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Been ages since I last updated but I have been having way too much fun to have time.

I came to Italy last week and although I dont really know any Italian, I have been getting by just fine, its easy to pick up and learn! So I think I will take it at uni next year, its a really wonderful language.

Venice was one of my favoruite stops, I kinda wish I had longer there, but then again, I have been there before and seen the main stuff already. I met some of the most fantastic people while I was in Venice. Then I spent the weekend in Rome with my parents, and it was wonderful to see them again after 7 weeks. We had a great time.

And now I arrived in Florence today. My trip is coming to an end, I only have like 12 days left!

I dunno, when did I last update? Erm in Berlin.

Right.

So after Berlin I went to Prague, which was very nice but very hot. I was only there for one full day so I did the main attraction, the castle (up the huge hill), which was fun. And after Prague I went to Vienna for a couple of days, which was beautiful and lovely and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. And then this morning I came from Vienna to Munich, a lovely long train journey through snowy mountains. We passed through Salzburg, in these mountains, and I found myself wondering WHY didn’t I visit Salzburg on this trip, it’s so lovely! So that’s on my list of places to visit in the future.

And I arrived in Munich this afternoon, and I love it so far. It’s very German and very lovely. German people are so fantastic.

Had some mini adventures along the way, but I can’t be bothered to type them all out. Woo short entry, must email parents now

Yes, Berlin gefällt mir sehr.

That means I like Berlin very much. I think I want to live here. I really do.

Its such a fantastic city. I thought I wanted to live in Paris, and yes, maybe I still do, but I have a stronger feeling about Berlin. Everything is just so phenomenal here. This is one of the biggest cities in the whole of Europe… but its only really 18 years old… JUST LIKE ME LOL.

Anyway, I absolutely love it here. This is one of my favourite stops so far. Ive done a lot of nice touristy stuff, like the Reichstag, the Dom, the Brandenburg Tor (though yeah theres not much to do there, go, see it, take a photo, and done!), Alexanderplatz, Checkpoint Charlie, Holocaust Memorial etc etc. Ive also been to the zoo to see KNUT yay, and today I was interviewed for the Berlin newspaper. Its all so much fun!

I love speaking German and I love hearing other people speak German. Ooh yeah, and today, its my halfway point. Yup. Been away 31 days, back in another 31 days. Tomorrow is my last full day in Berlin, then I go to Prague. Im excited about that, but also a bit nervous because I am in the middle of A Big Disaster.

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Wow its been ages (sorry cant find the apostrophe key on this keyboard) since Ive written something up here, sorry!

So whats been happening avec moi?

Well, last time I posted an entry I was coming to the end of my stay in Gent with Nic, and from there on I went to Brugges, further west in Belgium. I spent 2 days there which was lovely, Ive visited before, but about 10 years ago (managed to find the hotel I stayed in then tho hehe), so it was nice to come back and revisit. The weather wasnt so great, sunny when I arrived and left, but on my only full day there it was cold and a bit rainy, oh well!

And then last Thursday, April 24th, I went southwards to Paris for about 5 days. Bob came over to meet up with me, as he lives in London its relatively easy to hop on a Eurostar and visit le city of love, aka Paris. So he arrived on Thursday night at la Gare du Nord, and we stayed in a cute little hotel pretty close to the station AND the centre, score.

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