This past summer I went to europe with my little brother for 30 days. One of my closest friends that lives over there offered to pay for my ticket which was nice and cool of him. It was a fairly short trip, but it was great. I stayed in London in a flat. It was so strange being in a different country especially since it was so small compared to home, even the roads and houses were small.

We were nervous because we were traveling alone and it was our first time ever being out of the country alone. Since it was only my brother and I, our means of travel were not what we were used to. To get around the city we had to take the metro and buses. That was such a hassle since we had never done that before.

Everything in London was so expensive compared to the states. My brother and I had a lot planned that we wanted to do and such a short time to do it. We went to the London Eye, Big Ben, Tower Hill and many other places.

My favorite place was the London Eye, which is a giant ferris wheel. It was so amazing when you got to the top because the whole city could be seen.  As it circled around I got to take good pictures of the view.

We also went to Arcelor Mittal Orbit Tower. It is the world’s tallest and longest slide that is 240 feet long, overseeing the 2012 Olympic stadium.  At first, I was debating going on the slide, but I am so glad I did, the view was worth it all.

What I was looking forward to the most was going to Oxford street. It was my favorite place since it had all of my favorite stores and brands. I was about to have a heart attack because of how excited I got when we had arrived, but unfortunately after going there I had spent almost all of my money.

After London, we headed to Paris. To get to Paris we had to take a train. That was really fun because I had never been on such a fast train. It went up to 186 MPH and we had reached France within two hours. It was really strange there because no one knew English at all but luckily my little brother knew French because of school. We communicated with them very little because of the language differences. 

As soon as we got to Paris we were so amazed by everything. However, the downside was that we had to do everything alone. The one thing that was really strange was that they charged you for almost everything, even to use the restroom.

In Paris, I met up with one of my friends and he took us on a tour of the city. It was by far the best experience I’ve ever had. It was all so interesting from the street shops to people’s home.

I went to the Eiffel Tower and went all the way to the top and you could see the whole city . Also on top they had all sorts of shops and restaurants to eat at,  it was all so nice. I wanted to stay the on top froever, but I could not.

Also, we went to the louvre. It was so big full of priceless art and pieces of history. Finally, we took a cruise around France. It was amazing to see so many old buildings and how they still looked new.

It was a great trip. I enjoyed going alone and I wish I could have stayed in Europe and traveled some more.