Normandie tour 8/27/06

Iron Mike Statue.
Omaha Beach
D-Day Memorial.

Disneyland Paris 8/25/06

Michelle and Captain Jack Sparrow! Arrrrrr
Sleeping beauty's Castle.

Paris Catacombs 8/25/06

Matt stands in a very creepy room. A room underground the streets of Paris, where about 6 million Parisans bones were placed in the early 1800's.

A new friend.
Creepy!

Paris 8/24/06

Back at the Eiffel Tower.

Matt looks like a Giant!
A very cloudy day in Paris.
Matt smokes his stogie in a very cool comfy bar in Paris.

Paris 8/23/06

Getting ready to go into the Louve.
The Notre Dame Cathedral.

















Matt with the Effiel Tower behind him.

Fuzzy bight pic, hard to capture how large and beautiful it is at night when it begins to blink and sparkle!

Pisa, Italy 8/20/06

Matt tries to hold up the tower.
Yes...... the hat is very funny, he loves it though!

At the top of the leaning tower!

Rome 8/17+18/06

Blurry pic of the Pantheon in Rome.
Ruins of the Roman Forum.

At the Trevi Fountain.

Rome 8/16/06

Michelle listens to an audio tour about the "colloseo".
Today we went to the Roman Colliseum. It was quite an experience! We learned that the reason there are a lot of pieces missing is due to the romans taking building material from the colliseum once it was closed.
This picture was taken accross from the colliseum, in the ruins of former Roman palaces, in an area called the stodio, or stadium. It was the area where the rulers would watch small tournaments.
The inside of the colliseum. You can see the area that used to be the arena. This was the place that animals and slaves were kept and brought out onto the arena floor through trap doors.

florence 9/15/06

Rub the Boars snout to insure your return to Florence!

Florence 8/15/06

Michelle pretending that Matt isn't taking a photo, Not allowed! Oh well couldn't pass the photo op up! David was huge and worth the 1 hr 45min wait out in the heat.

You can see David much better here in this photo!

Florence 8/14/06

Ponte Vecchio in the background there.
The Palazzo Vecchio, where the Statue of David stood out front unitl it was put into the Accedemia museum and replaced by a copy.

Florence 8/13/06

A pretty view of florence. Very nice here, lot's of contruction going on. Most of the very historic buildings are being restored currently.

Venice 8/11/06

San Marcos Cathedral, the main square of Venice. Pigeon land! Huge and overwhelmingly beautiful!
Dinner in venice, expensive 82 euros, but the Chianti was worth it! Yes that is Matt drinking wine, and he loves it! Michelle had to teach him to love it!
In Venice on the Rialto Bridge. We had a very nice time in Venice, exept for being caught in a downpoor at night that is!

Downtown Garmish- Partenkirchen 8/8/06

The lobby in our hotel. They keep the fire burning so it is very nice and campy.
A very cute house on the main street. All the houses look like this with flowers overflowing.
Finnally nice enough to eat outside in Garmish, a Wiesber Yum!


At the same little cafe, Matt enjoys his Wiesbier.

Munich: 8/8/06

In the town square in front of the Glockenspiel.
Yum Yum !!!! Matt's fav German food!

Glockenspiel

Neuschwanstein Castle 8/7/06

Michelle on the hike up to the Castle, often called the Disney Castle.
Inside the Castle waiting for our tour of the inside to begin. They did not allow any pictures inside the castle. Booo!

Beer Festival

Here at the Bavarian beer Festival!!! Michelle drinks a Marzen. Matt and Michelle pose with a Bavarian boy, who was vey shy wearing his leiderhoisen.

A view of the Eagles Nest, Hitlers former meeting spot, high in the Alpes.
Matt and Michelle in front of the House.
The rain broke just long enough for our tour up there.
Back in the room with a beautiful view! Hard to see in the pic.