Week 9 & 10

After a few days in Paris, I took the Eurostar and made my way to LONDON and stayed there for 2 1/2 days. What's crazy is that it took only about 2 hours to get from one country to the next. As I travel around London, I find myself absolutely loving it. Continue reading to find out what I did in London!

I craved Taco Bell a lot because I wasn't able to have it in Italy, so it became my first stop in London. It was also a five minute walk from my hostel!

Going to England, I knew I HAD to try Spud Bros. May I say this is the best potato I have ever had.

I saw a Tiktok that there was Din Tai Fung in London and I had to try it. I rate this specific Din Tai Fung a 6/10. The food came out cold and the price felt like it was double the US price due to the conversion rate.

I went to Notting Hill to go buy a tote bag and roam around the neighborhood to see the colorful houses.

BIG BENNNN! (Also bought the hat in Notting Hill and the guy said he would give it to me for 15 pounds instead of 20. I think I got scammed lol)

Colorful Houses and more Cherry Blossoms in Notting Hill

Borough Market Strawberries. (I thought I was getting scammed for some chocolate strawberries, but it was the best thing ever.)

Sausage roll at Borough Market. (I personally thought this was overhyped)

Steak dinner at Swiss Butter. (This place was well priced and the food tasted good. There is a wait /line.)

Overall, I thought London was so beautiful and it was nice to be somewhere foreign and have people understand what you're saying. London is expensive though so I'd be careful of how much you're spending. I would for sure come back.

Did you think that was all? Well, I am happy to tell you theres more to my crazy adventures.

As I came back to Florence, I spent the week resting from my travels.

Then, I made my way to Morocco, North Africa with my roommate/friend Evelyn. There we met up with her friend Jenna. We went on a three day tour to the Sahara Desert.

Throughout the three days we ate foods/restraunts that our tour guide took us to. I was scared of getting food poisoning because I heard many stories about it, but I decided to give it a try regardless. The food that we ate was a bit different from what I normally ate so I wasn't really used to it. My friends and I ended up mainly eating pringles/snacks instead.

Day one of the trip started off with a long days of travel to a "hotel". Then, we ate dinner provided by the place. The next day we continued to travel more and made a few stops at some sights. We then made it to the start of the desert where we rode atvs, did sandboarding, and rode camels to reach out campsite. At the campsite they provided us a place to shower, food, and a tent you share with a few other people. On the last day you wake up really early to ride the camels back to the start of the desert and catch the sunrise. You then get back on the van and they drop you off where you're staying.

Henna

Atv ride!

Camel ride to campsite (lowkey uncomfortable, make sure to wear pants if you go)

sunrise in the desert!

I bought a headwrap and the tour guides helped everyone put it on.

When we got back to Morocco. We were dropped near Nobu because my friends and I heard that Nobu in Morocco was cheaper and had different items. We also got to walk around and saw many vendors around selling different things such as jewelry and fruit.

We then ubdered to our hostel and this is where everything went wrong.

Our room had no air circulation, the room was really dirty, it had a really bad smell (like sewer water), and our sheets and towels were stained. The owner was really rude and we asked for them to change the sheets and towels and they tried to gaslight us saying that everything was clean and the stains just couldn't come out. They also said that if we checked in earlier we possibly could have gotten a better room. They had not window, ac, or fan. I do not recommend Palm Hostel.

Overall, I think going to Morocco was a cool experience especially going to the desert. I think the Nobu in Morocco was well priced and had good food there. I don't think I would go back though just because there were multiple times where I felt unsafe and because of the travel time for everything.