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<![CDATA[Final Entry]]>
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This Web site contains words and pictures describing the first time I've lived outside of the United States.
Click ``archives'' to see the entries from September through December 2004.
The photos and essays are my impressions of traveling around Europe and working in London. Names and pictures of some people are missing, because I didn't have permission to post their photos! Thus, you won't see many pictures of my work colleagues, although I grew affection for them all.
Hope you enjoy the site!
-- To all my friends who followed my journeys through this blog - thank you! I miss you, and I hope to see you now that I'm stateside! =)
Cheers,
Andrea S. James]]>Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=125Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:27:44 -0800<![CDATA[Samantha and AJ in Paris! Dec. 13 – 14]]>
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Click ``read more’’ to see photos of the Boro girls in Paris!
First we went to Le Tour Eiffel
Samantha underneath the tower
The Louvre at night – it was cold!
Paris, like London, is bidding for the 2012 Olympics
Yay ride the Metro! We kept having people approach us to talk to us.
Even after we told them we didn’t understand them!
What part of ``Je ne parle pas francais’’ don’t people understand?
But they were trying to befriend us.
Walking the Champs-Elysees – so glamorous!
They light up all the trees at night.
Sammie buys cow girl boots at Zara's on the Champs
Then we met up with a friend, and he took us through the Jewish and gay neighborhood!
Thanks K.R. for dinner! It was so great meeting with you!
Breakfast the next morning. Samantha looks like a local.
Oy that's a long baguette!
Us after ordering breakfast. (I had quiche)
Then off to Ile de la Cite!
This man in front of Notre Dame had hundreds of birds around him.
Samantha said it was disgusting. Haha.
Samantha looks for Quasimodo
Everything looks special around Christmas time
We saw lots of artists inside Notre Dame.
I lit a candle
Yay Jesus!
One of the rose windows
Behind the pulpit
Another artist
A nativity scene in Notre Dame
Who doesn’t love Paris?
Us by the Seine, near Hotel deVille
Sammie by the Arc de Triomphe
Shopping again!
That night, we took the train back to London, and I ate for the last time at Spice Grills.
Here we are with the staff!
The End!]]>Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=124Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:50:20 -0800<![CDATA[I'm in the United States!]]>
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Last night my family and I ate at a diner. I woke up this morning, and wondered if Europe was all a dream. Because everything here stayed the same.
Did I really go? Am I really back?
Except now I have friends across the Atlantic that I miss, and an opportunity to go back and work in London.
I have much to think about.
Stay tuned for my final entry, with photos of Samantha's visit to Paris!! :)
Love Andrea]]>Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=123Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:36:33 -0800<![CDATA[Next stop U.S.A.]]>
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I couldn't sleep if I wanted to, there's no room on my bed for me.
My mind flashes back 4 months ago, when I sat in my room, filled with the same dread. Only, in Chicago I had to load everything in my car myself, and then drive it 14 hours east. Tomorrow, Nancy will take me to Heathrow, and I will fly 7 hours west.
My whole world is in the U.S. and I'm going back to it. Back to green money, American Mornings, Jiff Peanut Butter, The Daily Show, stars and stripes, and everyone I know and love.
See you all soon,
Love me :)
PS: Check back on this blog for the next few days, I'll post photos of Samantha's and my visit to Paris!]]>Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=122Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:53:30 -0800<![CDATA[Paris]]>
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About comments: You may have noticed a lot of irritating comments posted by some casino company. My site is being spammed by comments that don't make any sense! So I've had to turn off the comment function. Sad. And I have a lot of comments to delete, because they posted five comments for every blog entry I've ever written. Bastards. I want revenge on that bot . . .
Anyway, to my frequent comment posters, thanks guys! You're awesome and if you want to continue to comment, e-mail me and I'll set you up an account. ]]>Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=121Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:15:39 -0800<![CDATA[Samantha in London – Day 2]]>
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Welcome in every language!
People were beheaded here. Peace.
We’re such tourists
We walked Regent Street and Oxford Street and ate dinner . . .
Then ice skating at Somerset House, with the coolest music.
Sinatra. Black Eyed Peas.
It served all types!
Everyone skated around and around to great music, under fire torches.
Sam said it was romantic. =)
The end of Sammie’s second day in London!
]]>Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=120Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:48:48 -0800<![CDATA[Samantha comes to visit!! Day 1]]>
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This cat scared her. Silly Sam.
Samantha started to run away when it got up.
“That cat is so big!”
Christmas caroling in Trafalgar Square!
In front of the Trafalgar tree
Samantha meets Tony Blair!
He says hello to me too
Matt DeFour showed up from Dublin!!
The last time I saw him, we were spending the night with Sara and Will under the Eiffel Tower!
We meet again . . .
Here’s Matt and Sammie on the Queen’s Jubilee bridge
If someone had told me in high school that this would one day happen, I wouldn’t have believed them. AJ and Sam in London!
We decided to ride the London Eye!!!
Riding the London Eye
Those beams of light are the Oxford Street lights, which can be seen throughout London!
They will see us waving from such great heights . . . =)
You can see the Parliament Christmas tree!
Back on the ground
We were up there!
The Leicester Square carnival!
“Are you guys in the queue?”
Everyone loves the carnival!
Lights and colors
We go on the swings! (yay kids again)
Are we all journalists or what?
(Kris will have photos of me on her site. . . haha.)
The swings whir by!
Where to eat?
But Sammie and I weren’t ready to eat.
One more ride, on the Tilt-a-whirl, with this guy, who paid for our ride ticket for the privilege of riding with us . . . haha!
I wasn’t hungry after this ride
Last night in London for them. (Sniffle)
It’s been fun mis amis
Time to say good night!
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But . . . no time to mope because Samantha is HERE! Woo hoo!!
And, another one of my stories appears online: France's 35-Hour Week isn't reducing working hours, study says]]>Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=118Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:55:30 -0800<![CDATA[Happy Birthday To Jay!]]>
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Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=99Sat, 11 Dec 2004 02:01:00 -0800<![CDATA[Invitation to Pakistan]]>
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The family really likes me because 1. I eat at their restaurant EVERY night and 2. The owner's brother runs a gas station in New Jersey. (I'm not making this up.) And I'm from Jerz.
I'll miss my Naan bread with Saag Paneer or Paneer Tikka Massala every night. =)]]>Generalhttp://eurotrip.andreajames.net/index.php?itemid=117Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:51:35 -0800