YAYZ. After ten long days of walking and busing and metroing around the other side of the world, I'm finally back in front of my laptop back in the States. And now...my review of other people's countries.

England (specifically London):
Pretty. Less imposing than I imagined, though. I wouldn't have minded staying there a bit longer. The Tower of London was beautiful. I particularly enjoyed the fact that you guys use older buildings for modern use.

France (Paris and Versailles)
F'in smelly. Paris was one big letdown IMO. The Eiffel Tower was...less than impressive (I was expecting something that owned the duplicate at PKI, but bleh. The sparkly lights were pretty, though.). Your metro is cramped like sardine tins! Versailles was pretty, and so was the Lourve (sp?), though only Versailles was really impressive. Mona Lisa=anticlimactic. NEVER LET STREET VENDORS NEAR YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN AT MONUMENTS, YOU WILL LOSE MONEYS BADLY.

Italy (Rome)
Viewtiful. I loved how the Roman ruins were mixed right in with the rest of the city. Here, we'd just case it in a parking lot and sell postcards (not like they didn't sell em...mein Gott.) I DID l.ike how there were random water fountains in the Forum's ruins. Those were lifesavers.

All in all, all three countries were really fraggin expensive. I'd like to go back to England sometime, though.

EDIT: and now, photos of me in various parts of Europe.

Me and a royal guard. Evidently, they like it when you take pictures with them b/c it helps pass the time.

Eiffel Tower. w00t.

Me in the Colosseum.