Monday, 6 October 2008

Barcelona, Spain February 2007

Barcelona has some beautiful architecture. Many buildings were designed by Gaudi - a famous Spanish architect.

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Sagrada Familia (a Church designed by Gaudi). It's not finished yet.
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Las Rambles
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Gruell Park (designed by Gaudi)
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Phenomenal flamenco show in a small restaurant. The dancers and musicians were amazing.
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Montserrat Monastery up in the mountains. We got to hear a very talented boy's choir perform here.
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Stuttgart, Germany October 2006

In September 2006, Chris was deployed to Afghanistan. During this time, I went to visit family friends in Germany for a couple weeks. We stayed in a condo in Oberammergau, Germany (near Garmish) and planned day trips from there.

Hohenschwangau Castle
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Across the valley is Neuschwanstein Castle.
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Ros and I
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We rode a cable car up Zugspitze, which is the highest mountain in the German alps
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Here's the view from the top
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Relaxing in the condo
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Schönbusch Palace
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The Chapel inside the Monastery Ettal
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Beautiful little church (I can't remember the name of it)
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We spent a day in Innsbruck, Austria
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We got to go in some caves!
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One last castle - although I can't remember it's name
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Thursday, 28 August 2008

Devon and Cornwall, England August 2006

Summer of 2006, we took a week long road trip to two counties in the southwest corner of England (Devon and Cornwall).

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Yes, this is England
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Our Ferry! Quite possibly the smallest ferry we've ever been on!
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A day at the beach - we got very sunburned
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St. Michael's Mount
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Kara and Corie go to Salzburg, Austria July 2006

Our B&B
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House on the lake from the Sound of Music!
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the gazeebo! They wouldn't let us in because someone injured themselves dancing on the benches inside :(.
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Mountains of Austria from the Sound of Music opening credits
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Salzburg
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We randomly found some cousins in Salzburg!
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We saw a marionette show. It was wonderful, but we couldn't really understand what was happening.
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On our way back to England
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Salzburg
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Kara's visit July 2006

Summer 2006, Kara spent some time with us following her quarter studying in London.

We went to Dover Castle
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Windsor Castle
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We're Roman soldiers at Colchester Castle
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We're peasants!
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Watch out for Kara!
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Lindsey and Keenan in England June 2006

Italy was great, but we also had a fun time showing Lindsey and Keenan around England! Kara was studying in London during this time, and joined us for some fun!

Lindsey and Keenan are in Bury!
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Punting on the Cam river in Cambridge
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Warwick Castle
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hehe. Keenan poses with the wax statues in the castle
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We saw a couple shows in London with kara!
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Stonehenge
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Afternoon at the beach!
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Miniature golfing at the beach
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arrr, we're pirates!
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