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No bother though - we'll be back there tonight with the Tower all lit up (and sparkling) with some more fresh baguette, cheeses and the most delicious red wine that I've been hooked on since I got here. I can't tell y'all how much I'm looking forward to it. It should probably also be mentioned that I've extended my stay in the city and have decidedly given up on going to Amsterdam, because that means leaving one of the most wonderful boys I have ever met. It never ceases to surprise me when I actually get what I want. Dear Fates, THANK YOU. 6:33 am Monday, July 27, 2009 Down, Girl I find myself in the City of Lights, and yes, I think I like it here. It has somewhat to do with the fact that yes, Paris is a pretty neat place, but most of it might be because of my host - a friend from French camp last summer - who, by the way, just happens to be much more good looking than I remember. He also happens to be really into sports and ergo, has the nicest body I have ever seen in real life. I'm staying at his place, which is Paris-sized (read: very, very small), and that means that we're in pretty close quarters. Being this close to him as he dresses in the morning (and today he looked all professional because he's teaching) and knowing that I just can't reach out to touch is driving me CRAZY. I either need to start sleeping in the bathroom, move to a hostel or just allow my hormones to jump him. We're having a picnic lunch today in the middle of the Champs de Mars - the park in front of the Eiffel Tower. I'm in one of the most romantic places in the world with an extremely good looking boy AND he happens to be fantastically friendly, kind, thoughtful AND smart - come on Fates, work with me here... 5:07 am Thursday, July 23, 2009 North Of 60 Never thought I'd make it up here, but behold! I have crossed the 60th parallel. And it feels goood. Cold, but good. No worry about the weather though. I went here today, to the island of Unst. See that bit of land that juts out on the left in the north? It's so remote that it's HOT. "HOT" as in HAWT. Like, if a boy told me he'd been north of 60 I'd have an insta-crush. 4:19 pm Monday, July 13, 2009 Dreaming In Green Scotland is a place where giants lay down to sleep and pull great big blankets of grass over their heads... 10:02 pm Monday, July 06, 2009 27 Reasons To Visit Cyprus So my trip across eastern Canada with 27 Europeans was a resounding success. I am down one immune system and two ankles, but am one Swarovski necklace and 27 new friends richer (all now Honorary Canadians, said I, via an informal ceremony on the ride to the airport - I made even the coolest kid on the bus cry). They're only a half hour away - albeit somewhere over the Atlantic - and I miss them already. Eleven days can really bond you to some people, who knew! I may have been rusty at first, and feeling completely unsure as to whether or not they liked me, but now that we're at tour's end I can say with much confidence that the trip was brilliant and yes - they loved me to smithereens. I have yet to learn how to properly take a compliment though. (What is one really to say when a young man tells you that your trip changed his life?) As worried as I was (Will they like me? Am I really a good enough tour leader to have taken this trip? Yada yada...), I can be assured of my mad skillz. Ah, it's good to know that I've still got it. I fly home in less than six hours (I just ordered a wake up call for 4:15am - UNGH), and I have less than twelve hours to get home, unpack, pack, and get myself back to the airport to fly to Scotland! I'm overseas for the next month and phew, I need a holiday. On the menu: all over Scotland, France and Germany. For dessert: Cyprus, one day. 11:05 pm