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

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!

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

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

Well, we're still in Swansea and lovin' it!

Hi all!

Now, while we were originally supposed to have left Swansea by now, Dad and I decided to stay a few days extra before heading out for good just cuz Swansea's so awesome! Yesterday, being granted a beautiful warm sunny day, Dad and I walked from Swansea down to the Mumbles following the coast and kept going... and going... and going. And man was it amazing!! We found this really cool little coastal trail that went all the way down to Langland and Caswell Bays at which, both of us suffering from rather nasty blisters on our feet, decided to call it a successful day. It wasn't until I sat down at my computer though when I realized that the camera cord for transferring pictures to my computer... was at that moment being shipped to the states after mistakenly identified as the cord for my Wacom tablet... which kind of stunk... cuz now I have to wonder where THAT cord is. I promise we took some great pictures though, and I'm not just trying to get out of posting picture of me with my old man!

So, the tragedy unveiled, I chose to continue my life as best I could, the next day, being today (I'm updating promptly for once!) taking the special Gower Bus on a tour of the Gower penninsula (quite a bit of which, I must say, I slept through having not gotten much sleep the night before thanks to a bad case of hay fever). At the end of the line, we ended up at Rhossili bay, a huge, clean beach surrounded on all sides by tall cliffs. Although we got rained on towards the end, it was an amazing site! On the eastern most point was Worm's Head, a little cliff jutting out into the ocean. It's cool because it's only reachable when the tide is at its lowest, giving only a small window of time to cross the rocks, have a look around (not that there's really much to see) and scrambling back to safety. Out of consideration for our wounded feet, Dad and I didn't bother with the crossing, but we certainly enjoyed the view! (*sob, sob... my... *sob... precious... *sob... pictures... *sob, sob)

Welcome to Swansea, Dad!!

Okay, well I guess the welcome to you directly has already been given, but for everyone else out there, my Dad just got into the UK today and thus my last trip before heading home officially begins!!!