Steal My Spain

That thing is huge!

Hey kids! First off, we are so sorry to have been lagging in our blogging game. As our time here draws to a close, we're finding less and less time to blog. Partly we're busy wrapping up our classes are Charlie 3 (as we've been affectionately referring to the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), but mostly we've been trying to make the most of our remaining time abroad and squeezing everything out of it that we can!

Marie Antoinette's bedroom--Where's Kristen Dunst???

Taking in some Renoir at L'Orangerie!

The weekend after we got back from Galicia, we set off for Paris with Riva, taking the VERY long journey by train. Luckily we were able to get some work done on the way and so fully enjoy our time there, with the help of a former student of Mom's, the lovely amazing Jess, who is living in Paris and was kind enough to show us the town. We saw the Louvre, Notre Dame, St Chapelle, Montmarte, Sacre Coeur, the Jewish Quarter (great falafel), the Latin Quarter, the Arc de Triomphe, and much more! Plus a very cute little restaurant with some incredible escargot and beef tartar.

Classic tourist pose!

And all that was just Saturday! Or at least, a lot of it was. We did so much, it's all getting jumbled. Some of this might have also been Sunday evening. Plus I know Jess also showed us the Champs-Elysee, where we got macarons at La Duree (tres chic) and then walked around the Christmas market (that was definitely Sunday, now that I think about it. This is why we need to blog consistently!)

Checkin ourselves out in the Hall of Mirrors!

Sunday, we set off for Versailles with Riva, where we tried not to get ill over the sheer opulence of it all. The weather wasn't ideal, but that at least meant it wasn't crowded. At least, not outside. Inside it kind of felt like an international Black Friday. When we got back, we decided to relax with some wine and cheese, a la Parisien.

Monday, we went to the Musee L'Orangerie (the D'Orsay was closed), and the Eiffel Tower, and then got dinner with a friend of Riva's who's studying abroad in Paris (we had some truly excellent pig's feet, believe it or not. They paired well with a nice Cote du Rhone.) before taking the night train back to Madrid! Phew!

Can we move in??

It's almost 2AM here now, but I'll try to do a quick update tomorrow on our latest trip, which we just got back from a few hours ago, to Ireland and London!