On Monday we were FINALLY able to move into the newly renovated BYU London Centre! It could not possibly be any more beautiful. It's located on Notting Hill in a huge Victorian style townhouse. I'll take some pictures to post on my blog soon, but it is incredible. On Tuesday morning, we were awakened by a chorus of alarms going off at 3:30 a.m. so that we could leave to catch our 5:40 a.m. train to Paris. We did so much in the 3 days in Paris that I'll just hit some of the highlights.
1. Sacre Couer. The Sacre Couer is a BEAUTIFUL church in Paris that is located up on a hill. You can hike up to it and take in not only the beautiful church but the incredible view of Paris. Funny story though, at all of the major tourist attractions in Paris you will find scammers trying to sell you things. As we were hiking up the hill, this man was trying to sell us friendship bracelets. I shook my head and tried to keep walking, but he grabbed my arm and tried to put one on me loudly claiming, "ITS FOR THE CHURCH!" I yanked my arm away and power walked as fast as I could up the hill!
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This view though.
2. Love Lock Bridge. The main reason I wanted to see the Love Lock Bridge which is over the Seine River was because my favorite T.V. show, Parks and Rec, featured it in an episode. The view of the river from the bridge was incredible. Paris is beautiful.
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3. CREPES. Now that I've eaten crepes in France, the home of the crepe, I'll probably never be able to eat them ever again, because it just won't be the same. It's especially wonderful to watch your crepe be made right in front of you. I mean you just can't deny how delicious this looks right?
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4 Last but not least, I can't forget the Eiffel Tower! I totally had a moment on our first day in Paris where I turned around and saw the Eiffel Tower in the distance and it really hit me that I was in Paris! We went to see it up close the next day, and then hiked up to a church across the street to take even more pictures and take in another amazing view of Paris! It's indescribable how amazing it is to stand in front of something that you've just seen in pictures all of your life!
Even though I had a wonderful time in Paris, when we got off the train and got onto the tube to head back to the London Centre, we all agreed that it was good to be home!
This weekend was BEAUTIFUL all weekend, so we spent many hours outside at markets an in the gorgeous Hyde Park! I also tried Nando's for the first time, mostly to make Amy and Jenn jealous, but the food was delicious and it's pretty dangerous for me that there's one just down the street from the Centre. I also got to teach Relief Society today in my new ward! The members have made us feel so welcome and one of them even calls us "Brigham's Angels." He's a crack up. It's so crazy but fun being in my cousin Matthew's ward. So this week is going to be amazing. Tomorrow after classes, we are going to rent bikes and explore Hyde Park. On Tuesday after classes, we're going to the Harry Potter Studio Tour. On Wednesday we're spending the day touring Bath, and on Thursday night Sarah and I are going to see Wicked at the West End! I ALMOST FORGOT WE SAW JOHNNY DEPP. Okay so what happened was on Saturday afternoon, we were sitting in the kitchen talking and a guy walked by the window that looked EXACTLY like Johnny Depp. We were so sure it was him, but we were too in shock to take a picture. We were talking to one of our professors later that night about it and he said that Johnny Depp has a property in our area and that he's living here in London right now. We are on constant surveillance and we're DETERMINED to see him again and get a picture this time!
1. Sacre Couer. The Sacre Couer is a BEAUTIFUL church in Paris that is located up on a hill. You can hike up to it and take in not only the beautiful church but the incredible view of Paris. Funny story though, at all of the major tourist attractions in Paris you will find scammers trying to sell you things. As we were hiking up the hill, this man was trying to sell us friendship bracelets. I shook my head and tried to keep walking, but he grabbed my arm and tried to put one on me loudly claiming, "ITS FOR THE CHURCH!" I yanked my arm away and power walked as fast as I could up the hill!
2. Love Lock Bridge. The main reason I wanted to see the Love Lock Bridge which is over the Seine River was because my favorite T.V. show, Parks and Rec, featured it in an episode. The view of the river from the bridge was incredible. Paris is beautiful.
This weekend was BEAUTIFUL all weekend, so we spent many hours outside at markets an in the gorgeous Hyde Park! I also tried Nando's for the first time, mostly to make Amy and Jenn jealous, but the food was delicious and it's pretty dangerous for me that there's one just down the street from the Centre. I also got to teach Relief Society today in my new ward! The members have made us feel so welcome and one of them even calls us "Brigham's Angels." He's a crack up. It's so crazy but fun being in my cousin Matthew's ward. So this week is going to be amazing. Tomorrow after classes, we are going to rent bikes and explore Hyde Park. On Tuesday after classes, we're going to the Harry Potter Studio Tour. On Wednesday we're spending the day touring Bath, and on Thursday night Sarah and I are going to see Wicked at the West End! I ALMOST FORGOT WE SAW JOHNNY DEPP. Okay so what happened was on Saturday afternoon, we were sitting in the kitchen talking and a guy walked by the window that looked EXACTLY like Johnny Depp. We were so sure it was him, but we were too in shock to take a picture. We were talking to one of our professors later that night about it and he said that Johnny Depp has a property in our area and that he's living here in London right now. We are on constant surveillance and we're DETERMINED to see him again and get a picture this time!
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