Friday, July 31, 2009

Happy Birthday Nikki!!

Well, not that I really need to say it via blog since I'll see you in about 10 minutes, but hey, Happy Birthday!!!!

Luv~ Petite <3

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

I'm baaaack!

Woot! Well, it's been an awesome year, but I'm finally back home for good! Thanks for staying with me all the way and don't worry, I'll be shortly posting all the many... many photos from my trip (and the last one too for that matter)

lots of love!
Patty

Monday, July 6, 2009

Almost Done!

Hey all! Woot, I found free internet in Athens airport and, since my flight back to London's been delayed about an hour, thought I'd drop a quick post before I headed home. Well, justly as a quicky, after hitting Rome and Florence, our next stop was Athens and finally FINALLY, the real vacation in Santorini! Now, Athens was really cool, but Santonini was the vacation I'd been needing. After more than 3 and a half weeks of travel, Santorini was awesome! Picture'll have to wait until I'm on a faster connection, but it was great!

But anyway, where'd that all go? *sigh, today I split up from the gang and after spending a grad total of 11 hours waiting in airports, I'll be spending one last night in London before finally coming home for good!

As sad as it is to say goodbye, I can't wait to see everyone again!

lots of love!
~Pemo

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Hey, though I'd post some pictures of the Loire

Hey, sorry I don't have a ton of time but I thought I'd just post some pictures of some of the chateaus we've visited today and yesterday...

Here's yesterday when we visited Chateau Amboise and today when we visited Chenonceau (sorry they were doing construction work on the side) The place had some awesome gardens...and a really cute 18th century farm!and finally here's a shot of Langeais. The chateau itself was closing, so we didn't get to explore, but we went up a little hill and got a great shot of the little cathedral as well as the chateau and bridge in the background!ahhh, Christie, you'd love it here!

France + Yay, it's Nikki!!!

Yay, so London was a blast. Dad and I spent a couple days hitting a bunch of major museums like the British, Science, and Victoria and Albert Museums. And boy were they HUGE!!!! On average we limited ourselves to about three hours at each one, roughly about when our feet would give out.

But then it was on to Paris via the Chunnel!!!! (chanel + tunnel) ...which wasn't all that amazing. But hey, at least we can say we've been through it. Anyway, the next day we picked up Nikki and hit Versailles and the Eiffel Tower before finally letting her crash. The next day we hit the Louvre where we checked out the Mona Lisa and after stopped by at the famous Notre Dame cathedral. For dinner we took an awesome dinner cruise where Dad insisted I post this photo for you all... Finally, yesterday we rented a car and now we're in Tours within the beautiful Loire river valley! Time to hit some Chateaus!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Last day in Swansea...

sigh, sad day...

Swansea, you've been fabulous!! Goodbye Kerry, goodbye Rosie, goodbye Naomi, goodbye James, goodbye Martin, goodbye Charlotte, goodbye Mia, goodbye Austin, goodbye Britiney, goodbye Whitney, goodbye Will, goodbye other Rosie, and Bernie, Jodie, Emma, and Emilie!!

Love you guys lots!!
~Patricia

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Stonehenge!!

...couldn't leave the UK without seeing it

So Dad and I took a day trip out to the town of Salisbury to hit the all famous site, Stonehenge. Although lots of people I'd talked to over the year all said Stonehenge was kind of a drag, I though it was really cool! We got lucky with yet another gorgeous day (who knows how long that'll last) and Dad finally brought his camera and insisted on sending me a couple photos and insisted that I put them on my blog (oh ya, am I getting back at you for rubbing salt in the wound all day long with the camera cord incident... you watch your back...)

*grphpmmphs... so here's Stonehenge... grudgingly I guess it's a pretty good shotAnd here's a shot of a little bit of Salisbury itself. It's really a beautiful little townand oh look, it's Dad with that one kid who keeps getting in all my photos! (hmph, it's not enough that he had to harass me all day, but he had to insist on making me post a shot with her and her crazy hair...)I love you, Dad <3