The land down under

first, iäm going to appologiye for the spelling mistakes. swiss kezboards are verz screwz and iäm trzing to save monez bz not figuring them out.

mz tour is fullll of aussies. Ozz-ies, thats the pronucitation since i havent got anz sort of accent and am apparentlz sazing it wrong, i was taught the correct waz to saz it. there are mostlz aussies, me and another american, a japanese, a korean, and two new zelanders. lots of accents and everzon is super nice.

paris was beautiful+++ we had a night tour of the citz in its wonderful lights and our busdriver braved the arh d triumph so we could experience going around it. he kept cutting off everzone including biczclist and motobikes. its was awesome. the eiffel tower was beautful in its lights. the next daz we went up to the top and saw the whole wonderufl citz. a few of the aussies and i went to the catacombs which run under the citz. it was quite scarz at first because zou go down this spiral staircase into the depths of the earth and zou wonder how zou will ever get out. so when we rreached the bones, thez were sooo organiyed+. thez were organiyed with tzpes with teh sculls running along to make it verz lineated.there wer also these french quotes and with mz verz limitied french, i translated bits and pieces of them. since most of the bones were from the revolustion, the quotes had to deal with the poingancz of death for a catuse thez believed in. we then saw the ever lovelz notre dame. both these things wwere so breathtaking, it was unreal. it was funnz that while in there, some random people started to notice mz angles of mz photographs and copied them. we walked around a bit before meating the group, and saw the louve, and just the citz in general. we tried snails+++ which, are surprisinglz good. zou just have to get over how thez look. that night we went to a french can-can. with wonderful food and bottles of wine, followed bz a pub. i reallz wish we had gotten another daz in the citz, because i feel as if there is so much to see! there was a church sucre something that i wanted to see, but it was a little too far awaz from the main area.

todaz, we are in lucerne, switzerland. and are stazing at the top of this mountain. with the gorgeous view of the swiss alps. i took a walk areound one of the peaks, i was so excited, and saw goats! thez just looked at me like what do zou want? and then walked a waz. its quaint. and the cows!!!! thez have cow bells on to find thim in the mountains.

as for the tour, i wish that more things were included. but oh, well, i shall have a lot of aussie friends at the end!

London

i'm in lodon. the connecting flight was a mess. i almost missed it and my baggage difinately did. i had to wait a few hours for it to come on the next flgiht. wasn't too bad since it took an hour to get through customs! my hostel is pretty nice. i'm in a room of girls and have only met one from vancouver. tomorrow i meet my tour group. i have to figure out how to get there. i'm pretty good with the underground but not the busses.

what ive noticed about london:
girls have very cute shoes
red phonebooths come in twos
some english accents are hard to understand
guards with points on their heads can smile in photos
there is a weird juxtoposition between the way old buildings and the way new ones
there is lots of things to take photos of
the signage is easier to follow than in the states. and all the advertisments are prettier.
british airways is a nice plane to go on. but not in the middle seat.
roads are all cock-eyed, but as long as you follow the thames, its all good
iranis dont like bush (like that is a big surprise)
there always seems to be a long line going everywhere
the city encourages its residents not to drive cars
no taxis are yellow, but some are pink

California

California was quite grand. We stayed with my Aunt JoAnn, Fred, and Sophie in Scotts Valley. Tuesday, we went to Santa Cruz and saw Natural Bridges. It was real gorgeous on that beach! There were seagulls and pelicans on this rock formation that had a tunnel in it. My aunt said that pelicans aren't usually around but at the time we went, there are squid close to the shore, and that's why the pelicans were in the bay a whole bunch. The rocks on the far side of the beach had these funky patterns like someone painted on them. On the way to the Santa Cruz County Fair, we stoped at Capitola. The birds were even more out in force. THe ocean was covered in them. Good thing none of us got pooped on, that would have sucked. I liked the animals at the fiar the best... espeically the cows. There were some very stubborn goats and baby pigs too My dad was way into the history part of the fair. Santa Cruz had a lot of apple orchards way back when. San Francisco on WEds was awesome. I got a day to myself. I went through Hayes Valley, The Castro (where I got these awesome coasters you can write on), and the Haight. I was really hoping for some warm spiced wine at the hookah joint, but no one was around to serve me. disappointing. I met up with my parents around Fisherman's warf. There were some swimmers out there in the bay! The day was windy, cold, and cloudy.San Jose on Thurs was kind of boring. WE went to this crazy "Mystery House" where this lady in the early turn of the century was apparently crazy and her house shows it. there were 40 bedrooms and bunches of rooms had windows into other rooms so sometimes it seemed as if you were outside, when you were inside. Rediculous amounts of "easy rider" stairs that turned to go one flight. Stairs and Doors that led no where. James had heard of this crazy house, which was surprising. We went back to the Santa Cruz beach and boardwalk where I photoboothed. The last full day in California we went to Montery Bay. The aquarium was awesome. Sea otters are so cute and jelly fish are grotesquely fastenating. While my parents went bike riding, I hung out on a beach and observed crabs and sealions off the pier. That beach was really really beautiful. And the day was warm.

I'm going to try to keep this updated in Europe, so everyone can be happy. hopfully with photos, but I'm going to take mostly film, so who knows.

The trick.

I'm not sure which one is worse... having a teal wall at the house or the fact my dad has a shirt that matches that wall.

So I figured out how to upload pictures onto a pc. the trick? connecting the camera to the computer. Perhaps though, I will upgrade my flickr account to store the photos from my trip. I think I'll wait though and see how many digis I take. And I promise to try to keep undating this.