the day we left for europe
us on the plane
1st real day in london and we overslept and missed the tour...so joanne's in the waiting room at the train station
me at the train station in bristol
the splenda in europe is in the form of a pill
joanne at the roman baths
me at the roman baths
joanne in front of bath abbey
man playing violin on a rope
at the roman baths
one of the spas at the bath
model of the roman baths
natural running hot water from the springs
circular spa
streets of city of bath
we walked alllll the way to buckingham palace at night
gates to the palace
me in front of the gates
joanne in front of the gates
not sure what that is....
the tower bridge
better pic of the tower bridge
the bus crossing the tower bridge
the tower of london
this is the actual london bridge that fell..
tower of london
tower of london again
the london eye
not sure the significance of this...
supposed to be some guard to the palace
the palace of westminster
big ben
big ben again
horse guard
national museum
model of the national museum
london phone booth!
nelson's column
entering buckingham
horse guard dude again
red london mailbox
us entering the tower of london
close up
beefeater
me standing in the middle of the tower of london
joanne in the middle of the tower of london
where we saw a kick ass musical
quick pic of the hotel we stayed in
their atm is called "hole in the wall"
us pulling up to the ferry to go to paris
white cliffs of dover
giant toblerone bar--costs about $75
AJ and Joey, dudes we met on the tour
paris at night
eiffel tower from the bus
our tiny hotel room in paris
our room is sooo small, we didn't have enough space to spread the beds apart
musee de l'armee
better pic of the musee de l'armee, where napoleon was buried..the dome is made of pure gold
the eiffel tower!
the entrance to the palace of versailles
the right of the palace
the left of the palace
me right smack in the middle of the palace
picture of my purse when we fell....
the next few pics are of the garden in versailles...used to be 6,000 acres now it's only 2,000
big spider web
big skeleton in the middle of the garden
the chapel inside the palace
painting in one of the rooms
ceiling of one of the rooms
face of louis xiv made of pure gold
bed of louis xiv
hall of mirrors
the original chandelier in the hall of mirrors
marie antionette's bedroom...this is where she really slept!!
marie antionette's jewelry chest
original painting of marie antionette and her kids...
the concorde--gift from egypt
streets of paris
notre dame
entrance of notre dame
the arched ceilings
stained glass window
model of notre dame from the side
notre dame from the back
notre dame from the front
moulin rouge!
look, i match!
me and joanne
more streets of paris
geo and christy from the tour
joey, joanne, and aj waiting to get inside
frogonard, the first perfume house named after the founder
the louvre--where the da vinci code was filmed
the arc de triomphe du carrousel, basically built to celebrate napoleon's victories
joanne in front of the louvre palace
musee du louvre
winged victory...my heart skipped a beat when i saw it!
venice de milo...my heart skipped a beat here too!
close up of the winged victory
THE MONA LISA
perfect pics of ms. mona
painting of napoleon and his wife getting crowned
us inside the louvre
the louvre from far away
picture of a random truck and lamps in the middle of a fountain in the tuileries garden
fancy telephone booth in paris
the louis vuitton store
champs elysee...basically paris's version of rodeo drive
church for mary madeleine
the ceiling of the galleries lafayette, the mall
eiffel tower at night
the eiffel tower looking up
pics taken from the top of the eiffel tower...u actually get a better view in the middle of the tower instead of way up top
musee de l'armee from the eiffel tower
joanne at the top of the eiffel tower
me at the top of the eiffel tower
the side of the eiffel tower
me right underneath the eiffel tower
the thinker...there's a replica of it at UofL in Kentucky
us at the hotel waiting to leave for rome
the train cabin that we had to stay in...it was the size of a king bed!
the hallway of the train was sooo small, two of us couldn't fit in there
joanne looking miserable in the cabin
me in the middle of vatican city
outside of the popes' tombs
the ceiling of the st. peter's basilica
inside the basilica
the dome of the basilica
more pics of the vatican
joanne at the colosseum
me at the colosseum...it was closed that day due to the elections...so we didn't get to go in!
views of our hotel room in rome
joanne on the balcony of our hotel room
and then me...
the spanish steps...
the top of the spanish steps
from the top of the spanish steps
the street of via del condotti, which is rome's version of rodeo drive
artist on the street--he drew that out of chalk
the trevi fountain...it's GINORMOUS!
me in front of the fountain
the thousands of people at the fountain
the pantheon
inside the pantheon
the dome has a skylight
a place where they honor the soldiers
streets of rome while i walked to the colosseum (again the next day!)
map of italy on the wall..
finally got in this time!
model of the colosseum
from the top of the colosseum
our bathroom in the hotel...look, no shower curtain
and check out the toilet...the seat is on one side of the wall, the tank is on the other side almost above the sink.
