Mom and Dad in Europe!

Hey gang!!!
Well after being away from home for 5 months it was such a treat to have my parents over for 10 days. It was a lot of fun and it sure was nice to see them. They got here on the 24 or 25.... hmm i'm not so sure and were here for 10 days. I got up bright and early to go pick them up at the airport... of course I left my apt late and their plane arrived early... luckily I got there with about 6 minutes to spare.... fiouuu. It was so weird for me to be greeting my parents at an airport in France. I dont know why.. its kind of hard to explain... but it was funny!!
Anyways walking from the airport to the metro station we talked about the usual "how was your trip" kinda deal and I guess my dad was not paying attention to where he was walking because he walked right into a metal sign.....ah man.... AH MAN! FUN-NY!!! well for me and my mom... maybe not so much for dad.... thinking about it right now... its still very funny!! haha!! After being in a plane for 6 hours and be super jet lagged... that'll wake you right up!! HAHA! ahhhh... good times....That night my parents entered MY world..... where this adventure all began; The Peace and Love Hostel. Right away they were greeted by my friend and work buddy Naima and by my other friends who were just hanging out. They got to see me work for a bit and see what I do when I work at the hostel. I think they enjoyed it, though there was no drinking Jenga for mom and dad. Afterwards we met up with my friend Gilles and we went out to supper at my favorite restaurant "Chez Papa". As always it was very good. Delicious i'd say.... Miiaaammm!! Dad had the duck which I never had before... but after trying it, it is now what I eat. SO GOOD!The next morning we got up bright and early and took the train to London. I will not write about it becaus I will write another log just about London. We spent one night, 2 days in London and it was great! I had been before but it was great to go back....!!When we got back from London we decided that we would try and go somewhere else. After debating and searching and wondering.... we decided we would go to Amsterdam. Yes Uncle Phil.... AMSTERDAM... the Heinenken experience AGAIN for moi!!! So we bought our tickets but had a few days to spare in between so we did the touristy stuff. I took my parents around the city showing them some of the things that again made me fall in love with Paris. We can say what we want about it but damn Paris is beautiful!!
Some days while I was working, my parents went off by themselves to explore. You know, theres just SO many I can go up the eiffel tower.... as much as it is beautiful.. 5 times is enough... i don't want to get bored of it!!!!
So after a few days of sight seeing we headed off to amsterdam, which i wont write about now but rather in a different blog (hopefully wont take a month).
All in all it was great! I think my parents had fun also. They got the chance to see Paris from a different view than last time. The weather was fantastic as opposed to last time they came, which was rainy and very cold. It was nice to share my Paris life with my parents and soon enough with my sister (2 days, wouhooo). I enjoyed showing my apt to my parents, showing them where I work and I loved introducing them to my friends.
It was definitely hard to say good -bye and I miss them soooo much!!!!!!!
It will be good to see my sister soon! We are going on vacation. Definitely going to Germany, Croatia, POland and Greece... possibly England of Belgium ( still not decided). It will be fun fun!!!
Eveything is going GREAT! Since I quit Friends hostel and began working more hours at the Peace and Love, its been fan-tas-tic! I love this place! I wake up in the morning and i am happy! I am EXCITED to go to work. Its deifnitely more positive. I work 3-4 shifts a week... sometimes even more. I started working the bar shifts also which is cool. I was nervous at first because ive never worked with alcohol before but so far so good. Its just a better atmosphere than friends hostel. Not only is it in a better location, but the people hang out at the bar.. so i get the chance to hang out with them. ITS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im not making as much money, but im 50x happier than I was!!!!
As for my apt, well my friend Joey is leaving at the end of the month. I got a new roomate for a few weeks. His name is Max he is from Germany, 24 years old and he is a med student... great guy. Unfortunately he is not staying for a long time because he will be moving in with his cousin and also the apt is 1h away from his school.. which well.. is not practical. I did however find another roomate for when Max leaves. His name is Phil and he is from Philadelphia. He was staying at the hostel and was looking for a roomate. He is staying with a friend until Max moves out, then he will move in with me. He is very cool also. It will be fun!
I downloaded a new program to look at pictures and it seems to have had a weird affect on being able to upload pictures so i cant upload any right now..... but hopefully i will fix the situation soon and post some pictures of london and amsterdam.
Much love to everyone!
I hope you are all doing good!
Phil- Your house is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big hug and kiss to everyone!
Gen