Thermal Baths of Budapest

Tomorrow or should I say later on today I will be in Budapest, Hungary. I am so excited. Budapest if you ask anyone whose been there will say it is absolutely beautiful in every aspect. No one has anything negative to say about it. Budapest is also known for its many healing waters. I bought a bathing suit today and am looking forward to the God given sun and healing waters and relaxation. O and yes the Spring Break continues...

A demaine
Amour
Alexia Shashara

Loving Prague

I have learned that the best things in life are not planned. This entire trip so far we would wake up and walk. We have seen the castle of Prague as well as many churches and even gone to a museum on Communism. The best was sitting out in the sun and thinking of how exactly where we sat 20 years ago were street riots. Even more shocking is I was 1 year of age in 1989.
...to be continued

Passport, check Ticket, check... Prague CZECH! O YEA BABY

WOW! I can't believe I'm really getting to travel this much. This is so exciting. For those of you who did not know, Prague is yet another fashion capital of the world. They were just recently added on to the uniqueness of fashion. But that is not why I came out here.
I have no idea why I came out here. I think the best experiences are the ones not planned. Days before we were going to book Italy, Bridget and I came up with a master plan. Prague seemed cheap and we'd heard how beautiful it was. Kristin overheard and hopped on and Karen heard about checked it out and did the same. So here we are the four of us in Prague. It's soooooooooooo beautiful. I arrived last night so today was the first full day we had. We walked around town to get a feel for the area we are in. We picked the perfect Hostel. The Chilli Hostel is walking distance from town. There are so many stores, clothing, eyewear, jewelry, stationary etc. Just to give you an idea of the we stumbled into plenty of eyewear places trying on glasses that would be extremely expensive in the states. We also stumbled into H&M, Promod, the New Yorker, and YAMAHA. We loved Yamaha. I am going to learn how to play an instrument. I went to Catholic school all my life so the archdiocese didn't cover learning how to play an instrument. I always wanted to play the piano, but I think I'm going to aim for guitar lessons first. The guitars there were gorgeous. Bridget had to talk me out of getting one because I would have to tote it all over and have it shipped everytime we traveled. There were 5 floors of instruments, strings, woodwind and keys. Bridget plays the piano very beautifully I might add. We sat in on her playing a variety of compositions for about an hour. The piano was all white and made in the Czech Republic. IT WAS SOOOO BEAUTIFUL. Trust me if I had unlimited funds I would have bought myself the guitar and Bridget the piano. No worries, we'll both be rich one day.
Once Kristin, Bridget and I realized how late it was we started to head back to the hostel. We didn't realize we were going in the wrong direction until we stumbled across OLD TIMES SQUARE. GREAT! We covered one of the adventures on our list earlier than expected.
Well, it's getting late and tomorrow is another day. Off to bed I go :)

A demaine
Amour
Alexia-Shashara

Musuem of Modern Art

I wish I had pictures to post but I was not allowed to take photos at all. This museum is a must go to. Every painting had so much meaning from genocide to slavery to communism and much more. I find great interest in paintings that aren't of royalty or perfect measurements. We clearly don't live in a perfect world and this museum brings it to life. I must applaud the artists. I understand why they would not let us take pictures. Go to the Museum of Modern art on 11 President Wilson in Paris and you will see what I mean.


A demaine
Amour
Alexia Shashara

Farewell Paris

coming soon!

LONDON: FASHION CAPITAL

coming soon

Trying to get to the top: Eiffel Tower

A beautiful day. Sun high in the sky and it is warm enough to only throw on a light jacket. After receiving a phone call from the group, I hopped on the metro in an attempt to get to the top of the Eiffel Tower. We stood in the line right before the heavy crowd came. As we stood there, Kristin noticed that the sign that once read the cost to how much it was to get to the top suddenly changed to CLOSED.
We were all so confused as to what was going on and decided to get out of line instead of just send one person over to read the sign closer or ask someone else that worked there. One of the guards that worked there told us it was only closed for 30 minutes because it was too full at the top. So there we were, out of line when we were so close and now looking at a 30 minute wait and an even longer line that meant 2 - 3 hours. We decided to try for it another day.
However, everything happens for a reason. We caught a beautiful sunset across the street from the Eiffel Tower. I will post pictures March 4th.