Colosseum Tour
The Colosseum was excellent. We got there really early so we had 2 hours to walk around and admire the area. This was our biggest tour by far and we got the accompanying headsets. The tour started out with a bang by the entire group going into a private area of the Colosseum. They bring you past the...
More aimless wandering
We didn't have much planned today, just a lot of walking to explore Rome. We started by walking to the Pantheon. Inside is amazing, but it's one big room so there isn't a ton of things to explore. It did have Raphael's tomb in it though, so that was cool after seeing his work at the Louvre and Vatic...
Holy Tours
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Vatican (to the Batman theme song). We got to sleep in today since our tour didn't start until 1:30 pm. The Italian metro is the same as London and Paris, except there seems to be much more people on them. I believe we're here during their high season as there is just a lot m...
Getting Lost in Rome
We made it to Rome! The worst part of getting here was waking up at 4:45 am to catch a cab to the airport. Otherwise we had a quick flight to Vienna with an hour layover, and then another short flight to Rome. Ah, I nearly forgot... at the airport in France we got to board the plane by taking a bus...
Wandering through Paris
Howdy All, We were informed today that the public transportation workers would be going on strike and found our first train leg to get to Italy has been cancelled, so this morning I had to scramble and find an alternative. I booked a cheap flight, but so far we aren't 100% positive everything is con...
Sainte Chapelle/Notre Dame Tour
Bonsoir, (see we are learning French!) It was another rainy day today and we had our Sainte Chapelle and Notre Dame tours. We were pretty wet by the time we got to the tour meetup point, and unfortunately we ended up having to stay out in the rain quite a bit. Sainte Chapelle was excellent. The tou...
Louvre Tour
Hey Everybody, Today we went to the Louvre. Well, really it started with us sleeping through the alarm and then realizing we only had 20 minutes to get ready. Then running through the rain to hop on the metro only to realize we took one going in the opposite direction. When it was all said and done...
Versailles Tour
We had a guided tour at Versailles today that was pretty awesome, especially so because of the perfect weather. We had to meet at a cafe in Paris where we got our group together. The group ended up being pretty small (8 people) and we found out that our guide has been living in France for the past 2...
Paris!
Bonjour! We made it to Paris today... Amanda was practicing her French the whole way here. We haven't done much besides get unpacked and get dinner (luckily our waiter spoke English). We've got an early tour tomorrow to see Versailles and we're exhausted so are going to bed early.
St. Pauls Cathedral
Hey All, Today we went to St. Paul's Cathedral and were completely blown away by what we saw. We spent a large chunk of the day walking around the main floor listening to an audio tour. They don't let you take pictures inside, so unfortunately you will need to Google to get an idea of the inside. Th...
Harry Potter Studio Tour!!!
We went to see the Warner Bros studio tour today. It's a bit of a ways outside London and since we needed to get there by a specific time, we made sure to leave ourselves a healthy gap to make it. We managed to make it on the first try, I think we have finally figured out the tube system:D The tour...
Busy Day!
Saw the tower of London today, spent a good chunk of the day there. Then we went to the British museum and saw the Rosetta Stone and a bunch of other really cool stuff. Ate escargot and fish legs at a French restarting and then ended the night with a private pub tour which went through some excelle...
Exhausted
After getting here from the airport we ended up falling asleep for a few hours from the jet lag. By then the museum has closed so we ran out and got dinner... then decided to go for a walk. That walk ended up taking us past Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, the house of Parlia...
We're Here!
Cheers from London! We just walked into the hotel. Check out the size of this room!