August 26

Yes, I'm alive! I didn't have a very great time in London and for that reason I'm going to say that I didn't like it very much. It was kind of weird though because London felt very familiar to me, almost as if I had lived there before or as if I wasn't even in Europe.

On Sunday I got to Paris...and thank the dear Lord that I liked it. I had a good time in Paris but it was still a little emotionally draining for me to be here in Europe alone. I've never traveled alone so it was definitely not easy.

I'm in Bordeaux now...it's a small and kind of tame city, but it has got to be one of the most beautiful places I have seen. My dorm sucks but all the other UC students are cool...I found a good group here.

Little Booboo Bear didn't get to travel with me on Saturday to the Eiffel Tower and he was very upset about that! My entire body was in pain from carrying around all that luggage and my left shoulder had swollen up and for a while I had a consistent shooting pain that made it impossible for me to carry even a light backpack with just Little Booboo Bear in it. But I woke up early on Sunday and took him to the Eiffel Tower and he loved it. We will be back to Paris in October to meet Ray and Virg...we can't wait!