Arrived at campsite an hour ago, already being eaten alive

Almost forgot

Bored on the bus the other day I was going through my iPod and
realized I have pride and predjudice and harry potter audio books on
my iPhone its totally awsome to pass the time, hopefully they last
Love you, Ashley!

Long awaited update

Back by popular demand...
Sorry I haven't posted recently I have been so busy! I dont even have
and good pictures to show u guys because they are on my other camera :-
( Barcelona was AMAZING! In the morning we did alittle sight seeing
but soon realized that Spain is much too hot for sight seeing. We then
went shopping down las rables, I wanted to buy a crocodile but I
thought it would be tough to get back into the us.we were now pretty
hot so we decided to hit a tapas bar. We dont do tapas bars right in
the us. In Spain they come in squares with like 20 different resturant
in a row. You dont go eat an entire meal at one you sit down and
everyone orders a beer or a pitcher of sangria (mmmmmm they make it
really sweet in Spain so its like halfway beetwesn red wine and
carbonated grape juice) and one or two tapas per group this way the
focus is conversation (and drinking) and then u get up and more along
and do the same, you do this several times per day. LOL then more
shopping then more tappas bar hoping then we met up with some others
at 6 and we went to this great locals only bar the pitchers of sangria
were super cheap and I think they had 10 shots for 18 euro idk I dont
like shots. We went and got paella for dinner (delish) then headed
down to the beach to watch the euro cup finals, espana vs germany. We
watched in an Aussie bar, they had the strongest sangria I have ever
tasted ( Kerry would like me to add we remained sober) the bar was
standing room only smokey and very very loud people were always
screaming and cheering. Spain won and the streets were filled with
celebrating people and the bars were opening champagne outside and
throwing it at people. I filmed to bar when the time ran out its
really cool I'll show you guys when I get home. At about 2:15 me Kerry
and two very drunk guys on our tour headed our to try and get a taxi,
the rest of barcelona was also trying to get a cab, while we waited
one of the guys started sobbering up a bit but one got much worse he
was passed out on the ground, we rolled him to his side after trying
to keep him Awake for a long time, life lesson number two something I
didn't know, cab drivers won't drive super drunk passed out people, no
cAb driver was getting near us LOL we were like fudgeI guess we should
wait until he sobers up a bit (dumb idea, he was only getting worse,
started throwing up unconcious (eww) making him even less likely to
get a cab, our friend cam had been partying with this local, he ended
up paying a cab driver off to take us, LOL Simon threw up in the car
pretty gross we arrive at about 3:30 I think, me and nathan get him
out of the car he tries to go to sleep in someone elses tent we
finally get him into his tent I go shower, his tentmate arrives in a
cab go to check on Simon find him throwing up in his tent so steeve
his roommate gets his stuff out them we roll him on his side so he
won't chock I send Steve to sleep in kris tent becAuse Kerry said they
were sleeping at beach, kris apparently wasn't so peaks in sees Steve
and ends up sleeping outside his tent LOL all in all it was tons of
fun in Barcelona at 3 in the morning the streets were totally packed
with people celebrating and drinking and it was my first time clubbing
LOL weird Spanish guys kept trying to dance with me LOL you kind of
dance away from them. there was this one guy who was totally rocking
out with himself he looked really silly. Love and miss you guys!

Love you, Ashley!

Campsite in Barcelona, first one with dirt and not grass grrr LOL and my matrrss has a hole :-(

The bus, plenty of room to stretch out.

Paris

Recap of yesterday: breakfast at camp! (btw camp is great! I was worried we'd all be miserable camping but everyone is really nice and its one of the most fun parts), bus than train to catacombs. Cafe for lunch, bus to notre dame, metro to musee d'orsay, metro to arc de tripmphe, back to camp to help with dinner (was kerry night) , then yummy French onion soup, pork chops, mashed potatoes and veggies. After dinner a bunch of people walked down to little pub to watch football match but I was so tired I stayed behind to shower and call mommy. LOL called mom got off phone with her saying I was going to take a shower and promptly fell asleep with phone still in hand (showerless) LOL woke up at 11 ish when Kerry came in (came back early to get sleep) took shower then (bad idea because it was freakin freezing and then my hair was wet so got even colder) LOL woke up this morning at 6. (way too early, helped with breakfast, packed took down tent ate croissant
with Ham and cheese and now on road to Lyon :-) love and miss you guys
Btw kerry blog user name is kerry_and_kris (if that applies to you)

Love you, Ashley!

Me and kris in the catacombs, millions of bodies piled to the ceiling as far as the eye can see it was scary! Sitting in cafe eating steak frites as we speak! Love

Us outside the catacombs about to go in then grab lunch across the street at cute cafe then shopping at champs élysées! Love and miss you all!

We went to dinner in the red light district before Kerry and I went to the cabaret (at the risk of sounding fruity, it was hott!! LOL way hotter than the "live shows" about and kris and tony went to see the Eiffel tower at midnight. Then we all went to the barI:-)

Kris and I spent an hour looking for amaratis (spelling?) code LOL but it was cool, way bigger than I expected.

LOL

Me at Versailles I will post text about Paris on the bus tomorrow but here is some pics for you guys to see.

Me and the ceiling at Versailles ps kerry user name: kerry_and_kris

Tour managers trying to get us wasted!

Me in the hall of mirrors

LOL, I fully intend on having a house equally as extravagant as the
chateau Versailles :-) it was really nice! LOL probably because it
wasn't 10,000 degrees out! Its not rainy here, the iPhone lies. I'm at
the louvre right now so I will try and give you guys a good update
soon. Love you

Love paris

Thanks mommy and elise for those awesome posts they make me feel a lot less home sick LOL to the rest of my deadbeat family and friends I expect to here from you soon jk LOL this picture isn't very interesting because I thought that the blog wasn't working so I took all my cool pictures on my other camera LOL but now that its back up I will take pictures on my iPhone again we saw so many amazing things today, right after this picture it lit up but I didnt think to take another picture we decided to visit versialles tommorow after we eat at the campsite then wander around to look for the best sandwich shop in Paris (and we will find it without a guidebook LOL take that daddy-o) I can't wait for a tomato basil and buffalo motzerella sandwich screw spelling LOL we are pretty much the only Americans on the tour, the majority are from aussi where contiki is apparently headed I have been hanging out with Kerry and kris but they bicker aloe so I have also been hanging out aloe with these two girl's from Australia amy and pic (short for something) they are both alittle older than me but really nice amy is 23 she is a high school teacher in aussi but only for one year she thought life was getting alittle to serious for her so she requested a year off she was in uganda doing volunteer work, then went to Asia and backpacked for a few months the she moved to Ireland where she worked in a bakery and lived for just over three months pic has also been traveling though just around Europe ( I guess its pretty normal for people in aus to take timme off to back pack) LOL they are both putting very naughty thoughts in my head about taking a year off after my first year next year and visit the places I want to LOL no need to worry about my health mom everyone went to a pub down the street but I've had enough of pubs for awhile LOL I'm going to bed now though its already 1130 LOL and the sun is just now going down oh i forgot to tell you that we are going out to a fancy French dinner tommorow its at the place where its like 4 courses and coffee afterwards and wine for one set price ( that I think is a bit high but everyone really wants to go and it looks nice) LOL than some people are off to the cabaray show but me Kerry and kris are just going to walk around and people watch and maybe find a club LOL I love you guys and miss you hope to get comments from you soon

Love you, Ashley!

blog not working

hey guys, I have tried several times (with wifi and over edge) to update my blog and the email goes through fine but the post never goes up. I done know why but it worked fine in the states at the airport but isn't working now :-( last night I had fun walking through London. We ate at. This little hole in the wall fish and chips place that smelled terrific. Its so great in London LOL and the cars are so small It makes me feel guilty about driving the gas prices here are really high as well we all started the night out feeling alittle ripped off because we made the mistake of taking a cab it was 70 pounds or about 150 bucks the night was fun though after dinner we went and go drinks at a really loud fun pub :-) but I only had water o:-) miss you all! Big kiss for aidan

LOL honesty In London

Wandering around the beautiful city b4 anything opens, damn jet lag

Leaving for Paris

Megan Kerry says "megan." LOL whatever that means. To Kerry and kris
parents Kerry says I love you and kris says I'm still alive to my
parents and family and friends I love you all! We had delicious fish
and chips from a hole in the wall place that smelled awesome :-) we
love you all so much and will post more
Pictures soon! Big kisses for aidan! Love

Arrived...

Hey guys, I have arrived safetly! We learned our first life lesson,
don't take taxis! I swear that guy was driving around in circles to
run up the meter! It ended up costing 70 pounds which is roughly over
140 dollars and almost all our pounds! Grr! Luckily we are only in
London for tonight then leave to Paris where they use euros we all
have more of that and we won't make the mistake of taking a cab again.
We are all alittle ruffled and have agreed to shower and then go out
and get a strong drink before we meet the other people in the tour!
Tired, cranky, alittle pissed but happy to be here! Love you guys
Ashley!

About to board!

I love you all! :-) thanks for all your well wishes! Don't worry mommy
time will fly and don't worry daddy I will make good choices XP LOL
love you see you all in august!

Almost ready! Try 2

I leave in less than 5 hours :-) I am currently dancing around the bag
weight limit! LOL my backpack was too small for all my stuff so I had
to switch to this huge suit case. My phone is also having issues,
perfect timing! LOL but disaster averted, my sweet daddy-o said he
would switch me! I will post when I arrive tomorrow. I am going to
miss all my awesome friends, family, aideeeee and maxie pad! Dont worry
guys, time will fly by!
LOL and for megan don't worry I'm still alive.

Me and Barack chilling out!

Splish-Splash!

Piano

Graduation

The majority of my thoughts are preoccupied with graduation right now. I am busy studying (yeah, right!) for my finals and being distracted by things such as last chance dance, yearbooks, and grad night. The day is almost here . . . 9 days to go. (oh god the countdown starts)
Love you!

The big day looms nearer and nearer and I can't help but start to get excited. I'm going to miss all my friends so much! With finals, graduation, and packing I don't have much time to spend planning the trip. LOL, I guess thats why god created Kerry. (Yes! My laugh is that big) Love you all!