london.

harrods! we can all look, the brave can touch, but only the rich can buy. seriously, i've fallen hard for a burberry coat!
royal guards.
changing of the guards.

buckingham palace.
big tom better known as big ben. big ben is actually the bell, not the tower.
at the textiles museum.

we saw legally blonde. and it was amazing.
outside the tate modern museum.


many of us have created our own versions of this. i have. over. and over. and over.

my trip ended with good friends. i can't wait to go back.

outfit posts will be back in action next week!

paris. day eleven, twelve and thirteen?

fairy leaps are required. the eiffel tower was not exactly what i thought it would be. i mean i guess i knew it was made of metal, but the metal seems thinner than i had imagined, as though it was empty. we did not see it at night though, but beautiful all the same.
meet my travel companion jane! we had a little hold-the-camera-in-front-of-your-face photo shoot because how else would people know that we did in fact go to europe together and not separately with a photographer in tow, just happening to take pictures in all the same places. my hair is ridiculously tied to the top of my head because when i pull my hair back in photos, i think i look like a boy. yep. i. am. strange.


looking at all of these pictures is so surreal. i can't believe that it's me. sitting on the grass in front of the eiffel tower in paris. i want to go back to try and make it feel real.


this bush was filled with little birds in front of the notre dame. i was trying to get a photo of one on my hand, but it stole the bread and fled.
side view of the notre dame. when the clouds look so perfect and fluffy like this i always compare them to the clouds in the beginning credits of the simpsons.

jane and i were searching for the fashion museum on this day. we found the museum and it was closed. boo who. but we also found a patisserie across the street to eat our pain away.
we decided to stop being loners and hang out with the people at our hostel. the first week of the trip was really emotional for me. because of the language barrier, and the fact that i was being shy, i felt so alone. i am used to being surrounded by a group of wonderfully chatty, intelligent girls and i missed them. so. freaking. much. in this photo i am drawing a compass on one of the guys' arms. there were five of us walking around with compass tats. mine being the only real one.
happy girls! (drunk, too. oops.)

italy. milan and venice.

milan. whoa, it was hot.
the duomo. we weren't allowed inside due to our bare shoulders.
a little milan shopping. the two skirts and bag came from H&M though. what can i say, i can't afford expensive things.
venice.


look at all the freaking tourists. i couldn't believe it. no wonder they have so many floods.

i have no idea why, but i love this photo. is it strange that this is what i like taking pictures of?

caen, france. day 4 and day 5.

the festival beauregard. day one. we were far in the back watching iggy and the stooges. but i louveeee this photo. of all my trip photos, maybe the top five.PHOENIX!
he was standing on the security fence. they know how to get the crowd going crazy!
the next day, hanging out in the park and around town.


everything sounds better in french.
concert day two. mika. his show was very elaborate and theatrical.

la roux. her set started off pretty slow. i am unsure if it the song order or if people just don't know her music, maybe both. but when colorless color came on, i could not help but jump around like a silly girl.

paris. day two.

i tried to pack all of these things in a teeny tiny backpack. needless to say, very unsuccessful. i ended up staying awake the night before i left trying to decide which things to leave behind.
here are some of my favorite photos from our second day in paris. we spent most of our first day traveling from london to paris and did not take any pictures or do anything, except shower, eat and sleep.

the louvre.

classy lady here. revealing she is wearing shorts under her skirt. so tired from walking in circles inside the louvre.
chicken stuffed with goat cheese?, spinach salad and sweet potato wedges. yummo.

the two pictures above are from the modern art museum. there was a feminism exhibit when we went there. i like the use of objects to symbolize women being trapped.
the view from the top floor of the modern art museum.