Spring Break FINALLY!!

Wow! It has already been over a month since I went on my spring break trip! I can't believe how fast the time is going out here. I traveled to Dublin to meet up with the love of my life, Danielle, and then we were off to London, Prague, and Rome for spring break. It was the best spring break ever!! We started out going to London for a few days. I loved it in London! Since Danielle had been there before, she was able to show me some of the things that she liked best the last time she was there. On the first day, we went to Buckingham Palace and accidentally saw the changing of the guards. Que suerte no? This meant that I couldn't take obnoxious pictures with the guards, but that probably ended up better for everyone involved. That day, we saw the westminster abbey, big ben, london eye, millennium bridge, london bridge, and the cathedral. While we were walking by the river, we passed by a lot of street performers and one of them was a lady with over 6,000 piercings! SICK! In case you are wondering, yes, I did give her money so I could take a picture with her haha. I think my favorite thing that we did while we were in London was Camden Town. It was this huge marketplace where people sold anything and everything you could think of. You could walk around there and look at things for hours. We actually ended up getting lost in the middle, SURPRISE! The people around Camden Town were nuts! They were all dressed in crazy clothes and had spiked crazy hair with diff colors. It was an interesting sight to say the least. Oh geeze I almost forgot! On the way to Camden Town, we stopped at the train station so that I could go to platform 9 3/4. If you know anything about me, you probably know that this made my life since I have been waiting for my letter to Hogwarts since I was like 9. Hahaha My embarrassing Harry Potter freak side got to come out in public and I loved every minute of it haha. The only thing negative that I could have to say about London is that it was RAINING! UGHHH. I guess this is the year that the rain has decided to follow me everywhere I go haha. Other than that minor detail, I loved London! Our next stop was Prague. I had heard nothing but good things about this city, so I was really looking forward to it. The rumors are true. I think that Prague is possibly the most beautiful city I have ever been to! I could go back over and over again just to walk around and look at all of the buildings. We did a walking tour of the city and it was amazing! I think my favorite building is the church right behind the square with the two towers. At night, with the lights, it is one of the prettiest sights in the city. The Prague castle is also another amazing sight. Actually, all of the sights are amazing sights! The Prague nightlife was pretty nuts. The best part was that they definitely party like the spaniards (late into the night)! We did a pub crawl recommended by our hostel and it was probably the best idea we had because it is SO easy to get lost in that city. All I have to say is that I could only take one night of that because Czech's are crazy! lol One of the days in Prague, we got to go into a high school english class and speak with the students. This was one of the most interesting things that I have done since I have been here. We got into small groups with the kids and just talked about anything and everything. The kids were very interested in the US, especially our school systems which I thought was really interesting. It was exciting because they had tons of questions! I got to teach some kids about my culture at home and also got to learn a lot about the Czech culture which I knew nothing about before arriving in Prague. It was a pretty cool experience. When it was time to leave Prague, we did not want to leave. I am definitely going back one day. Our next stop (and my final stop) was Rome. In Rome, we decided to do a segway tour of ancient Rome on our first day. This is probably one of the dorkiest, tourest things a person could do, so of course we were compelled to try it. It was AMAZING!! Minus that fact that I almost fell of the segway, ancient Rome was my favorite part of the city, actually, I went back twice while I was there to go inside of the colosseum. Our tour guide was so great. I don't think I would want to do ancient Rome any other way, because he was able to explain everything to us and give us all of the history, which we wouldn't get by just walking around by ourselves. Also, we got to race around on segways and wear super cool helmats!! HA! Long story short, I LOVE ancient Rome. I actually want to watch the history channel with my dad after seeing all of this stuff so I can learn all about it. What? Who said that? Father will be proud. Anyway, let's see, Oh! The food in Italy. YUMMMM We had pasta and pizza everyday and I loved every minute of it. There is nothing better than sitting on the spanish steps, eating a slice and people watching. Also, there was gellato. I am going to say that I got multiple gellatos that were all delicious and leave it at that. Of course, we made a wish into the trevi fountain while we were there too. It was actually a lot bigger than I thought it would be and beautiful when lit up at night. Sad to say, I didn't get swept off my feet by a beautiful Italian man and taken for a ride on his moto, so that is proof that the wishes in the fountain definitely don't come true. Sad day. On easter sunday, we went to the basilica for easter mass. There were SO many people there! Even though I had no idea what was going on since it was a catholic mass and it was also in latin, it was still an amazing experience. I mean, how many people can say they got to go to easter mass in Rome and see the Pope? It was definitely a once in a lifetime experience. My only regret about Rome is that I didn't go to the vatican or sistine chapel. They were closed the entire time we were there. It was bad timing on our part, but even more the reason to go back again! This trip was one of the most amazing and unforgettable experiences of my life. I loved every minute of it.