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  • Sofie Lacroix
    Day36

    Iceland

     October 3, 2018 in Iceland ⋅ 🌧 3 °C

    This totally counts as visiting a country right. Spending 3 hours here!? Buying 2 sandwiches for $25, the most disgusting sandwiches we've ever had. Note to anyone who connects to Iceland or travels to Iceland. Things here are EXPENSIVE!!! Bring food. Lol

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  • Sofie Lacroix
    Day36

    Last day - London for 24 hours

     October 3, 2018 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    So this is the end of my 5 weeks eurotrip adventure. Finishing it off with beautiful London. Sadly I am sick with a cold so our visiting the city was pretty brutal and demanding but I didn't want to miss out so we walked for a good 6 hours to make the most of our time. We visited the tower bridge, cathedral, Westminster, Buckingham palace (the queen was home as the flag was raised!! But we did not see her), Leicester square and green park where we saw the most beautiful birds. London is our favourite city out of this trip and we wish we would of had more time here! I'm sure I'll be back one day. I preferred it to Paris. Its much cleaner, people are more helpful, there are many beautiful parks, the structures are breathtaking and the city is very well organized and ran.

    So this is how making our way to London started... 8am: We almost missed our flight (the gates had closed so the lady had to call the flight attendant in charge to see if she would let us on the plane since she had done her final boarding call). To our luck she let us in!!

    11am: we get to our airbnb and it's in a very sketchy and dirty neighbourhood. No key to get in, this random guy finally lets us in only to find out we had no key to lock our room or to get back in. Frustrated we left and searched for a nearby hotel. We found a hostel. I asked mom if she was comfortable in a hostel and she said why not. Soooo I started this trip in a hostel and finished it off in a hostel!! 😂😂😂👌👌👌. Mom did not hate it. We actually both slept not bad - although the poor people in the room. I probably woke everyone up with my constant nose blowing and coughing. Note to self: do not stay in a hostel when you're sick. Oh well. At least it was a nice place and we self safer than we would of at that sketchy house!!!

    Noon: Mom lost her glasses overboard while taking a picture of the London bridge (we had to go down to the water to grab them which resulted in both our shoes being muddy and ruined).

    It was a jynxed day!!

    So now we have a long day ahead of us to get back home. Going to Iceland first and will be in Montreal for 7pm tonight Montreal time.

    This week has been tiring and at times pretty stressful to say the least but we both are happy with our travels and enjoyed the places and sights we saw.

    I get to see misty in 13 hours. 35 days away from her was too much - I am never leaving her for this long again!!!

    Thanks for those who followed my daily blogs on this crazy adventure - until next time!!! Can't wait to see my friends and family. 😍😗    Read more

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  • Sofie Lacroix
    Day34

    Amsterdam last day

     October 1, 2018 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Last day in Amsterdam! Today we went to the lookout tower where we could see the entire city! It was freezing cold so I think I caught a cold... 😒😒😒. We spent the afternoon at the Heineken brewery where we taste tested and visited the brewery. In the hotel super early tonight hoping to beat my cold before leaving for London tomorrow... We passed a "smoking cafe" where we could barely see anything as the smoke was so thick in there. Oh man. Canada is in for a surprise lololl.Read more

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  • Sofie Lacroix
    Day33

    Amsterdam

     September 30, 2018 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Amsterdam is pretty interesting to say the least. After a not so great afternoon yesterday (missing our connecting train, scouting the streets of Amsterdam to find a hotel room at 1130pm at night finally finding one an hour later, falling to the ground because of their uneven streets, etc.) - our day today was good. We had a fantastic breakfast, visited the many canals of Amsterdam along with the red light district and did some cheese tasting and shopping. We have a cute little room overlooking the canal. One more day here and we head to London.

    It's so strange here. People are smoking anywhere and everywhere all the time... Let's hope Canada does not get to this point... 😐😐😐    Read more

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  • Sofie Lacroix
    Day31

    Bruges - Belgique!!

     September 28, 2018 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Wow !!! Quelle belle ville!!! Je sais que je dit cela de chaque ville mais celle ci est vraiment special!!!

    Petits canals partout, tres propre, gens respectueux et heureux. Cest vraiment un tout petit tresor cacher!!! Nous avons rencontrer des quebecois dans le train ici et une dame qui habite ici. Elle nous a donner comme conseil de manger des moules frites avec une bonne biere pour souper et c'est ce que nous avons fait!! 😍😍😍 Cetait tellement bon. Oh et gauffres belges pour dessert!!!

    Demain visite du musee de chocolat (avec taste test bien sur) location de velo, promenade sur canal - petite journee vite faite car nous partons pour Amsterdam demain soir!!

    En plus notre airbnb est tellement mignon petit loft dans une maison belge avec vue sur la ville!!! Jaime bien airbnb nous avons eu de magnifiques endroit jusqua present...    Read more

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  • Sofie Lacroix
    Day31

    Paris, france

     September 28, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Quelle grande ville!! 2 jours de visites non-stop pour prendre avantage de notre Paris pass. Ou commencer.. !! Premierement 2.5 jours a Paris n'est vraiment pas assez! Je crois quil faudrait un 4 jours afin de visiter tranquillement. Mais bon - nous avons compacter le tout et sommes contentes avec nos visites! Nous avons pris le bus ‘hop on hop off’ qui nous a permit de visiter plusieurs choses! Deux églises (Sacre Coeur et Notre-Dame) Arc de Triomphe, jardins trocado, petit palais et grand palais, tour Eiffel, tour Montparnasse, chateau Versailles et ses jardins, musée Louvre(un dixième lol). Nous avons aussi fait le bateaux sur canals et un beau wine tasting dans les caves du louvre. Nous avons mange de la gelato en se promenant auprès de les canals. Wow nous aurions pourrions être ici pour plus longtemps! Les Parisiens en general on ete tres gentils avec nous mais tu as les typiques qui te coupent en ligne ou ne se donne pas la peine de te faire un sourire. Aussi - il n'y a pas de toilettes nul part et quand tu en trouve il faut payer!? Une chose - nous realisons a quel point nous sommes bien et choyees dans notre pays!

    Nous avons terminer notre sejour a Paris avec un petit picnic en avant de la tour eiffel et sommes presentment en route pour la Belgique. Je pense bien d'y revenir un jour Paris pour faire les choses unpeu moins touristique et juste vivre leur quotidien (cafes, magasinage, restos, promenade a velo).

    Bruges- nous arrivons!!    Read more

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  • Sofie Lacroix
    Day29

    Paris!!

     September 26, 2018 in France ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C

    Super contente d'etre reunit avec ma maman!!! Et wowww quelle belle grosse ville! Je pensait pas aimer tant mais je suis deja en amour avec Paris. Les gens sont tellement gentil en plus - tout le contraire de ce dont je mattendait. Quelques dames on ete hors de leur trajet pour nous amener a la tour Montparnasse car nous etions perdues, un monsieur qui nous a suggerer quel cafe prendre a l'epicerie, vraiment gentils! Nous avons reserver un petit studio a travers airbnb qui est vraiment bien- nous avons la vue de la tour eiffel de notre balcon! Petit verre de vin et fromage en regardant la tour. En personne elle est tellement plus grosse que j'imaginait! Nous etions dessous et avions laire comme des fourmis! Nous avons ete a la tour montparnasse afin de voir la ville du haut et cetait incroyable la vue! Surtout lorsque le soleil s'est coucher et il faisait noir.

    Pour les 2 prochains jours- hop on hop off pour pouvoir voir le plus que possible cette jolie ville avant de se diriger a Bruges.    Read more

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