Us at Pearson airport looking cocky before departure
Aboard the gatwick express which took us from the airport to London Victoria
Ryan and I upon arrival at Victoria
Us by the Thames river
me at one end of the Millenium bridge across from St. Paul's Cathedral
This ancient wall has some historical significance that I can't recall
Us in front of some huge ass cruiser
some galleria in London
Us in front of the galleria
In front of the Tower Bridge
Their version of city hall
Us on the tower bridge - being a black dude, Ricardo is completely camouflaged by the shadow
Our hostel room in London
Entrance to Buckingham Palace
In front of the Buckingham Palace gate
Us in front of buckingham
In front of some statue outside buckingham
It was a lot harder to climb up there than you'd think
Us on top of some statues outside buckingham
Outside buckingham
Solid
Park outside buckingham
Road outside buckingham
Statues in the middle of the streets of london
This magnificent wall/gate leads to Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square - their equivalence of our Nathan Philip Square
In front of Big Ben/Parliament bulidings
Wall of Parliament buildings
Big Ben
How the hell did he get up there?
Amazing looking parliament buildings.. these buildings were so incredibly detailed once u get up close to look
closer look at parliament buildings
shaking hands with some street performer with no head
Covent Gardens - an amazing market/square-type area where we spent a lot of time chilling
London Eye from beneath
A london eye capsule
Us in the london eye
Jimmy and I on the Eye overlooking Big Ben in the middle
Overlooking London from the Eye
Sunset shot from the e ye
Overlooking the exhibition area surrounding the eye
Great shot of big ben/parliament along the river
Leaning against the door that I wasn't supposed to lean against - I am so dangeresque
Thames river from the Eye
City lights at Piccadilly Circus (Their equivalence of Time Square)
Beautiful shot of St. Paul's Cathedral
No pictures allowed in St. Pauls... damn
View from top of St Pauls
View of London from St Pauls
View from St. Pauls
This cool hatch provides a view of St Paul's cathedral floor after you've climbed up the 600 or so steps
View from St Pauls
Us at the top of St Paul's Cathedral
View of London from St. Pauls
There are tons of cranes all over london, this picture doesn't show the magnitude
This was supposed to be an underneath shot of Jimmy and I at the top of St Pauls with the sky showing behind our heads but Ricardo couldn't get low enough so instead it looks like we're leaning against some random ghetto wall
BMW cop cars in London and Mercedes Taxis in Paris...we really need an upgrade to our Fords
Us in front of St Pauls Cathedral
In front of the Tower of London
Me with a viking helmet on... the white gloves are so I don't smudge the goods haha
Tower of London
This guard wouldn't look at the damn camera even after I asked him to... asshole
Inside Tower of London...cute underaged-looking chick in the foreground
Inside Tower of London
Inside tower of London, in front of Tower Bridge
who looks stiffer, me or the guards?
Me with some actresses starring in the tower of london play
Me taking a picture of myself in a mirror thru a maze of guns
Just making sure the cannon isn't loaded
Cool sundial
View from inside the Apple Store
Streets of Oxford Circus (Their equivalence of 5th Avenue in NYC)
Subway Train in Paris
Us having our first meal in Paris
Streets of Paris... it was raining 2/4 days we were there
Awesome shot from underneath a bridge along the Seine River
Some important building
The Paris Subway
View from our riverboat
Shot of the Eiffel tower from our boat
Me on the boat as we go underneath a tunnel
The river is littered with bridges each with their own history and story (none of which I can remember now)
Me inside the boat
Notre Dame Church in Paris
Entrance to the church
Inside the church...
Inside the church
Streets of montmartre at night
streets of montmartre - sacre coeur in the distance
the famous moulin rouge... unfortunately we didnt have time to catch a show
sacre coeur at night
the view from the steps of sacre coeur
the action inf ront of sacre coeur
every night tons of people gather in front of sacre coeur overlooking the city and just sit, drink and chill, it's an amazing environment
We passed by the Eiffel tower as we were heading to Versailles
Arrival at Versailles train station
Versailles from the outside
The lineup was ridiculous... a 3 hour line to get the ticket and a 1-2 hour line to get in after that... we split up an dlined up for both of them simultaneously to save time
Chapel room at Versailles... simply amazing
Mural Painting - Versailles
Versailles statue
View overlooking the massive Versailles garden
Me in front of some cool looking room - Versailles
Painting of Marie Antoinette - Versailles
View overlooking garden - Versailles
Painting of Napoleon - Versailles
King's Chamber (I tried to take a pic with me in front of it and got promptly removed by security) - Versailles
King's dining room - Versailles
The war room with amazing paintings of various battles - Versailles
War room - Versailles
View of the street leading up to Versailles
A subway train at one of Paris' nicer stations
Cool looking subway station in Paris
Streets of Champs Elysees (Paris equivalent of 5th Avenue in NYC) - my favourite street in the world
Champs Elysees
Champs Elysees with Arc de Triomphe in the background
Street Breakers
Clubbing at the Queen in Paris
Clubbing at the Queen
Entrance to Queen
Elevator at our apartment buliding... it fits 2 ppl haha
bikes for rent on the streets of Paris
us in the Paris subway
Champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe
Louis Vuitton shop on Champs Elysees
Us in front of Arc de Triomphe
in front of the Arc
In front of Arc
In front of Eiffel Tower
At the base of Eiffel
Us directly under Eiffel Tower
View from Eiffel
Our names written on the Eiffel Tower
Me vandalizing the Eiffel Tower
View from the Eiffel
Observation deck at the top of Eiffel
Us at the top
Jimmy and I
Base of Eiffel at night
Me in front of Eiffel at night
Eiffel litten up at night.. happens once every hour
I miss the caffe and hot chocolate in Paris
Looks like he's trying to push me off haha - entrance to the Louvre in Paris
Me imitating the statues...
Cool looking statue - Louvre
Halls of the Louvre
me in front of the Wings of Victory ... one of my favourite statues
room holding the Mona Lisa (in the middle)
up close of the Mona Lisa
Me in front of the Mona Lisa
Room in the Louvre
Wings of Victory from afar
Me in front of one of my fav paintings (Raft of the Medusa)
Me in front of the crown jewels
Closeup of Crown - look at all that bling
Check out that ass...
Awesome looknig statue
Me in front of Venus de Milo
Sphinx
me in front of some egyptian shit
Egyptian room - Louvre
Cool looking ancient alligator - Louvre
Us in front of the most breathtaking room in the Louvre -the french statue open room
French statues
More french statues... simply amazing
Louvre
Statue in the Louvre
Outside of the Louvre
Me in front of some cool looking thing in Milan
Entrance to th egalleria - Milan
Center of Millan
Duomo at the center of Milan
Galleria... looks a lot like our Eaton Center
Galleria
Us underneath the center of the galleria
Us at the galleria
Me with my head between the legs of some fat woman
in front of a statue inside the duomo
Sickass looking statue... one of my favs... this is the back side... his cape is a hanging corpse
The front of that same statue... his cape is a corpse hanging off the back
Halls of the duomo
Me in front of another piece
Buses in Italy are run by the honour system where u get on and punch ur own ticket... I decided to be a good citizen and play by the rules
Drinking from a public fountain in Milan
Toilet... meet the asswasher 2000 (asswashers are standard in italy - Italians are very anal about their asses)
The asswasher 2000 in action, u just sit on it after taking a dump and let it do its thing, then wipe clean with a towel
Streets of Milan at night
Streets of Milan
Duomo/Galleria at night
Galleria at night
Square at Milan at night
Us figuring out our way in the Milan subway
dinner outside in Milan
A cool area we discovered by the river in Milan
Cute dog at the supermarket
Wanted to get a shot of this beautiful italian chick so pretended to take a shot of the subway train
Santa Marie in Milan - was closed unfortunately
area leading to santa maria and leonardo da vinci's museum - both were closed
Lunch in Milan, the cappucino looks beautiful and the cherry slushie was amazing... the bread was dry as fuck
Ferrari store
Ferrari Store
Me touching a ferrari engine
Slapping that ass
some hot chick taking another pic
Renaissance - a Department store in Milan
Great gelato here
A tram on the streets of Milan
Me at the back of teh tram
These cool things block cars from entering... Cars with electronic passes can lower the pylons and pass thru... it looks sick but I got sick of waiting around in the middle of the night for a car to pass thru that had access
Train ride to rome
Train station at Rome
Our apartment in Rome
Lunch in Rome
Best desert I had in italy - the Coppa Roma - three flavoured gelato sundae
Streets of Rome
My Cafe
The Trevi Fountain in Rome
Trevi Fountain - Rome
Us in front of the fountain
Some Square in Rome
Square in Rome
Fountain at the bottom of the Spanish Steps... this was the meeting place for all the pub crawls
Spanish Steps - Rome
Spanish Steps
Us sitting on the Spanish Steps
Yes this was actualy what the store was called
Illegal street marchants - these guys get real pissed off whenever you take pictures of them haha
Streets fo Rome at night
Us handling parrots belonging to some street lady
More fake designer bags, sunglasses and watches
Trevi Fountain at night
Subway in Milan
Walls outside Vatican City - we woke up at 5:30 am, got there at 7:00 am only to find it was closed for 2 days for some holiday haha
Some vatican wall
St. Peter's square, Vatican City
St Peter's Square - Vatican City
St Peter's Square
Me standing in front of some fountain at St Peter's Square
Inside St. Peter's basilica
St. Peter's basilica
St Peter's basilica
St Peters
Some guard who looks like a jester at the gates of vatican city
A horse rubbing its head against a pole cause mosquitos were landing on it haha
St peter's from the outside
Some museum if i recall correctly
River in rome
Bridge over the river
Kids posing beside one of those statues that doesnt move unless u feed it money or in my case poke it
Rome Ruins
Streets of Rome, cute chick to the right
The Pantheon in Rome
Pantheon
Pantheon - inside
Roof of the Pantheon
I was trying to take a pic of the beautiful pillar when this chick got in the way - didnt have the heart to ask her to move
Rome - I am getting too lazy to do these captions
Ruins
Street leading up the Coliseum, ruins run along the entire street
Cool looking statue in front of some building
Ancient Ruins
Me in front of ruins
Coliseum baby... it is amazing in person
standing on a wall in the coliseum... the guards promptly kicked me off after they noticed I climbed up here haha
Inside the coliseum, the ruins at the bottom are actually the underground where the fighteres prepared
us in the coliseum
Underground o fthe coliseum - the actual surface where the fighting was done is that white platform supported by the red beams with the entrance just above it
Coliseum
Coliseum - Only half of the top level of this place is still standing... better go see it before the whole thing erodes
Coliseum - here you can see a better shot of the main platform where the fighting took place above the underground
Outside the coliseum
Pub Crawl in Rome - Toga Party style
Pub Crawl
Pub Crawl - Pub #2
Us in togas
Us in togas - as you can see Minh (left) is done for
Toga Party
Chicks doing bodyshots
more body shots
the Club after the 3 pubs
us at the club
Pole dancer
Cool toilet sign in Rome
The seat automatically going up
a pyramid and a castle - Rome
Me climbing the wall of rome - the wall partially still surrounds rome and was used to defend the city against attackers
Ruins - this one is much larger in person than in this pic
Beach in Rome
Beach
We got to swim in the mediterranean sea - it was amazing, clean, and salty as hell
Hot chick getting a portrait done
My tiramisu desert - mmm so friggin delish
Trevi Fountain again
Our 2nd attempt at waking up at 5:30 to get into Vatican City
The lineup at 7am in the morning as u can see from my watch (it opens at 10)
More lineup
and more lineup (the lineup reaches 2km at peak hours)
Inside the vatican musem
statues in the museum
Amazing ceiling - halls of vatican musem
painting of a map of sicilia
Vatican City inside the walls
Inside the walls of Vatican City
Entrance to the Sistine Chapel - this is what everyone comes for
The sistine chapel - probably the most impressive site I saw during the entire trip... pics were not allowed but I wasn't going to let guards stop me from getting these illicit shots
Shot of the center of the roof of sisten chapel - at the center is the famous shot of god and adam touching fingers - Michaelangelo's most famous piece
Closeup of Michaelangelo's masterpiece
A wall within sistine chapel
More walls, fuckin amazing
the Musem
Me in the vatican museum
Overlooking Vatican City from the musem
Gardens of vatican city
The museum
This painting is apparently famous... the guard yelled at me when i took a pic of it
Circular stairs inside the museum
Rome's got these nifty mini-buses
The BEST chicken curry i've ever had in my life... looking at this pic makes me salivate
View from the train as we ride from rome to florence
Florence has some huge bike lanes... as big as the walking sidwalks
streets of florence
Michaelangelo's David. Pics were not allowed so I hid on the opposite side of pillars where guards were standing and snapped away
David's ass... looks pretty tight
David
Statue room in the museum where David is stored
David full frontal
Streets of Florence ... the duomo is in teh distance
Entrance to the Florence duomo - very similar to Milan
inside the duomo... not as impressive as others we've seen
Me outside the duomo
Streets of Florence
Streets of Florence around the duomo
Hot chick getting painted
Some Square in Florence near the central museum
Side of the Museum
Inside the museum
Statues
Only thing worth seeing in the Florence Musem - Painting of the birth of Venus
Shot of Florence from inside the museum - beautiful
Another shot of the river
And another
A shield with a picture of medusa painted on it
Streets of florence
Streetshops in florence
Florence at night
Some church at night
Standing on a bridge overlooking the river in Florence
the fake Michaelangelo's David at the summit of michaelangelo's piazza
The crowd at the top of the summit
overlooking the city from Michaelangelo's piazza
Looking down on some restaurants and the city
overlooking florence
this dude was doing some awesome grafiti art live
the crowd at the piazza at night
us in front of the fake david
this is the washroom in our florence hostel... yes that is a shower u see right in between the toilet, the asswasher and the sink...it was nasty haha
as you can see ther are no walls seperating the shower from the toilet, only flimsy curtains, imagine showering on piss infested floor haha
our room
Train station in florence as we leave for venice
Arrival at Venice
Cruise ships that tour the grand canal
Venice taken from our boat
ryan and I on the boat
cool looking church
minh and I on the boat
Venice baby
Streets of venice
Canal in venice
Sick looking samurai swords at a souvenir shop
narrow streets of venice
not sure how this got in here
beautiful shot of a canal in venice with tourists taking gondola tours
me on a bridge overlooking the canal
more gondola tours... amazingly tehse guys never steer into each other despite the crowded quarters
more beautiful shots
St. Mark Square in Venice
me standing on some ugly lion at st. mark square
Side of the duomo at st mark square
The venice version of the duomo... not sure what its actuallly called, at this point we were sick of duomos/churches/anything religious so didnt bother going in
ppl eating with live bands playing at st mark square
thousands of pigeons are in the area, they are fuckin brave too, wouldn't psyche out when i chased them...
street shops in venice
sick looking wooden motorcycle
streets of venice
venice
overlooking the grand canal on the rialto bridge
us on the Rialto bridge
Rialto Bridge from our gondola
us on the gondola
rialto bridge
other gondolas
our gondolier... he was pretty cool
gondola tour
gondola tour.. the gondolier in front of us was singing some beautiful italian song that we got to listen in on
Restuarants by the grand canal
Rialto bridge
gondola ride
me on the gondola
I somehow managed to order this monstrosity for dinner unknowingly... spaghetti in cuttlefish ink sauce... looks like venom from spiderman3
Oh well ate it anyway and it was damn good despite the fact that it made my lips pure black
delicious
St Mark square at night
Live bands playing
bus ride as we cross the bridge from our hostel on the mainland to venice... ok ok and i wanted to get a shot of this cute chick sitting across from me
venice (these captions are killing me)
Cops with radar detectors... instead of cars they are tracking incoming boats haha
the police station... which looks liek a castle
a fleet of police cruisers
venice.. residential area
dogs frolicking on the street
this is what a boat stop looks like (they use boats to get around instead of buses obviously) ... hot american chicks in the distance
bus stop from the outside
the cabin of a boat
minh and i
entrance to the venice casino (left hand side)
Venice
venice residential area
Front entrance to the casino...
some tower with historical significance
narrow canal
These 2 cubes depicted good and evil and had shadow films showing stick figures engaged in actions of love and violence... they also had some funky noises coming from high powered speakers inside the cubes
dinner in venice
st marks square again
st marks square at night
nightshot
rialto bridge from our boat at night
tourists on top of rialto bridge at night
jimmy and I on a boat heading home
another busy station
We stayed here during our last day in Venice, its right by the airport so its loud as hell
Reminds me a lot of algonquin park... except its not really a park
swimming pool at the campsite
we each got our own cabin
inside the cabin
poolside
me at the bus stop for the last time as I leave to catch a flight from venice back to london
Us with Rene, an exchange student we met from California
Marco Polo airport in venice
inside the airport
airport
an empty terminal haha, i was really tempted to push that button since nobody was around and it was glowing so bright
this is where i slept at gatwick airport in london... sleeping in a foreign airport by yourself is a brutal experience and I would not recommend it to anyone
A lambo and an aston martin on display at gatwick airport
the plane ride back home to toronto
