Day 1: London to Paris

So, with the first day of my trip now over, it's probably time I blogged about it. So here goes.

After arriving in Paris, my first mission was to try and find my hotel. Fortunately, Paris has a very good metro system, whose only drawback is that its ticket machines don't take notes. Fortunately it did take cards though, so sorry about that anti- climax. That then gave me the world's smallest piece of paper, which was my ticket for the whole day.

After successfully not losing it, and navigating Paris' metro and streets, I made it to the hotel. After a quick freshen up, it was time to hit the streets (apparently it has some tower, or something). Another quick debacle with the metro led me to La Arc d'triumph (that's probably spelt wrong- French really isn't my strong point) and the Champs Élysées. After walking around for quite some time, trying to find the subway to the arch itself (including walking back through the station) I found it. And the payment desk. I decided that it wasn't quite worth the €9 charge, so headed back, and down the Champs Élysées. A small amount of walking led me to the river Seine, where I got my first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower. As I started walking towards it, dark clouds gathered above, and soon after came a massive crack of thunder. I dived for the nearest metro, and completed the journey that way. Which wasn't a bad idea, as it dropped me off here:

After wandering up to the tower and back (note: not up the tower), and after being shocked by the restaurant prices there (€10 for a sandwich!) I decided to head to Montparnasse for some food, where a pizza and a beer set me back just €13. Re- fuelled, I headed back out for some last minute sightseeing, passing the Louvre, and then place du Concorde. As the sky turned black once more, I headed home for the night.

That pretty much brings you up to date- I'm now on a double-decker train (witchcraft, I know) heading for nice. That though, is a story for another day (tomorrow). See you then.

It Begins...

So, it's finally upon us (me). I'm currently heading down to London to catch the Eurostar and begin my trip. Exciting times.

I'm going to try and blog each day, but depending on Internet connections & battery life it might not be possible, so bear with. Or I'll get bored half way and forget about it. Either way, I'll try as much as I can. 

That's it for now- just a quick note to say I've started, and I'll (hopefully) write today up tomorrow and post it. Laters!

T minus 10 Days...

So, just ten days until I set off on my trip, and as far as I can tell, I now have everything I need* :D All my reservations have arrived, and I now have so much stuff my rucksack no longer fits in my wardrobe. Ah, my anal organisational skills.

This is basically just a quick update to say that I haven't forgotten about this blog, and that I do still fully intend to blog as much of my trip as I can. See you in ten days!

*I guarantee I've forgotten at least one thing, that I definitely won't remember until after I've left. Ah well.

Hello

Hello,

I'm going InterRailing this summer, and wanted a space to write about my travels, which is what this blog is! I don't go until the end of July, so until then this blog might be pretty quiet, bar the occasional rant about something that's gone a bit wrong.

I didn't have much time to fit my journey into (12 days), so sensibly I'm trying to see as much of Europe as I possibly can in that time. If it goes well, then expect a blog full of how wonderful it is, however if not then expect twelve long days of ranting about how tired I am and how much my back hurts. Hopefully it won't come to that (*crosses fingers/ toes etc*).

In the meantime I'm also keeping a blog about how I'm becoming a medical student, that I'll be updating (hopefully) a bit more regularly, and that you can find here.

Thanks for reading,
Ingenting :)

EDIT: that's a bus in the background- I'll have to do something about that...

EDIT 2: Done.