Ciao Europe!! You will most definitely be missed, but I will be back as soon as I can!
We spent one last afternoon in Switzerland shopping and chilling lakeside. It was a great way to spend the last day and I got another birthday present.. a Swiss army knife!! (that I'm SOOO pumped for!!) Then it was off to Paris for one last night. We ventured out only to realize nothing was open, so what do we do?! We rented bikes for a euro a night and rode around the city!! We saw everything we had seen the week and a half before by night on bikes with Sylvia. SO MUCH FUN. It was the perfect way to end the trip.
We started our very long journey back to the states on Wednesday at 8:30 am Paris time. We all got through security fine and had time to chill for a couple hours. Shefali and I had to separate from Danielle though unfortunately! After an 8 and a half hour plane ride, Shef and I arrived in Chicago for a 4 hour layover, only to find that Ohare had different plans for us. We expected at least one delay.. what we didn't realize is that is would turn into a 4 hour delay. So we spent over 8 hours at Ohare airport sprawled out in a corner sleeping. When we finally did board the plane, the captain tells us that we may be there another 2.5 hours. It was ridiculous since I had plans in Boulder that I was now unable to keep. After we landed at DIA, we got our bags and parted ways. I jumped in a taxi since it was 1:30 am at this time and Shef headed to Denver. Danielle's flight went well and see was in Atlanta waaaaay before we were in Denver!
Currently I'm packing up because after 24 hours of traveling yesterday, I am pushing through and driving to Nodak this afternoon with my friend Cassie. Wish me luck cause I'm gonna need it!!
Now that seemed a little whiny so I'm going to put in a few positive words!
First of all on all of our behalfs, I would like to thank each and every person that made our trip the most amazing time ever. First of all to our parents, who we could argue all day about who has the greatest rents! We love all of you so much and appreciate the opportunities we have been given!
Second, I would like to thank our hosts in Europe: Julie and Sylvia who took us in in Paris during finals and showed us a great time without complaining!! We love you girls!! Also, thanks so much to Kevin and Jean-Luc Imhof for an amazing stay in Echallens and for taking us everywhere around the gorgeous country of Switzerland. AND for making my birthday hands down the BEST birthday ever. Also thanks to Kev's friends for treating us well!
Third, thanks to our roommates at the hostels. Shaun, Dave, Monty, and Zoey.. you guys all put up with us the entire time we stayed with you and got to know you. We realize that the trio of us is kinda crazy, loud, and obnoxious sometimes (or all the time, you choose) so thanks for dealing with us!
And finally, thanks to Danielle and Shefali. You two have been the greatest travel companions anyone could ask for!! We each put our strengths into having a great trip! I miss spending every minute with you both already!! Danielle, I'm sooooooo glad that we hit it off as well as we did! Though, I'm not surprised since we both love Shefali so much!! Shef, my brown friend, I've loved every second of the last 3 years with you!! I'm so glad we could experience Europe together!! I couldn't ask for anyone better to celebrate my birthday with me I can't wait to plan our next vacation.. India?! :) Love you both!
Well that about wraps up our 2 week European adventure. We will have pics on facebook soon so no worries! You will see the amazingness we saw soon enough!!
We love you all! Thanks for keeping up with us as we ran all over!!
Peace out!
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