Well I am finally back on here with part 2 of Europe..... and I am probably forgetting a lot.
Austria: For some reason I was super excited to go to Austria. And it did not dissapoint. We went to Swarovski jewelry. They had some pretty neat things there. We also just walked around this cute little town Tyrol. It was so cute and beautiful. This is the part in our journey where two things happened. 1. We got to relax more. Which is good cause it prepared us for the rest of our trip. And at this point we were pretty tired. 2. Nick broke his toe. ha. It was so gross. Poor guy hit it on the hotel bed in the morning. And it hurt bad but he just put on his shoe and we walked and walked and walked. He didn't even look at it again until we were in Italy late that night and YIKES! But over all Austria was beautiful. And awesome.
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| Look at all those clouds |
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| Swarovski Jewelry |
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| Tyrol |
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| Nicks broken toe... picture doesn't do justice |
Italy: Italy was so amazing!! I loved it there. I got to go to one of my dads areas on his mission. That was way cool. It was everything I pictured but nothing like what I pictured at the same time. The food... um to. die. for. The ice cream aka gelato to. die. for. However... the country is a mess. So many people everywhere. So dirty. Italy has some of the grossest bathrooms EVER! And you have to pay to use the grossest bathrooms ever. Out houses are better then most of the bathrooms there. But other than that .... PERFECT!
Venice: Was everything I pictured. It was awesome. We went on a gondola ride. It was pretty cool. But to keep the boat balanced you have to seat weird ha. We walked around all of venice. They don't have one car or one bike. You either walk or you take a water taxi. But once you are in Venice you see why. There is nowhere for the cars to drive. It is so small. But I loved it. Venice was probably my favorite place. At least my favorite place in Italy. They also had the best gelato. And oh man the best Italian food I think I have ever had! When I say Italian food I mean better than Rome and Florence and everywhere else we stopped along the way. I just loved the whole Venice atmosphere. Their history and everything. I could go on and on. But I wont.
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| One of my favorites |
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| I loved it here |
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| Gondola ride |
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| So pretty |
Rome: Was pretty awesome. It was cool walking around thinking this is were the Romans walked. It made me realize how young America is. We went to all the tourist spots. We got to see the sistine chapel which was pretty amazing. And once in a life time. But my favorite was of course the coliseum. It was so interesting hearing about the history. And seeing it in real life. The first look I got of the coliseum gave me chills. It is like almost spiritual. I can't describe it. Our tour manager said that he loves looking at everyones faces when they see the coliseum for the first time. Because they get this look on their faces. He can't explain. ha. We also ate more gelato and more awesome food. Like for real the best tomatoes I have ever had! I told Nick it is going to be hard going back to America and eating the tomatoes and Ice Cream there. And of course we threw coins in the Trevi fountain. So that means we have to go back to Rome one day ;)
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| Outside Vatican |
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| So much Gelato |
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| Trevi Fountain |
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| Pantheon |
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| Coliseum |
Florence: One word... BEAUTIFUL. Like wow! It was also very hot. ha. We walked around florence and I learned so much about it that I never knew. Like did you know thats where Pinocchio comes from? They have such an interesting history. And they have the most beautiful Hard Rock. ha. Like for real it was awesome. That night we and had a real tuscany dinner. It was 7 courses. Thats how Italians eat... 7 courses for dinner! We were pretty full. But it was so cool because they had a guy playing the piano. And him and this women were singing Italian songs. And people were dancing. Nick and I are not into dancing really... but of course we had to dance in Italy. Hey when in Rome....
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| Look at that View |
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| So pretty |
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| I loved this view if you couldn't tell |
Switzerland: Is nothing like Italy. But I still loved it. Switzerland is very clean and organized. It had the prettiest most blue water ever. I felt like they are the one uppers in Europe. They have to out do all the other countries. For example our tour guide told us that in Belgium they invented choclate. But the Swiss perfected it. And I can honestly say I like Swiss chocolate better. The scenery is unreal in Switzerland. And they have a very interesting life style and history.We walked around this small town called Lucerne . It is so pretty.We went on a boat ride. And we stayed in an old Women's prison. I loved it there. Like I said different than Italy But way awesome still.
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| Our cell for the night |
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| Look how pretty |
France: I had low expectations of Paris. I heard it was the most dirty of all places in Europe. And after being in Amsterdam I was really worried. I also heard the French are rude. But I really loved Paris! And I didn't find it that dirty. And the French people I talked to were nice. It is one of my favorite places we went. We saw the Eiffel Tower of course. By day and night. I feel in love with the Eiffel tower. We probably have 100 pictures just of it. We walked up all 130 something stairs of the Arch of Triumph. Which had a better view than the Eiffel Tower. We went to the Island where Johnny Depp lives. But thats not why we went there. We heard that they have this really amazing ice cream you can only get on this Island... so we thought why not. And let me tell you... AMAZING! Why can't Americans make ice cream like Europeans? Anyway... we went to Notre Dame. Which was pretty awesome. And we locked a lock and the lock bridge and threw our keys in.... which basically means Nick is stuck with me. ha. We were even in a riot. Paris just won a huge soccer game so they were rioting in the streets. It was crazy. The closed the Eiffel tower and other places. But luckily it didn't stop us from seeing or doing anything. We had crapes and baguettes. It was just pretty awesome all around. Oh and we saw our new friends get engaged by the Eiffel Tower. I loved Paris. Actually I loved our whole trip. It was a once in a life time experience. And I got to do it all with Nicky. I loved every minute!!
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| Couldn't get enough of the Eiffel Tower |
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| Adding our lock |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Arch of Triumph |
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| And again... |
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| Loved it too much |
