From London to Rothenburg, Europe, June 2011

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Well I finally got home and have started uploading my pictures so I'll post some of my better ones here. The trip was great and I learned a lot and saw many things but its good to be home. Here you go. There will be more later when I have the energy to do it hahahaha

Windsor:
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London:
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Queen's Birthday Party Parade
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The Queen herself!
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Buckingham Palace
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Well Nick, I'm sorry we only drove through Picadilly and this was a good as I could get

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Flyover for the Queen
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London Eye, it was rainy so not too many turned out well
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And so we said goodbye to London and we were off to Paris, which, to be honest, I am way to tired still to post pictures of, But I will soon. Hope you all enjoy.
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Unfortunate you were in London on one of the few days of the year it rains there.
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Hahahahahahaha sarcastic as always, eh? Well we did have one sunny day.
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Nice. I would love to get over there some day!
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So after London came Paris, which was very beautiful but I think we may over romanticize it.

Hangover 2=Very Bad Trip 2

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Montmartre
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Boat tour of the Seine

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He just proposed to her, and she said yes.

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Opera of Phantom of the Opera

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Louvre

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Apple Store. In the Louvre.

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And so after 3 days in Paris it was off to Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
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And now here are my pictures from Switzerland!

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View from my Hotel Room

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There were these fountains in the city where you could fill your water bottle with fresh glacier water.

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Anyone else want this house?

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Lake Geneva

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Chillon Castle

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Montreaux

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Chillon

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A tree in the middle of the lake.

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Wooo the matterhorn!

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And so we took an hour for lunch in Liechtenstein, one of the micro states of Europe

Castle of the Prince of Liechtenstein

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And so from there it was off to Austria, which I will post next time along with Venice.
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Soo.... I finally managed to get enough time/ motivation to get around to my Austria, Venice, and Germany pics!

Seefeld, Austria

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The downtown area was entirely pedestrian centered. There was a square which was centered around this funky tree and a church. From the square branched off 4 "Roads" with all kinds of shops, hotels, parks and residences. No cars at all for several blocks.

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Extremely fresh strawberries.

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The next day, we went down to Innsbruck, a city of around 150,000 people. Their historic downtown was also entirely pedestrian centered.

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Back in Seefeld

Wiener Schnitzel

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The next day, we headed down to Venice for a day trip. 5 hour drive there, 5 hours in the city, 5 hour drive back.

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In fair Verona, where we lay our scene....

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Crossing the Adriatic

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Riding the ferry into Venice

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Want a Gondola ride? Better have 100 euros....

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Il Piazza San Marcos

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Doge's Palace

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San Marcos

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Glass Making

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Il Ponte Rialto

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And so we said goodbye to beautiful Venice... and the next morning we headed to our final European destination, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany.

Munich

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Dachau...

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Catholic Memorial

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Death Chamber...

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Showers...

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And then we went to an American German restaurant.. where we were confused... very confused...

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And then we finally arrived in Rothenburg, a medieval walled city.

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Tour of the walls the next day

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Final Concert, in the city square.

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And then that was it. It was time to go home, which I was actually happy to do at that point.

Greenland

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First meal back home. Wendy's baconater in the Detroit airport. Epitome of America.

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And finally it was.....

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Home sweet Home!
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These are only the highlights of my trip, I took over 2000 pictures. So if anyone would like to see more of something, just ask.
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Really like that last set of photos! Brings me back!
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Thanks! And what do you mean by brings you back?
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Very nice pictures, it is a really nice tour of Europe...I hope to get there someday.
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Nice shots! thanks for sharing!