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Paris|Every Hour on the Hour

Posted on January 23, 2016August 6, 2016 by Milli Stephania in Milli Stephania

Time to wake up early, instead of heading out, we decided to stay in for a nice breakfast. Fitgi and Ramon picked us up a baguette and some cheese, while I cooked up some eggs and set up the table. I love how bright our flat is, and I loooove when you just sit around and heave a meal with loved ones—together.
The goal for today, visit Notre Dame. Nikki has been boss about coming up with an itinerary for this trip, and even though we haven’t followed everything to the dot, we pretty much tried our best to keep up on schedule. Notre Dame was beautiful, before we even got inside there were packs of tourists everywhere. Everyone taking their selfies.

I got sidetracked with a tour guide who was so animated with his speech. He made learning fun, something I never got while I was in school. He spoke about Napoleon’s honoring for empire, how he basically dissed the pope right in front of everyone. Bad ass.

The interior was stunning, the stain glass windows, the altars. I lit a candle in honor of my cousin Jasmine and said a little prayer for her. Knowing that she’s in a better place now, watching over me and everyone else in my family. ( I actually learned that one of her cousin’s recently visited the Notre Dame as well, and lit up a candle for her as well… 2 for 2, go Jas!)

After the church, and no, there was no hunchback, we walked in to a tiny little bookshop. It was so cozy and unfortunately we weren’t allowed to take pictures. Not that it stopped Nikki from taking a few anyway.

Now that it’s dark outside, there was no choice but to visit the infamous Eiffel Tower, or as the french, Tour de Eiffel. It was marvelous in all it’s glory. We got there right on time. Many people don’t know this, but the’re a light show every hour on the hour. It was dark and the lights just made everything so magical, I almost forgot how cold it was.

Paris | Sad Kind of Beautiful

Posted on January 22, 2016February 2, 2016 by Milli Stephania in Travels

Well, Hello France!

Surprisingly enough finding our apartment wasn’t difficult. Thanks to Estelle, our host, who left instructions on how to arrive. We took the RER-B (the train) to Châtelet-les-Halles, were we jumped on the 11 and got off at Goncourt. The metro was pretty simple, just like the trains of NYC, there are signs and arrows leading you. Once we left the train it was almost 3 blocks away. The apartment is nice and bright, and I’m glad I had all the instructions and codes to get inside, especially since we got here earlier than our check in time.

Estelle has left a welcoming note,there’s orange juice in the fridge and a bottle of red wine in the counter just waiting for us. Thank you!

We’re all exhausted, hungry and just waiting to jump in the shower, wash our asses. The men keep cracking up because the shower is so much smaller than we’re used to and they look humongous inside of it.

It’s time to get breakfast and it’s also time to bundle up. It’s cold and drizzling here, now what should we eat?

I ordered croque madame, with grilled ham, cheese and a fried egg. I ordered a potato soup that was delicious and everyone started dipping their bread into it. Café Bonne Biére was warm and toasty. We strolled through the streets to visit our first museum.

Centre Pompidou, the outside looked like the bones of the building. Pipes everywhere. Inside there were sculptures and paintings everywhere. Pablo Picasso being one of the infamous and many others, some more disturbing than others.

It was raining, and even though it was wet and cold, from how high I was, the view was beautiful. I’m glad I packed about 3 pairs of glasses with me, because without them, I wouldn’t be able to take in everything.

After we got back to our flat, we noticed that the cafe we munched on earlier, was the same one that was the first target of the shootings a few months ago. The Paris attacks reflected in monuments full of flowers, candles and memorials. It was a sad kind of beautiful.

In All of Our Travels

Posted on January 21, 2016February 2, 2016 by Milli Stephania in Milli Stephania

One day away from the big trip. I just got to Chris’s house, I’ve had about 8 margaritas with my coworkers. Right now Chris is weighing all of our luggage, making sure all of our bags weigh less than the regulated 44 pounds.

We’ve arrived at the Bolt bus. Nikki got here exactly on time, especially since the bus moved at exactly 4:01pm. Right on the money.

Ramon’s house, it’s cold in Boston. We headed to the liquor store and the dumb broad refused to sell me wine, yes I forgot my id, but there was 4 of us and and didn’t let anyone of us buy it either, all because I was the one holding the bottle.

We ate from a Brazilian restaurant that had steak on the grill, delicious!

Fitgi’s flight arrives at midnight and we’re all drinking beer, still a little upset I didn’t get my wine. While Ramon picks up Fitgi we all took turns reading some Edgar Allen Poe’s poems to each other, we’re just so damn cute that way.

Breakfast has been served. The streets of Boston are weird, they’re all triangles and the only thing we’ve seem to find is Salvadorian food. Chris and I split a chicken quesadilla that was sloppier than it needed to be. Fitgi headed to Walgreens and bought a last minute European adapter, alongside coloring books and an Cosmopolitan for spice sex tips.

She tempted us with all the the snacks and we ended up taking a trip for ourselves. I’m addicted to White Cheddar Cheez it’s and Chris is already destroying them all. We’ve arrived at the airport and we’re either hungry or in need of a drink. I’ve ordered merlot because, hello—–wine!

Reykjavik, Iceland. Those five hours in the plane were butt numbing. The flight attendants were sweet enough to let us know that if we looked outside we might see the Northern Lights, one of the things I have on my bucket list. Almost everyone tilted to the left side of the plane, and since I was seared on the right. I asked an awesome couple if I see through their window. I apologized for being annoying, but they didn’t seem to care, they asked if I saw it, I didn’t. All I saw was what may have been an outline of a cloud, but I saw nothing, especially anything in a green glow. Maybe it’s for the best, that sight deserves it’s own trip. Maybe next year.

I only wish we had enough time to visit the Blue Lagoon, or anything for that matter. Instead we’re killing 2 hours at the airport, roaming gift shops. Everything looks so nordic especially the men who look like hunks in their blonde beards and man buns. Yum.

The Poconos | Summer 2015

Posted on August 21, 2015September 2, 2015 by Milli Stephania in Milli Stephania

Mini Getaways are the best.

My brother Kiki invited me and Chris to join him once again with his group of friends to the Poconos. Last time we were there (see that post HERE , see the video HERE), it was winter, in a different cabin, and we were all bundled up keeping warm with shots. This time the sun kept beaming on us, and most of us were too busy running around twerking on each other. As always, we were all ready to party. We had no worries, but to drink the night away, laugh and make some memories.

This cabin had a completely different layout than the first one we stayed it. The basement had a pool table, the upstairs master bedroom had a hot tub and a steam shower. I couldn’t wait to use those!Our first night was filled cheeseburgers and loud music. Our second day, everyone headed to the waterpark, while Chris and I enjoyed our view at the local lake. We took advantage of the time and stuffed our faces with wings and cheese fries..yum! When we got back to the cabin, everyone was still out, so we cleaned up the whole house and decided to play naked tag around the house.

By the time everyone got back, the house was clean, and we were knocked out on the couch…wearing clothes of course!
Tonight was the night to play “Never have I ever” and we quickly started learning new things about each other. We all started taking sips, and if you were the only one to do something, there was a shot with your name all over it. I have so many more pictures to add, I’ll get one that once I get home. See you guys soon!