ciara comes to visit

in november, karisa's younger sister, ciara came to visit. it was so much fun to have someone from america come to visit! she kept playing us pop songs from the radio and laughing because we had never heard them before. when she got here we took her up high to see the views from notre dame, the eiffel tower, sacracour and the pompidou. then we took her underground to see the catacombs, le caveau des oubilletes, and a cemetary. basically, we made her take a lot of pictures of old, dead things. haha, she kept laughing at us for taking her to such creepy places, but we all had a lot of fun.

interior of notre dame.


chandelier.


stained glass windows from the inside.


view from the top.


the creepy gargoyles were our favorite part.


very old, green sculptures.


oooooooh we're going to the catacombs!


oooh no we're waiting on a really long line for the catacombs and we're taking some spooky pictures!


pretty metro stop.


pretty sisters.


enter the catacombs!


claustrophobia much?


our spooky shadows.


this is how the whoooole place looked with skulls everywhere.


doesn't it look just like the movie goonies?? we swear disney is behind it...


smile!


scary markings on the wall.


very low ceilings.




now this is some night photography from when karisa and ciara went on a walk at night. all of the photos are taken by ciara and they're all pretty great.

hotel du louvre.


the louvre.


the louvre looking just like a haunted mansion.


the big ferris wheel at the tuileries with a bike going by.


the seine at midnight.



here are some more pictures that ciara took when we went to a famous cemetary up in monmontre where lots of famous dead people are buried.

yellow foliage.


it was an eerie yet pretty day.


beautiful statue.


another statue.


cat living in the cemetary.


edgar degas' grave.




famille de gas.



flowers on a grave.


ciara and karisa.


view of the park from the top.

london calling

part one: me, karisa, and our friend abbey went to london one weekend and loved it so much that we decided to go back a second time two weeks later. the first time we went it was a "foggy day in london town" the first day, and then a beautiful, blue skied day the next. one of the first places we visited was the museum, the tate modern. we all loved it and there were some really strange pieces of abstract art there, including a giant scary spider that freaked me out. the next day we walked around alot and did the tour at the tower of london, then walked past buckingham palace, big ben, parliament, hyde park, and kensington gardens.

part two: the second time we went to london we decided to get some more shopping in so we went to portobello street in notting hill, and camden high street up in punky camden. also, me and karisa got posh london haircuts while we were there. oh yeah, and we also tried to go to hogwarts, but we missed our train! guess we'll have to wait to get in next year...


karisa was sooo excited for the classic red telephone booth picture!




just a foggy day in london town looking at london bridge.


big scary spider sculpture at the tate modern.


melting dali sculpture.


me and abbey on the london eye.


view of parliament from the huge london eye.


"hey kids, big ben! parliament!"


walk across tower bridge.


tower bridge.


the tower of london where everyone was hanged, drawn, and quartered. definitly not a tour for people who get queasy easily.


portobello street.


karisa channels elvis in one of the shops.


mural on the street.


on our way to hogwarts!


it really does exist!!!


the clock in kings cross station...darn! we missed our train to hogwarts only by a few minutes!


crazy art above the punk stores in camden.










shepard fairey's "obey" giant.


hey i have bangs now!


some silliness with the lifetime supply of vintange sunglasses that i bought on portobello street.