07/30/2004: "Alllllllll done....."
As the title states... the trip is allllll done...well the european parto f it is...im in philly right now and staying for 11 more days... let me update you on our last 3 days.... so we left paris the next morning and headed on our way to Belgium... we stopped at two places on the wway.... one was compien(spelling?) this was the "Clearing in the woods" where WW1 ended and the germans surrenered but was also the place the germans made the french surrender in WW2. After that we headed to see a rebuilt trench for ww1 which was pretty tight and this is the picture of it...i actually got to buy actually ww1 bullets shrapnel and belt buckles that they found while exacvating the trench...we then made our way to Brugge...home of the best beer fries chocolate and waffles ever....wegot there for dinner and then made our way to our hotel where we crashed...the next day we walked the town and took a boat ride \down the rivers that run through it...some call it the Venice of the North...we bought our chocolate (50 dollars and 5 pounds worth!) and had a late lunch... after that we had to start making out way to amsterdam to turnin our car and check into our hotel...we had the coolest hotel...it was acutally in the airport(well more above it then anything) so we had a great view of the control tower and it was jus really comfortable..they had a cool workout room and pool htat me and my cousin were at till 1230...we didnt get to bed till aorund 2 cuase of all the packing and cramming we had to do...we woke up at 5 to catch our flight at 7....we flew to London where we caught our connecting flight to Philly...WE GOT UPGRADED TO BUISNESS CLASS>....sooooooooo coooll they had fully reclinging chairs... a three course lunch with amenu...continuous beverage service...it was the quickest 7 hour flight ever! lol... we got into philly around 3 and then waited for my mom and dad to arrive who are flying in to hang out here while we wait for my sister to finish her camp...after that my cousin left for her flihgt back to colorado at 600 andwe went back to my aunt anc uncles house wheere we will be living for the next 11 days...anways i guess thats my european vacation!! not bad not bad at all....i wanna thank eveyrone whos been reading it and to my dad for setting up this blog thingy in the first place...also special thanx to my aunt and uncle for TAKING ME TO EUROPE!! Anyways im getting hungry im out!