11 days left.
Eleven days until I leave the country for the first time, step onto foreign land & see my best friend who has been tucked away in the south of France apprenticing with a chef for the past eight months. Eleven days until I start living my dream.Anyone who has known me over the past six years has known a wide eyed, rambling girl, who will talk to anyone who will listen about her dreams of traveling the world, photographing other cultures & experiencing everything foreign lands have to offer her.
Soon enough I will start the adventure i've been loosing sleep over ever since the tickets were finalized. In the mean time i've been doing more research than is healthy. Packing and then repacking my bags. And spending to much time indulging in my picky eating habits (because I know all my food particularities & picky-ness will not be aloud once I step off that plane) while watching every episode of 'New Girl' & 'How I Met Your Mother'.
Game Plan:
Fly into Paris and explore the city for a few days! Then hop on another plane and fly down to Toulouse (The city where Arthur's been living for the past eight months) spend a few days exploring Toulouse with a few day trips to other nearby locations. Then the plan is to drive along the Mediterranean coast all the way to Nice, then back track and dip down into Spain and see Barcelona. Time permitting we will cut across Spain and see San Sebastian and head north to Bordeaux! Then back to Paris for my flight home!
Here are a few interesting things I found while doing my research:
1. An amazingly entertaining blog run by a London girl who moved to Paris a year ago, named Nessy. She has some great advice on places to dine and sights to see that are the farthest thing from the typical Paris tourism. Check out her blog here: http://www.messynessychic.com/
2. Easy Jet has some good priced flights within Europe & are actually sometimes significantly cheaper than taking a train (Even when the locations are both in the same country).
3. Apparently "short shorts" in Paris are a "no-no". (I'm still bringing some of my daily daisy dukes & will determine if I can at least wear them in the south of France - we will see..) Honestly I think this no short shorts will be good for me, and my suitcase is full of dresses and skirts because of it. *getting in touch with my girlie side*
4. Hostels seem to be a great alternative to Hotels in Paris, seeing as they're at least half the price (if not more on average). --- I will comment on this subject after staying in a few during this trip!
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All in all I am extremely excited & depending on how much WiFi is actually available in France, I will keep everyone updated as much as possible!
Ciao!
