped some more the markets.
Venice:
We caught another train to Venice, and went straight to our accommodation which is an old nunnery, which made me uncomfortable and scared me so much. Other than that, Venice was beautiful. passing by the canal everyday on our way to our destinations was just breath taking. We saw the statue David, and more galleries. We also learnt to cook traditional Italian pasta, which isn't as fun as some people think, but it was worth it.
Vienna:
From Florence to Vienna was interesting, try fitting 6 girls into a small train cabin with huge lugges, no internet or wifi so no one could call their family or in my case, my boyfriend John (the only one who I contacted that whole trip every day. My parents did not even miss me).
After arriving in Vienna, we went to the Spanish riding school to watch pure white stalions prance around. Vienna was amazing, its similar to Melbourne in so many way and yet so different. I love Vienna.
That was my whole trip more or less...
