Packing makes me happy!
The Packing Process
JILLLLLL!
Train to the airport
Trainride
Picking up luggage at London Heathrow Airport
London Heathrow Airport
Wandering in the London rain
Jill at the London Eye
London Eye
River Thames
Big Ben
Parliament Building.... didn't blow up..... yet...
Jill says this is what British people look like.
It rains sometimes in London
He's terrified of my umbrella.
One of many riverbank statues
Big Ben and double decker bus. It was a two for one London shot.
Parliament
A second later Jill came running out..... as SUPERMAN. London's crazy like that.
What's Abe Lincoln doing in London?
Some Guildhall that said not to come inside.
Westminster Abbey
Building, tree, rain....
Some french lady really wanted to take this picture..... who am I to argue with her?
Guard on a massive horse.
Jill was scared of the huge biting horse.
That Jill... she's just so darn cute.
The River
One of Paris' *8 billion old churches. * 8 billion is a gross over-estimation
Louvre courtyard. This palace was impressive.
Louvre
More Louvre
Hey look, the Statue of Liberty's head was a forgery!
The Seine
Some important federal building..... obviously.
Didn't know what this building was (which is a reoccurring theme in Paris) but it looked cool (also a reoccurring theme in Paris)
Notre Dame
Great window in Notre Dame, bad picture
better picture of the window
Notre Dame ceiling. I'm guessing it was about 90 feet high.
Model of Notre Dame
Altar at Notre Dame
The lady who took this picture started handing me back the camera before the picture had even been taken.
Rhino at the Museum d'Orsay
Musée d'Orsay
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde (minus the bus)
Eiffel Tower from the Place de la Concorde
National Assembly Hall
A cool bridge near the Grand Palais
Happy
Pont Alexandre III bridge
Huge statue pillar
Top of the pillar
...... and to top it off, he's smoking a pipe.
Les Invalides
Esplanade des Invalides
Church at Les Invalides
The Eiffel Tower & Champs de Mars.
Eiffel Tower
This is what grass looks like in Paris.
Photographic!
If while you're standing here and a girl comes up to you and says "speak english?" just say no.
Walking all day is kinda tiring.
Arc de Triomphe
Ceiling of the Arc de Triomphe
We had a little break from walking for a while....
Check out the guy in the capris with his nice black socks. I sure hope he's not American.
Another cool Paris church
The Opera
VERSAILLES!
Château courtyard
Château de Versaille Chapel
Lobby of the Château
The Chapel
The Chapel Ceiling
The Chapel Walls
The Chapel balcony where the King would attend mass
Corridor with statues of the monarchs of France
The Royal Opera built for the marriage of Louis XI and Marie Antoinette
The Royal Opera (we weren't allowed to use a flash)
A hallway in the Château
The Royal Opera lobby
Look! Jill's already asleep and it's not even dark outside!
A room made for that massive painting hanging on the wall that was a gift from a foreign country
Hooray for Audioguides!
This is where Santa comes down on Christmas.
Drawing Room of Plenty (that's it's real name, it couldn't have been better if I made that up)
Venus Drawing Room
Bust of the King.... obviously completely accurate
A typical amazing bust statue at Versailles
Mercury Drawing Room. (Fake Bedchamber)
Apollo Drawing Room, or Throneroom
War Drawing Room
Hall of Mirrors
Kings Bedchamber. This is where Ben Franklin asked the King to help the American colony in the Revolutionary war.
Queen's Bedchamber
Marie Antoinette
Coronation Room
Napoleon
Château de Versailles
Château Gardens
Perfect weather
hi
Gardens
Drew & Jill
Look at the happiness.... the bathroom line was really long.
Versailles
This clock has been going for 200 years and will continue until December 31, 9999. It works by the rotation of the earth.
Clock without the flash (a lady got mad at me)
It say Wednesday, May 23, 2007 (in french)
King's Study
King's Library
Royal Dining Room
...Stairs
Chapel Balcony
Lady playing the organ at the Chapel
Royal Opera
Royal Opera stage
2 candles = one days wage. The opera used 3000 candles for 3 hours performance.
Bassin d’Apollon (Apolo's Basin)
Chateau from the canal
Grand Trianon
Petit Trianon (and Jill's allergies)
Temple of Love
The power the Temple of Love had over us
Get out of the picture, people behind us!
Aw... precious
... some people taking a picture...
Marie Antoinette's hamlet mansion
Hamlet garden
auto-picture success
Dovecote (no idea what it means)
fish
more fish
The Lighthouse
I'm not sure if the lake is big enough for a boat, but i'm glad there's a lighthouse just in case.
Refreshments Dairy
walkway
CHICKENS
Farm
some bird
Grotto
The Rock
Allergies!
Waterfall at the rock
Belvedere
Apolo's Basin
Salle des Marronniers (Room of the Chestnut Trees)
Snooze
I want
Bassin du Miroir (Mirror Basin)
Bassin du Miroir
Jardin du Roi (King's Garden)
Jardin du Roi.... technically aren't they all the King's gardens?
laaaah
Jardin du Roi
This guy is swimming..... naked.
Jill needed another picture.... you know.... to make sure and stuff.
Hi!
The people on the top were having a romantic moment.... i'm glad we could capture it for them.
Knock Knock
climbing
HI!
... just like Rocky
Friendly bird
YOU
City of Versailles
Garden
lot of trees
Hedge designs
Winged Victory
Blurry Winged Victory
Royal Jewels
Venus de Milo
This lady lost her arms. Shoot.
Wall and ceiling of Venus room
Louvre archtecture
Jill learning about Greek artifacts
Greek art
You'd think of all places they would keep the grain consistent...
Hi, we're at the Louvre.
Greek art fireplace
Egyptians make Jill angry.
Stairs at the Louvre
Old carved wood room
Egyptian statue
Egyptian sculptures
Robot?
These guys kept following me everywhere.
A mummy.... a dead one.
Original Louvre fortress under ground
Louvre basement
Right in the face!
Lunch in Luxembourg Gardens
Jill's serious
Chips that were turkey and gravy flavored
munch
These birds kept trying to kill each other.
The Louvre
Palais Royal - Where's Jill?
Now where's Jill?
Palais Royal
We're going that way.
Moulin Rouge
Train to London
Love those chips...
Imperial War Museum - London
Imperial War Museum
Flower Garden at Imperial War Museum
Pod Racer from Episode I
Episode I Wardrobe
Episode V Concept Art
Episode II Concept Drawing
Episode I models
Wookies!
Naboo Starfighter
Darth Maul
Pod Racer Stadium
That Han Solo... he's always getting frozen in carbonite.
R2D2 & C3PO
Boba & Jango Fett
Darth Vader
Stormtrooper
Some Jedi guys wandering around
Jill's new friends
Yoda
Ewok
London Bridge
Tower Bridge
