Our airplane to London |
LONDON - City Inn at Westminster. Great! |
Big Ben |
gardens near the hotel |
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Westminster Abbey |
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St. James Park |
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Buckingham Palace |
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Buckingham Palace |
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Volvo limo! |
First call home - from a classic phone booth! |
English Pub - watching the England World Cup game |
Piccadilly Circus |
Changing of the Guard |
House of Parliment |
Big Ben - which is the name of the bell not the clock! |
From the second story of our bus tour... the London Eye on the Thames River |
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English Pubs everywhere |
St. Paul's Cathedral |
Tower Bridge |
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Tower of London |
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view from our river boat cruise |
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Maiden Lane |
street performers |
inside the theatre - "Grumpy Old Women" |
we had box seats! no flash allowed |
Outside of City Inn |
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Room service! We're really on vacation! |
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Taxi to London train station - going by Chunnel to Paris |
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our "tip up" seats....in the luggage compartment! :) |
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PARIS - our hotel room - Jardins d'Eiffel |
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view from our balcony... |
if you lean out and look left -- Eiffel Tower! right from our room! |
First crepe!!! :) Liking Paris more and more... |
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view from the Eiffel Tower |
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Napoleon's Military Institute |
Seine River |
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Notre Dame |
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Arch de Triumph |
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Celebrations for Portugal... in France! |
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Eiffel Tower lit up at night - from our room |
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random condom dispenser in the middle of the street! |
The Louvre |
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Mass at Notre Dame |
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Napoleon's Apt. - in the Louvre |
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the outside of Hotel Jardins d'Eiffel |
Our overnight train from Paris to Rome |
in the dining car... dinner with Ira and Michael! |
ROME |
Piazza Venecia |
Roman Forum |
Pantheon |
Pantheon |
our tour group |
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Trevi Fountain |
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Our tour guide: Raul |
Fountain of the 4 rivers |
Piazza Navona? |
Hotel Saturnia in Rome |
Colosseum |
arch outside colosseum |
inside |
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Roman Forum - ancient road |
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dinner at Piazza Navona |
our favorite GELATERIA ...cone #157 |
our bathroom |
the room |
the balcony outside room |
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balcony in room in Rome |
Vatican |
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St. Peter's square |
I'm in the HOLY CITY! My toe is in! |
Now in Florence... Well, Tavarnelle di Pesa. Antica Pieve B&B in the TUSCAN region |
the room |
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courtyard at our B&B |
blisters on the bottom of my toes! |
Our hotel! Antica Pieve! ... Tuscany |
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olive trees |
we drank this wine! |
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MILAN - Hotel Star |
purple granite! |
our room |
view from balcony |
Duomo ... under construction |
inside |
G outside Duomo |
Ferrari store |
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NUTELLA! |
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collars for the baby!! 40 euro! |
Outside of Hotel Star in Milan |
Leonardo |
overnight train from Milan to Barcelona |
BARCELONA hotel - Hotel Duc de la Victoria - a suite! sweet... |
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stairs at one of our fav gelato joints in Barcelona |
Chris Columbus statue |
huge fish at the pier in Barcelona |
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this bridge turns to let boats pass through... Dad! |
desserts waiting for us at the hotel when we got back |
Las Ramblas |
views from our hotel balcony |
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an English pub we found to watch the Spain v. France game |
I heart Strongbow |
our new friends - thatīs me screaming ... the man in yellow bought our drinks all night! |
outside of Barcelona hotel |
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Gaudi architecture |
we made it to MADRID |
Our room at Hotel Preciados! |
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Museum of Ham! Perfect! |
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outside the Prado Museum |
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Royal Botanical Gardens right across from the Prado Musuem |
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what is this?!? |
sunflowers... and then ... |
PURPLE sunflowers! |
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Garrett by the Tuscan trees |
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this dog looked like it was from Star Wars... like Chewy |
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another side of the Prado. We saw the Picasso exhibit |
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my dorm! |
my bed |
my closet |
desk |
the Biblioteca --- classrooms too |
On our field trip to the Constitutional Court |
Group of us out for 4th of July at an Irish Pub in Spain...and it was Angie's b-day :) |
Crystal and Jess -- in Granada |
view from The Alhambra in Granada |
Left to Right: Lisa, Angie, Jenny, Vincent, Katie |
Jaime del Amo |
Katie, Angie, Jess |
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Crystal, Pryia, Jenny, Jess, Ashley |
Jess, Pryia, Sara |
Katie & Jess -- fans are essential in Madrid! |
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Granada |
Pryia, Jenny, Ashley, Jess, Sara |
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open air silk market in Granada |
Crystal, Jess, Jenny |
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one of the white hill towns |
Most of these pics are from inside the Alhambra in Granada |
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Back left: Crystal, Mary Kate, Angie, Jenny, Jess, Roberto. Middle Row: Sara and Matt. Front: Vincent |
lounging by the pool |
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la pisquina |
on the left is all of my mail when I check in!! On the right are the text books!! |
The dorm bathrooms |
there are basketball, tennis, and soccer courts |
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where the computer lab is |
where our classes are |
my room with the shades down - pitch black! |
someone wrote "Bob" on the Jesus above my bed |
In Sevilla ... at the Alcazar |
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the neatest fountain |
the neatest tree trunk |
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Jess, Ashley, Jenny |
trying to stay out of the sun |
Going to a Flamenco Show in Seville. Pryia, Jess, Ashley, Sara, Crystal, Jenny |
the stage |
river in Seville. |