Jack on top of the Wellington Arch…apparently you can climb up to the top
The prostitute’s church along the “Jack the Ripper” tour
Me in front of Buckingham Palace
The church at the end of the “Jack the Ripper” tour in London
The boys (Brian and Matt) were jealous that the girls had a pic together so they needed one in front of the Tower Bridge
Me in front of Tower Bridge (which is apparently not the London Bridge)
Just the girls (Blazenka and me) at the tower of London
London’s rendition of the Drexel Dragon;)
I guess the helmet is a little big for Brian’s head
Matt wanted a turn too
Brian playing around with medieval weaponry
Me at the entrance to the Tower of London
Kind of self explanatory lol
The Phantom of the Opera stage
I think the theater was trying to hard to convince us, what are they hiding?
My program to the Phantom of the Opera
Me in front of Her Majesty’s theater waiting to see my all time favorite musical, The Phantom of the Opera
Oh hey there buddy…a stingray cam to say hello at the London Aquarium:)
A new feature in London added in honor of the 2012 Olympics hosted by London
Me in the London overlooking the city
The garden below taken from the London Eye
A view of London from the highest point of the London Eye
Blazenka, me and Matt in the London eye
Blazenka, Matt and I biking to Westminster Abbey with Brian taking the photo while Biking(very impressive)
Biking through London!
Brian and I across the river from the London Eye
The horse parade we tried to Bike through in London( Whoops lol)
A little cottage belonging to the Natural History Mueseum in London
The natural history museum in London
You never realize the thing you will miss from your home when you are gone…me being reunited with Snapple Apple in London
This road will always lose with that attitude
Taking the cliche shot in front of the London phonebooth, but I thought I would switch it by putting two in the shot
Benay and I ordered this coffee cookie drink at a small cafe in Bursa and it as beautiful and delicious
A very old tree in the mountains in Bursa
The view from the cafe in the mountains in Bursa
Me in front of a very old tree in the mountains in Bursa
Benay with the mini tomatoes in Bursa
A Street in the old village in the mountains in Bursa
Another small palace in Istanbul
The second oldest Metro in the world in Istanbul
Old University in Istanbul
Overlooking the Sea in Istanbul
Me in the Palace in Istanbul overlooking the sea
Me and Baran in the Palace in Istanbul
Me trying to spin my hand around the wishing stone in Istanbul
Inside the Anasofya in Istanbul
Me in front of the Ayasofya in Istanbul
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul
Me in front of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul
Small Bazaar in Istanbul
My hostel in Istanbul. I get a hostel all to myself:)
Istanbul at night from my airport shuttle…does not do it justice at all but I wanted to put up this pic anyways
A nice view n the walk from the train in Stuttgart…I accidentally caught a man littering on candid camera;)
Some building in Stuttgart
The main square in Stuttgart
Me in front of the fountain in the main square in Stuttgart
The fountains were the only really interesting things in Stuttgart
The hill behind Magd’s house…you can tell how nasty the weather was the whole time I was there
My closet desk 🙂
A hotel near my apartment in Madrid
An awkward shot of the view from my window(I was going to take a better one but some guy across the road came out on his balcony and I didn’t want him to think I was creepily taking a picture of him lol
I have a fireplace…how cool is that? Too bad it’s summer so I won’t be using it( unless I want to roast marshmallows of course
Another angle of my room in Madrid
My room in Madrid!
My Italian class From right(front row): Aytek, Me, Francesca, Monica, Didem (Second Row): Ahmed, Kerelos, Dani, Patricia, Daphne, Pierre
Having a beer after the last Italian class
My Italian class having a beer after the last class
The Siene!
At the Sacre Coure during our tour…we had already been inside the church so we stayed outside to take pics
Waiting for our free tour to begin
Looking out over Paris from the Arc de Triumph
AHHH…so tired 😦
Brian and I in the gardens at Versaille
Just wandering around the gardens at Versaille…no big deal
Brian and I in front of the Eiffel Tower at night
Me in the Napolean exhibit in the Louvre
Brian actually got a good picture of it!
The Mona Lisa!
Me inside the Louvre! I still can’t believe I actually went there.
Me in front of the Louvre!
Best face ever
Macarons!
Me on top of the Arc de Triumph
A little cafe where Picasso used to hang out
The resturant where Amelie was filmed and where we stopped for wine after our tour of Montemarte
Notre Dame!
A view of Paris from the Sacre Coeur
Sacre Coeur aka Sacred Heart church, which is built on the highest point in Paris
A view of Paris from on top of the Arc de Triumph
A view of Paris from on top of the Arc de Triumph
A beautiful view of the grounds at Versailles
The Versailles palace from inside the gardens…notice the awesome weather we had lol
A fountain in the gardens of Versailles
The ground at Versailles
The Moulin Rouge at night
The Eiffel Tower at night
The crown jewels in the Louvre in Paris
Napolean’s rooms in the Louvre
The best pic I could get of the Mona Lisa before I got shoved out of the way
Me in front of the Louvre
The Arc de Triumph in Paris from the middle of the road
Me in front of the Eiffel tower
La Tour d’Eiffel during the day
The Obelisk in Paris…a “gift” from the Egyptians
The Moulin Rouge during the day
The very skinny bike path through what looked like a farmer’s field
I was starting to get tired on the way back because it was raining and super windy
The awesome pulley system in place of a bridge to cross the river
The city of Damme as seen from the bike path
I went off the beaten path a little bit but it was a nice view including this windmill
The city of Sluis in Holland where I stopped for lunch and to shop
Lauris(I don’t know how to spell her name) from Hong Kong and I enjoying our free beers after our tour of the Henri Maes Brewery in Brugge
The fermentation room in the Henri Maes Brewery in Brugge.(This was a mannequinn)
Me and a huge beer bottle in the Henri Maes Brewery in Brugge.
A beautiful cupcake display in a tearoom
Beautiful waterway than runs through Brugge
Belgium Waffles in Brugge=amazing!
These are made out of chocolate! They are displayed in the choco-story in Brugge
Chocolate Obama!(Barack Obama sculpted in chocolate) Found in the choco-story in Brugge
A funny statue that I liked in Brugge
Taken from the top of the Belfry in Brugge
Brugge central square
The chocolates I bought for Easter…the ones on the right are homemade from a tiny out of the way shop and the ones on the left were just so pretty and were interesting flavors like creme brulee and violet so I got them as well…I am super excited to try them tomorrow:)
The d’Aertrycke castle which is now a resturant
Me in front of the lake with the swans in it
Belgium is extremely environmentally friendly with their wind turbines
My Bike:)
There were a bunch of swans in this lake in Belgium
There is a lot of livestock and beautiful countrysides here.
The stairwell n my hotel is painted and looked really cool:)
Another view of my hotel room
My Hotel room!
This structure is near my hotel. I don’t know what it is but I thought it looked cool
Kate and I cooking in the kitchen of Il Caminetto
Me rolling the dough for the pasta:)
Real italian hot chocolate that we got after our tour in Venice(it was like pure melted chocolate…yum!)
The traditional cakes made for the Venice Carnival that we had following our tour
Me on a bridge in Venice…it was freakin’ cold!
Me at Il Caminetto getting ready to learn how to cook the Italian way
Disco Jesus…Kate and I laughed about this one for a half an hour and she really wasn’t supposed to take pics of it but she snuck this one
Me in the Boboli gardens in Florence
One of my favorite pics of the water in Varenna
Me walking along the water in Varenna
Me resting on the walk along the waterside in Varenna
Kate and I enjoying the food we helped prepare, chicken and veggies and risotto as well as freshly made pasta
Me and Sonny, Moreno’s dog
Me in front of Il Caminetto
The beautiful view from outside Il Caminetto(in Varenna), the restaurant where Kate and I took the cooking class
Our tour group in Venice…the tour wasn’t that great but it was still fun
Kate and I in our costumes which we decided not to wear because mine was uncomfotable
Typical Venice, gondola and all;)
The bedroom in Juliette’s house in Verona
A beautiful view of a bridge from on top of the Castlevecchio in Verona
I don’t know why but I loved this fountain
Kate and I were in Verona on Valentine’s day lol
A cool view of the tunnels running through the arena in Verona
The inside of the arena at Verona
Our view of Venice at night:)
Side of Castel Sant’Angelo at night
The vatican at night
Castel Sant’Angelo at night
The witch’s apartment
The church of the brotherhood of death who would collect and bury the poor victims of the plague who couldn’t pay for funerals
A fountain from the baths of caracalla
Statue of a monk who was the first to write about the existence of aliens
It’s snowing to beat the band in Roma
Snow on the palm trees in Rome!
We decided to get gelato even though it was freezing out…yeah we were THOSE tourists lol
Me in front of the Colosseum
It got really cold and it started rain-snowing so it was pretty miserable
Hard Rock Cafe Roma!
Trevi Fountain…the only place in Rome with a lot of tourists
The Pantheon!
Palantine Hill as seen through the gate
Arco di Constantino
Central Rome
The only surviving flower in Naples lol (It was in the garden of the Naples Archeology Museum)
Me in the Naples Archeology Museum
Some relics from the secret room under the brothel in Pompeii
A Sculpture at the Naples Archeology Museum
Christine, Gn, Kate and Me in the ruins of Pompeii
Me in the brothel in Pompeii
The ampitheater in Pompeii
Me in Pompeii overlooking Vesuvius
Me in an old tavern in Ercolano
Me studying on my vacation 😦
Old Bakery in Ercolano
More Ercolano Ruins
Beautiful view of Ercolano with Vesuvius in the background
Ercolano Ruins from above
The newest underground discovery was this section of the ampitheater and it houses a beautiful art display
Th best entrance to the old ampitheater was in a family’s house so architects moved the family so they could dig out the ampitheater
The map Giovanni gave us: Purple is Mafia territory, green marks attractions, orange is the path to follow and yellow marks the original city limits
There was an engineering contest on what to do with the aquaducts and the idea of having underground greenhouses won, unfortunately there was no money to implement the design so this is just a reminder of what could have been
Some bed frames and toys left over from people staying in the aquaducts during the war
Our tour guide telling us about life in the aquaducts during the war
Me on top of the Castel Nuovo overlooking the ocean
Me in front of the Castel Nuovo
Teatro alla Scala Sign
Teatro Alla Scala inside
Me and Liliana in front of the Brave sign at the Pixar exhibit(None of us had even heard of this movie, have you?)
From left: Carlos, Liliana, Me, Lesya, Arturo, Monica, Sergio in Front of Sully and Mike from Monsters Inc. at the Pixar Exhibit
Me and Lesya imitating Mike Wasowski at the Pixar Exhibit
Hilarious sign that we saw and had to take a picture of outside the Beatles Museum
Paul and I in the Scottish Highlands
Paul in our room at the Queen Park Budget Hotel in Glasgow
Albert Dock where the Beatles museum is located
Our room at Everton(the Hostel in Liverpool)
Our Kitchen at Everton(the Hotel in Liverpool)
Our bathroom at Everton(the hostel in Liverpool)-all the bathrooms in the places we stayed were so big compared to my bathroom in Milan!
Hilarious sign in the window of the London Hard Rock Cafe
Buckingham Palace(we think) we saw the changing of the guard from across the street
A little stream on the way to get on the boat to tour the Loch Ness
Westminster Abbey!
Me in front of a fountain in the Boboli Gardens:)
Me on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence overlooking the river
This is me in front of one of the beautiful light displays in Florence…almost all the streets were decorated and festive:)
This was the Florence Library from the outside…it was too bad we didn’t get to go inside
This was the amazing view at the top of one of the hills in the Boboli Gardens
This is the large pizza I had the first night…it was huge!
My favorite building in Madrid, I don’t knwo what it is, but I really loved the architecture
Wade and I inside the Royal Palace walls in front of the Royal palace building that holds all the drawing rooms
Me in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid
A beautiful fountain in the Plaza de Espana in Madrid, Spain
The only picture I took in Lecco lol
The Leaning tower of Pisa
Brian and I at the top of the hill overlooking Florence
The wine cellar at the oasta place we ate at in Florence
The attl ef wine at the pasta place we ate at in Florence
Taken from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence
The Duomo in Sienna. It was amazing and even though the Duomo in Florence was bigger and more famous, I liked this Duomo better
An amazing view of Sienna…taken by Brian because I was too short to take it over the wall lol
Me in Sienna…this place had an amazing view of the city
Me, Chala and Elitsa in front of the art gallery in Torino
Cathy, Chala, Me, and Elitsa on the steps of the Duomo
From Left: Cathy, Me and Chala in the sweater we all loved at H&M, which ironically none of us ended up buying lol
The Movie Museum in Torino. We didn’t go inside because it was too long of a wait.
Me sitting on the steps of the Duomo in Torino
An old bell tower in Torino
An art museum that we didn’t actually go into because it cost 8euros and by the time we decided to actually spend the money, it was closed…oops
Me(I’m super tiny) in front of a beautiful church on the way to the center of Torino
This is my super mini ironing board! Look at it compared to the size of my iron lmao XD
Us on top of the mountain on Lake Como- From Left: Me, Brian, Jose, Daniel, Pedro
A view from the top- This is taken from the bottom of the lighthouse at the top of the mountain…and that is Daniel making a weird face…it was really hazy that day so the picture isn’t that great
This is a huge cathedral in the center of Como( The cool tree is on the other side of this)
Alessandro Volta Museum- 01-10-2011
Plaque from IEEE honoring Volta(For all the ECE nerds I love so much)
The train that took us up the mountain at Lake Como-01-10-2011
I was trying to take a picture of the algae in the water at Lake Como because it looked cool, but then I thought the shadows of Brian, me and the bridge in the water looked pretty(this is one of my fav pics)
Panoramic view of Lake Como (Click on image it enlarge)
Me in front of this piece of art in the middle of Como City. This tree really grabbed our attention because it is so different than the old city feel of the surroundings(it was right out in front of a huge cathedral)
This was one of the first sights that greeted us as we left teh train station and entered Como
From left: Cassie, Daniel, Brian, Me, Chala, Ellie, and U(Yes his name is really U) This Picture was taken at the Duomo(a large cathedral/city square in MIlano)