No, I did not drop off the face of the Earth. Don't expect to hear from me much, though... I don't have net access in my room, so I can only write from the school or an internet cafe. I've been coping with net withdrawl pretty well, but, naturally, it's not too hard when you're busy visiting sights.
Day 1 - May 13th/14th
I went over to help Chrissie move out before going to the airport. Unfortunately, there were long delays and the flight didn't depart until around 10:00 (rather than the original time of 5:40). I was able to get some sleep before the plane's arrival on the afternoon of the 14th. Unfortunately, because of the delay, our storage place had closed before Tiffany and I could get there, so we took the tube (lugging our heavy suitcases and bags along the way) to Victoria Station and went to store things at the station. Unfortunately, it was incredibly expensive (£5 per item per day, with 4 items and 10 days), so we took the suitcases to the hotel we were staying at. Luckily, the owner of the hotel let us store our stuff there for a fraction of the cost even though there wasn't a huge amount of space. With that stress out of our minds, we went out for fish and chips and got to bed...
Day 2 - May 15th
...though we didn't get much sleep. We had to take a 1:00 bus to get to the Luton airport for a 6:00 AM flight to Paris (which was cheap and sounded like a good idea when we weren't actually there). We got to out hotel early, and went to a local cafe for coffee and a cheese platter before officially checking in. This also gave us a chance to do some planning. After checking in, we went to the Orsay museum, and saw the 19th century paintings and sculptures there. I hadn't been to the museum before, so I really enjoyed viewing some familiar works firsthand). We later went back and had dinner at a Chinese restaurant in our area (the Marais district, which is centrally located without being too touristy).
To be continued...
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