Ireland

Cliffs of Moher
Connor Pass
Guy's Pub
the Shannon River

Under the Tuscan sun

and shopping tomorrow in Florence. We left Venice this morning and headed to Pisa to take the cheezy leaning pics. This evening we arrived in Florence. It is straight out of the movie! Tonight we are heading to dinner and to a walk around the city. Im pretty sure I was Italian in a past life because I am catching onto the language and I LOVE it here. We have internet now in our room so I will be sure to upload more pics tonight. I

IN LOVE WITH VENICE

That is what I am .... Gondola ride, pizza, gelato, merengue, shopping, canals, pasta, getting lost, italian, and more eating. Unbelievable -- I cannot WAIT to bore all of you with my MANY pictures. :)

Italy

We have arrived today to ITALIA!! On the way, we drove through Austria which was absolutely gorgeous..as soon as I can figure out these computers I promise to upload some of our amazing pics of mountains and the brilliant city of Issenbrook. We spent the afternoon in Verona eating gelato, cruising the shops, and practicing our Italian. (We both took Italian about a million years ago in high school) Tomorrow a Gondola ride in VENICE.

Paris, Switzerland, Leichtenstein, and Munich

All in 72 hours! Needless to say we have been running from place to place in the last three days, so I havent had a chance to catch my breath and jump on the internet..however, we have been having a great time. Paris was nice but a little rushed - we had no idea how big that city is! We did manage to get some great shots of the eiffel tower, Notre Dame, and the Louvre. Switzerland was BEAUTIFUL and we rode a gondola up to the top of a 6300 ft mountain! AMAZING scenery, Tonight we just arrived in Munich and get to spend a few hours touring around. I will hopefully upload some pics as soon as we get to Italy either tomorrow or the following day. Kindve interesting -International keyboards are slightly different from USA keyboards so if I have alot of typos in the next few posts.. bare with me :)

European Vacation

Days 1 and 2 - LONDON! So far Kar and I are absolutely loving Europe. London is straight out of a movie - English pubs, English accents, and posh-ness. We decided to take one of those super touristy bus tours and quickly learned that London can get cold... especially when trying to wear cute, summery outfits on the top of an open double-decker bus. So, after touring half of the city by bus, we returned to our hotel and continued touring by foot- this time armed with fleece and maps :) We managed to get ourselves completely lost but somehow found our way to many of London's best sites and culture-rich spots. We shopped, ate fish and chips and finished the night with a pint at a pub. Today we went on a walking tour of Buckingham palace where we marched (ran) with guards as they were changing then finished the bus tour we started the previous evening. We saw Westminster Abbey, Parliament, Kensington Gardens, and, of course, visited some more shops. I think we've taken about a million pictures each. Karen's favorite spot is Trafalgar Sq... I'm not sure what mine is but one thing i do know for sure - I wish I had a few more days in London. Our tour leaves first thing tomorrow morning when we are off to Paris.

Bon Voyage

I'm off to Europe!! London, Pairs, Munich, Italy, Greece, Amsterdam, and Italy - 28 days, returning July 16th. I'll be updating this blog as much as I can