The White Cliffs of Dover. Obvious, really
Snails. They tasted like pesto. I wonder what a la natural tastes like... ugh.
A little known French monument. Won't bore you with the details.
Me with the obscure French monument
Street of diamonds and rubies.
The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. I went a little overboard with the photos of this room...
Versailles... a nice abstract view.
Part of the gardens of Versailles
Arc de Triomphe. Victory!
Climbing the stairs to the top of the Arc de Triomphe
The view... again that obscure French monument
To prove I was in Paris!
Obliesk. And ferris wheel. Every city should have one.
A cool bridge. Can't remember the name of it!
Pretty lights! Green for the rugby world cup, apparently!
The catacombes. Disturbing, and yet way cool
Sacre Couer. Watch out for those gypsies...
Notre Dame
Inside Notre Dame
The Lourve
Umumumumum! Naughty me! I don't think the excuse that everyone else was taking photos will hold water.
Venus di Milo.
Moulin Rouge!
Me at the Caberet
Caberet!
George Clooney in ad form
The Contiki Chateau
The view from the Chateau
Um, somewhere in France?
Wine tasting... and no, I hadn't had anything to drink at this stage!
Shock your mother party
A lovely picnic... but way too much energy expended getting there!
Ah, wine... Gotta love it
Contiki people
Just when you think you can escape the Kangaroos, they stalk you in France
Pont Du Gard
Again with the aquaduct
Barthelona...
Chris Columbus statue... don't know if you've heard of him?
Sarada Familia
A busker pre-busking
Where we had tapas... mmm
Sangria! It was so super cheap in Spain
Um, speaks for itself, really!
The ingredients for happy pills
Flamenco!
Jose!
Penny & Kelly
Cookies!
Hm. Only slightly pretty. French Riviera
With the very attractive reflection from the bus window...
The beach at Nice. Very Nice!
Again with the beach. Seriously, who do these people think they are with their pretty beaches?
My feet touching the mediterranean. Huzzah!
You know that email about the airport right on the beach? So true!
Contiki people frolicking in the surf
Sunset at pretty beach
Rich people's boats in Monaco
Hotel de Paris. We did not stay here on Contiki
Monte Carlo Casino!
A bit different from the Commodores parked out at Salisbury
Seriously, these people have money!
A lot of money!
Maybe not this person <g>
Just to prove the rich people are like everyone else... do they clean their steps? No!
The prettiest passenger subway I've ever been in!
Verona
More Verona
Love scribbles on the wall of Juliet's grotto
Juliet's Balcony!
The lady herself
Me touching the lady inappropriately.
Mmm, gelati
Our official Contiki mascot, Sheepy the Sheep, drunk off his face.
Venice
More Venice
The Bridge of Sighs
Um, Venice again
The choice was, buy a mask or take a photo. I am such a cheapskate
A guy blowing a horse
Killer pigeons
Again, buy the lace, take a photo of the lace....
Ponte Rialto
Casanova Condom company. I saw all the best sights.
Gondolas. Apparently, Venice is famous for them... have you heard that?
See, killer pigeons!
Seriously, how freaky are they????
To prove I really was in Venice... or it could all be smoke and mirrors...
Our very disappointing Gondalier. No stripy shirt, no hat, no singing. Such a gyp.
Heh. Speed limit!
Half of my face on the gondola
Me experimenting with my camera. A lot of that went on.
Um, oar?
Check out how the sea has eaten away at the pileons!
Crappy wine... tasted good, but!
Pisa... pretty crappy, lots of africans hawking crap!
A tower that leans. Who knew?
I love the tower that leans!
Arrrrggghhhhhh! Attack of the killer silk liner!
I'm super strong!
Pretty pretty Florence
Same shot, next day
The Domo... I thought the thing was painted when first I saw it, but it's actually three different kinds of marble. Seriously, those Italians go all out!
Fake David! The line to real David was too long.
The Italians were a violent lot
Rawrrrr
The Domo again. You couldn't avoid it, it was pretty massive!
Ponte Vecchio
Me on the Ponte Vecchio
Domo again!
And again!
This is a mosaic. Those Italians, so nifty!
The three different types of marble... not paint
Me and David. Just chillin
Pretty pretty sunsets...
Me and Florence... a grand love affair
Again with the pretty
Kelly, Denielle, Me and Penny - team Swiss
The before shot
I seriously loved this pasta... I'm having flashbacks right now.... mmmmm
The after shot
Another little known monument. I won't bore you with details
Why does it keep popping up? Do we really care about obscure things?
Okay, now this is beyond a joke
A ruin in the Roman Forum
More ruins
The 'Wedding Cake' - some palace thingy!
Fontana di Trevi
Me tossing two coins into the fountain... one for luck, and one to come back to Rome
Parthenon
Cool building
Sneaky photo of the Sistine Chapel... of course, clever me cut off the most famous fresco!
Swiss army guard.
Famous statue by Michaelangolo... Madonna and Christ
The massive, massive, MASSIVE St Peters Basillica. The people are at the very bottom of the picture
The letters around the roof are 2m high. Wow
St Peter's Basillica
The line to get in!
The Spanish Steps. They really are that boring. Although the Camper store was right across the road!
Inside the Colleseum
Pope spotting! Or maybe just taking a photo of a postcard...
The Mouth of Truth. The line was too long, so I didn't get to see if it would bite my hand off or not!
Pompeii
Our guide for Pompeii
Bathhouse at Pompeii
Inside the Bathhouse
The everlooming threat of Mt Vesuvius
Street sign
Fast food joint
A perfect metal statue, still intact and everything at Pompeii
Dog roaming freely... Europeans are weird
The ferry to Greece
Sunset on the Adriatic
Um, a canal in Greece... I remember it was about 23m deep!
Temple at the Acropolis
Sunset at the Acropolis
More sunset
And again with the sunset
Pretty sky
Dancing at our Greek dinner!
Tyson our bus driver and blurry people leaving the Greek dinner
Our room in Mykonos
The beach. It was so sucky there...
Mykonos Town
Wandering Mykonos Town
To prove I was there... and that it was windy
Giant Pelican
The car I drove!
Windmill at Mykonos
More windmills
The beautiful bathroom at Preveza
Lunch in Albania... can't remember the town name (as we were actually a bit lost at the time!) but it was gorgeous
Albania coastline
Sunset in Albania
Skhoda
Giving our leftover money to an Albanian
The Albanian's friend
Bullet holes in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
The marina at Dubrovnik
View from the city walls
Why wouldn't you take a photo of washing drying?
More views
And again with the views
Um, again
Super pretty tiles... I know, I'm weird
The steep steps to the next level from the main street. All the restaurants were along here
Where we had our super yummy lunch
Free wine!
My yummy fish
Our boat for the Adriatic cruise
Me and Michelle
My new Havianas!
Denielle and me
Me, Kelly and Clint in the background
Michelle was not too sure about the beer
The beer in all it's glory!
The boatload
Pretty sunset
I had Chevacivis!
The meat in question...
Ship in the clouds
Split
Merlin statue
Rub his toe for good luck!
Lubbly jubbly (or if we're being technical, Ljubljana)
Pope door!
Lake Bled, Austria
Me at Lake Bled. The sunnies disguise the massive bags under my eyes!
More Lake Bled
Bled cake... mmmm
Everywhere there was Ikea! Everywhere! Well, maybe not in Eastern Europe. But still! Everywhere!
Mozart and Strauss concert... obviously, not yet. In about 10 mins
Kelly, me and Jenna
Carriage at Hapsberg's palace
Hotel Sacher! Home to...
Sacher torte!
It was a bit dry...
St Stephen's Cathedral (another one!)
Prayer candles
The first time I ate McDonalds! And it was in Vienna. Nice
Cafe Central. Where Freud and Trotsky used to hang out
You can see why by the decor. Nice
Best. Coffee. Ever.
Cool old till at the Schnapps museum
Dude at Schnapps museum
Giant pepper shaker!
Sarah taking a photo of me taking a photo
The New Zealanders
Haka!
Canadians
Americans
South African and support crew!
Mathausen Concentration Campe
The steps at Mathausen
Mondsee Cathedral, featured in Sound of Music!
Pimps and pros party - Penny, Sarah, Kelly, Clint and Denielle
Jeff
Alex and Whitney
Mark and Michelle
Jeff and Kelly
Monica, Amy, Christina, Amber and Kim
Pretty Austria
Jenni (our tour leader)
Me dying on the stupid bike ride
Austrian cow!
More cake. I'm sorry, what can I say? Food is awesome!
Wood!
The silly whitewater rafters. It was so cold!
Off they go
The triumphant rafters!
The very exciting Glockenspiel
Maggi shop!
Beer!
Alana, Jane, Gillian and Lisa
Me and beer... a match made in heaven
The beer itself!
Denielle with beer!
Me and two beers... can anything be more perfect??
Kelly, Penny & Denielle
More beer
Kelly and Penny after much beer!
Heh. Denielle
Me and Hannah with cool effects!
Cherie and me
Cherie
Hannah
Jenna and Cherie
Party!
Lucerne
A bridge at Lucerne. Apparently, it's interesting.
Swiss monument to the Swiss guard who died protecting Louis XI
Pretty Switzerland
Jenni and Tyson
Our Campsite
Jungfrau
More Jungfrau
Avalanche!
A st bernard!
Going up the mountain
The cable car
Me on the mountain!
The Ice Palace...
More ice palace
and yet more
Fluro ice palace
Me being thoughtful
Disrespecting the ice palace
Yay Switzerland
Play play play!
Snow angels
Yay switerland! again!
Me on Jungfrau
Pretty house
Australian Chocolates. Cos that's what we're known for
Jenni and her waffle
A film festival! was so excited when I saw this!
St Goar
Vinetasting
Vine
Ice Vine!
Holland. Flat as a pancake
Whoops, sorry, the Netherlands!
Canal
The group!
Hannah and Kelly
Leanne
Dyke
Clint, Mark, Jeff and Will interferring inappropriately with the dyke
Me on the bike. So not going to crash!
Windmill
Leaning house of Edam
Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
Do I really need to write what it is?
Heineken Brewery. Obviously
Again with the obvious!
7 bottles of beer on the wall...
The brewery
Free beer!
My free beer
I love me some Heineken
Sarah missing home!
Me in the view thingies
Free beers
Our extra tokens for free beer!
Our farewell dinner. Me and Penny... I look slightly evil here
Michelle, Denielle and me
Matt, Michelle, Denielle, Me & Penny
NZ Ladies! Penny, Kelly and Cherie
Michelle, Denielle, Me, Penny, Tyson, Klly, Ashley
Our last stop in Europe!
Dover once more
Bye!!!