Me and Allyson on a double decker bus tour of london
entrance to hyde park
wellington arch
marble arch
buckingham palace
the palace guard
the changing of the guard in the rain
westminster abbey
st. margrets chapel
parliament
allyson and big ben
the gay police in the pride parade
monumnet to the women of the second world war
a decked out double decker fro the pride parade
the horse guards
the stables
napoleon's monument
naps!
the houses of parliament
the thames river
again the houses of parliament
st.paul's cathedral
tower bridge
tower hill
Globe Theater
dover cliffs
clearly were in dover
dover castle
getting ready to load the ferry
a close up of castle
the ferry
and we have now arrive in France
Paris traffic
welcome to Paris
the national assembly
important buildings with pretty architecture home of the french language building
it looks like a greenery but im sure its not
im excited by the concept that were in france it's actually an air france building but you can't see the air part
veteran's hospital and war musem
the royal family's private chapel
the eiffel tower
me in front of the eiffel tower
the peace monument
me and allyson outside the eiffel tower
a view from the bottom to the top
seine river
me pretending to be hitler shaking his, well my, fist at the eiffel tower when the french cut the cables so he couldnt go up
it looks like the mobilo doll house
peace square where beheading took place
the french panethon
opera house
the louvre
the park in front of the louvre
the four horses that napoleon stole from basilica san marco in italy
the bottom of the magic triangle in the louvre
the winged victory
venus de milo
the point of the pyramid
me and al outside the louvre
this is the jail the old section is dark and the new section is cleaner
the river
st. chapelle
inside st.chapelle
pretty stained glass
and murals
me and allyson outside the infamous Notre Dame Cathedral
the entry way
a chapel inside the cathedral
the organ
a model of notre dame
palais de justice
arc de triomphe
sacre coeur
views of paris from the top of l'arc de triomphe
the tomb of the unkown soldier
champs d'lysée
moulin rouge
me and al outside the caberet
fountain bleu, it used to belong to the royal family and it is also where napoleon abdicated
the bourdjelais vineyards
wine region of france
wine tasting
the contiki chateau
me and al on the bus
lyon monestary
the town of lyon
a church in lyon
i was clearly amazed at allyson struggle to blow up her pillow
approaching pont de gard
pont de gard
olive tree
the roman aquaduct
the river that goes through it
just about to enter spain
welcome to Espagna, the most mountainous region in the eu
a bull fighting ring
the decor of the church designed by gaudi but never finished
gaudi's side of the church, the nativity
check out the detail
the blending of the old and the new
the contemporary side
the passion of the christ
thats our coach
spanish architecture
allyson washing her dirty feet
laundry time
we took turns
our makeshift dryer
placa d'espagna
palais national (now an art musem)
the spanish olympic stadium
mont juic - used to be a jewish cemetary now a pretty hill
mont juic castle (now a prison)
a statue to catalonian music
a view of barcelona from mont juic
the port of barcelona
placa catalonia
the gaudi museum
the roads in the gothic quarter
place del rei - where isabelle and ferdinand met chrisopher columbus
the political square
government buildings
the link between the homes of the nobility and parliament
the church of st.aphetra (or something that sounds like that) its named after a virgin who was sacrified
look at the ducks!
this is the church
its monument to the poor but spiritual
public execution square during the inquisition
me pretending to be shot by the inquistioners
la rambla
allyson modeling a leather jacket for huan
stupid live statues that creep me out
they sell chickens in outdoor pet stores on the street
the major food market off la rambla
people salsaing
place rieal
cha cha cha
chamber of commerce
naval academy
christopher columbus square
customs building
port
me and al on the boardwalk
i dont what this is
palo espagna = spanish town
sangria on tap - just like beer on tap
dinner
flamenco show
the musicians
the entrie cast
dancer 1
the dancers
Welcome to the french rivera!
this is nice
nice at night
me and al our first alcohol adventure
me nad al at the train station in nice to go to cannes
cannes
the building where the cannes film festival takes place
the red carpet
the beach
the negresco hotel in nice
its quite the freaky place
entrance to the ladies washroom
promenade des anglais
the pebble beach
a view of nice from the mountain
me and al on top of the mountain
nice is nice
me and al at the entrance to the top of the hill
the roman palace
the port
mosaics as stairs
i didnt know cactus grow in nice
its the real yellow submarine in monaco
the monaco cathedral
streets in monaco
the royal castle
cannon balls
me and al all dressed up
cannon balls to go in those cannons guarding the castle
formula one racing track
the port at night
monte carlo casio - check out all the expensive cars
me and al outside the casino
the entrace to the casino
a memorial to the world wars
my entry card to the casino that costs 10 euro and i won 10 euro so i technically broke even
me and al comparing skin colour, whose darker?
leaving france, a view of nice
a french parfumerie
Verona, Italy
Juilette's house
a statue of juliette
people in love write their names here to have luck
the main square in verona
a memorial to wwII
me and al in verona's main square
thier parliament
welcome to venice!
st. marc's basilica
the astro clock
san marco sqaure with too many pigeons and crazy people getting married with the sky rats
glass maker
glass making machines
the final product
venice lace
allyson's pizza experience
the guggenheim collection
santa maria del salute
the cannals
the church
schola san rocco - art school and church
a venic synogogue
the oldest synagogue in venice
a bar where ernest hemmingway drank
a florentine leather factory
the products made in the factory
statue of da vinci and michalangelo
pizza michaelangelo
nelson being sernaded by an opera singer
me and al at dinner
me, al and carmel
louise doing the macerena
pisa!
the leaning tower
me being muscly
me and al in front of the leaning tower
check out my guns
now in rome-mussolini's balcony
trevi fountain
st.peter's at night
st.peter's during the day
the papal apartments
inside st. peter's
mary and jessus statue
st. peter's square
st. peter's chain
the st. peter in chains church
a statue of moses
pretty frescas
an italian soldier who attempted to give us wrong directions but scotty knows better
naples
me, al, carmel on the way to the blue grotto in capri
me, al, carmel and courtney in our row boat in the blue grotto
inside the blue grotto
allyson in sorrento
im still not sure what this is but at night it lights up in purple
sorrento
me and al
the view at dinner
carmel, amy, me, al, louise
pomeii temple of zeus
main street
a store
a home
a fountain
the fallic symbol leading one to the brothel
the sexual menu
the rock hard bed the ladies worked on
a toilette
an original lead pipe under ground in pompeii
a very rich house
the road
a fast food place
the bakery
mosaics on the wall
main area
fish market
a body frozen in time
body number 2
the orignal form of street signs
a collection of potery
body 3
body 4
another temple
what they are still excavating
me and al outside pompeii
me and al on the ferry en route to greece
greece here we come
pompelos canal
athens - the acropolis
the olympic stadium
a monestary
the greek guards
the primeminsters house
the university
main square
greek dinner
greek dancing at dinner
me an owen and our wine
octopus in mykonos
main square in mykonos
a pretty beach view
a small church
the fisherman's boat
the fish market
town hall
the pellicans
look how big they are
st. nicholas church
the mykonos blue
little venice
windmills
st.nicholas at night
me in bryan's fez hat in kusadasi (turkey) bazar
just in case i forget where i was
the place where they make turkish rugs
used to be a hotel
the turkish flag
the bazar
a mosque
a monument
the fortress
me and al looking at the fortress
bye bye turkey
this is turkey
this is greece
the narrowest point between the two countries
me and owen before our hike in patmos
patmos
the greeks dont finish thier homes so that they dont have to pay taxes
st. john monestary
the grotto where st.john the evangilist wrote the book of revelations
me and owen almost done the hike
the view of patmos
the monestary
me, al and the church bells
me and al overlooking patmos
a sailboat engraved in a wall in rhodes
the old and new stair way up to lido
a view from the top
lidos
the mini acropolis
old vs. new pillars
the temple of athina
the homes of rhodes
the bazar in rhodes
rhodes pottery makers
the stencilist
the painter
painters
the final products
medieval city of rhodes
holes to shoot arrows out of
crusader castles
the rhodes mosque
roman ruins
the street where all the knights lived
you can see thier coat of arms above thier doorways
the hospital and the cathedral
walking along the sea shore
the rhodes light house
me, al, amy in the water at the beach in rhodes
me and al get fancy for formal dinner on the boat
heraklion, crete
a church
a very cool metalic art musem
the main squre
me and al in crete
the art gallery
the city hall
a view of santerini from the boat
the layers of rock that makes the cliff of santerini
the vineyards of greece
the land masses surrounding the island
what greece is famous for, olives, olive oils, tomatoes and wine
the blue dome churches in oia
the donkey which i will eventually ride down the 898 back to the shuttle to take us to the boat
the rural part of the island
a view of the other end of the island
a church in thia
thia
me riding the donkey down
our journey is over this was our caravan
me and mark
bye santerini
we head to our boat and return to athens
the arcopolis
the parthenon
the eractlion
parthenon
ruins
this is what is used to look like
the monestary again
the temple of milo
me and al in front of the parthenon
going back down
the reconstruction continues
the largest suspension bridge to cross the mediterranean
crossing from one part of greece into the mainland
welcome to mainland greece
and then we enter albania, but the geography doesnt change much
these were bomb shelters to hide from communists, now they are love shaks
albania is a pretty place
me and al in albania at a rest stop
the albanian country side
there are a lot of cows
more countryside as we head into tirana
