Leaving Barcelona was as hard as I thought it would be. What if I’ve peaked too early?! I should just stay in Barcelona, was my thought process. But I have family waiting for me in Paris and not showing up would be highly inconvenient.
Bye Barca 😦
I didn’t make it to Paris on my first day in France but I did get to spend some time with my lovely French relatives. It was nice to eat rice again, I never thought I’d say that but I guess you can’t completely get rid of that Asian side of you! Also spending time with them really highlighted how abysmal my Cambodian is. When you can only speak fluent English, and they can only speak fluent French but the in between is my pigeon Cambodian – it’s struggletown. They seemed to think my Cambodian was alright. They’re wrong.
She's so cute!
My cousin Remy took me to a chateau around where my aunts live. I love that you can drive 15 minutes and hello castle! Not to mention the French countryside is absolutely stunning. You can’t take a bad photo!
Now let me get this right.. The castle is called Chateau de La Roche-Guyon. Hey, hey! Formerly owned by the Rochefoucald family who were apparently very prominent back in the day. The castle is a mix of mediaeval and renaissance style, and had been attacked by the English several times being so close to a valley. They could attack from the water but apparently sabotaged their own mission to take over the castle by bombing the highest tower, and not being able to get past the rubble. Nice one, guys.
When Hermione comes down to the Yule Ball!
This was intense. These steps are too tall.
Weiner, weiner weiner.
I was like a little child running through the halls and dungeons and towers of this place. It was like I was Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Sansa from Game of Thrones and Hermione from Harry Potter. I don’t think my cousin understood why I was so giddy but nevertheless, he joined in with me while I hummed the GoT theme song throughout.
Pigeon keep!
I have no idea. Torture? Time machine?
Me and my new castle
Also, French towns are adorable but I can see why Belle kept singing “there must be more than this provincial lifeeeeeeee”. Stunning views but so very far away from people.
First day in France was lovely but the real games begin today. We’ve got the most intense few days planned. I don’t even think I can go to Euro Disney 😦 I wanted to collect them all (pokemon!)! But I can’t wait to take on this week. I’m coming for you, Paris!
THE HOUSE OF EM 