my epic journey: part two

the second week of my journey was travel i arranged on my own. i met up with alex in copenhagen and we took off for london. we got in at three in the morning and had to navigate the streets of london, but we finally made it to our friend matt's dorm in camberwell. matt graciously hosted us for our three days in london. we had a really good time in london, just hanging out and going to pubs with matt and some of his friends. we also visited the tate modern museum, which has an excellent collection. we walked around london a lot so we could see the major sights. london was a blast.

after london, alex and i hopped on a plane to paris. right from the start, paris was pretty hard to navigate. the people we encountered were less than willing to help us out. the first day there we spent two hours in the train station trying to buy our tickets to grenoble. paris was probably our least favorite part of the trip, though it was still a good time. at one point, we were walking down the champ elysees. it was sunny at one end and about halfway down the street, it started hailing. it was an interesting walk.

we decided to move on to grenoble early and spend the night there. we stayed in a real hotel, which was a nice break. grenoble itself was lovely. i liked it much better than paris, actually. it had a much friendlier feeling and it is situated at the base of the alps. we had a view of the alps from our hotel window! the main attraction in grenoble are these cable cars that go up to a lookout spot. when we first got to the top, it was snowing pretty hard, but after about 15 minutes the weather cleared up and we had absolutely breathtaking views of grenoble and the surrounding alps.

after our great but too-short time in grenoble, we caught a bus to the grenoble airport to meet the DIS group going skiing. during the week, i learned that i am a horrible skiier! the week was still fun, despite that fact. the alps are amazingly beautiful, and we stayed at a nice place with pretty delicious meals.

after skiing, we returned home, bruised and tired, but content.





the little village by les deux alpes, the skiing resort we stayed at. it was adorable.




big ben at night.


the hail storm in paris. ugh.

grenoble!

the view from the top in grenoble.