View of La Nueveville. The first place we stayed at a bed and breakfast.
View of La Nueveville from the mountain
This is another view of La Neuveville from the mountain by the waterfall.
Drew with a really nice Ferrari in La Nueveville
Nice Engine
La Cascade (waterfall) in La Neuveville.
The timer on the camera helped us with these
This a wine vineyard in La Neuveville
Those grapes were sooooo good.
The catholic church of Neuchatel (the town we live in now). Mass is only in French or Italian
View of Neuchatel from the train station. You can see the catholic church on the left.
Another view of Neuchatel from the Castle.
A church by the castle. Very old and very beautiful.
Coutyard of the church
View of Neuchatel
Lake Neuchatel from the top of the castle
Drew on the bridge of the Chateau (castle)
Drew decided to join the tree and see what was so interesting up there.
Lake Neuchatel
This is near Lichtenstein. We went on a tour of Heidi land, where the sound of music was filmed.
Drew took this beautiful picture of the goat at the Heidi Land
This is inside Heidi's house.
Another view from inside the house
Tonya with the goat in the field
Tonya and the goat posing for the camera.
It was a beautiful day
Heidi's House
Driving back to Zurich.
Welcome to Rome
The colesium was awesome
Mt. Vesuvious
Drew and Tonya took a day trip to Pompeii
The ruins of Pompeii
The streets of Pompeii
These houses were huge
This was to point to the hore house.....seriously
The detail in the hand laid tile was incredible
Main square of Pompeii with Mt. Vesuvious in the background.
Mold casting of a pregnant woman found
All the dishes and items left in the houses
View from the top of the town
This was a house??
The Roman baths were in the living rooms
They had incredible paintings on the wall that are still there.
This was Drew's favorite place
A ceiling in the Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel dome. This was on Modern Marvels TV show
Every hallway had paintings on the ceiling
This was a very large painting. We weren't allowed to use flash in this area.
Welcome to the Vatican City
This is St. Peter's Cathedral, home of the Pope.
Inside St. Peter's
It was the most beautiful church I had ever seen.
Can you believe there weren't many people there?
This is Sant Angelo Castle, more like a bomb shelter. This is where the Pope would come in the old days if he needed to be protected from war.
The view from the top of Sant Angelo Castle.
Trevi Fountain
This is the Louve Museum
We were there right when it opened so there wasn't many people
The pyramid is the entrance to the museum
There were four sections to the museum. This is Drew and his friend from San Angelo, Jose in the first section.
This is Napoleon's apartment part of the first section
Napoleon's jewels
Mona Lisa in the second section. I'm surprised we were allowed to take pictures.
There was an alarm by this picture and I set it off because I was too close
We spend 4 hours at the museum and only saw 2 of the 4 sections.
Notre Dame
This mary has a crown of jewels on
The Arc of Triumph. It took a lot of steps to get to the top.
The view from the top
Drew and Jose with the Effiel Tour in the background
The line was too long to go up the Effiel Tour this night.
We went to Moulin Rouge just to say we went. It was interesting, that's all I will say about that.
We thought this kid was so cute holding on to the pole while the subway was moving
The top was closed due to over crowding, so this is what the second level looks like with a view to the top.
View from the second level
Welcome to Bern, the capital of Switzerland. This is where I take the train in the mornings to go to school.
This is Hans, the director of the language school I am going to.
Have you ever seen a smart car with a trailer?
This Gothic church had incredible carvings and moldings.
Inside the church
This was really neat, because as the sun was setting the light shined on Jesus and Mary
Einstein's apartment
It was a one bedroom apartment, but it was really interesting to see.
The bear pit in Bern
The bears are the town mascot
They posed really well for us
They loved the fruit we fed them
This is Issac. His dad is one of Drew's friends. They came to visit for a week from Houston.
Issac and his dad, Ben
This was in Interlaken, Switzerland. Issac decided to start his drinking early.
Surprisingly the swans were nice.
This is Interlaken, Switzerland
Drew and Issac
We took a lift to a town called Murren.
These are the three highest peaks of the Alps. The tallest peak is 10,000 feet high
We were able to get some beautiful pictures
Drew, Ben, Karen, and Issac
Chilling on the patio having a beer and enjoying the view
Issac had a little too much to drink
The cows have bells on them
The Alps at sunset
The colors are beautiful
Drew plays for the Neuchatel football team.
Warming up for their last game of the season
He looks so cute in his uniform
Drew and Jason. Jason is another American working at the Johnson and Johnson plant with Drew.
Sunrise view from our apartment
Mid afternoon view of the apartment. Sometimes it's not clear enough to see the Alps.
This is Tariq. He plays for the Neuchatel soccer team. I babysit his two boys.
Tariq scored one of the two goals they made that game.
Tariq and his wife Siham gave us their tickets to the game.
Nice head shot Tariq.
Getting ready to watch the Packers play the Vikings at a bar in Switzerland. The Packers won!!
Another view from our top apartment view.
November and we finally get some good pictures of the Alps from our apartment.