{"id":5088,"date":"2012-10-29T01:23:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T14:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galacticmuffin.net\/day17\/?p=5088"},"modified":"2012-10-29T01:49:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T14:49:47","slug":"pics-from-my-2011-trip-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.galacticmuffin.net\/day17\/2012\/10\/pics-from-my-2011-trip-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pics from my 2011 trip to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well I am off for a mini adventure NEXT weekend so I thought its about time I posted something from last years holiday! oops!<\/p>\n

Last year my best friend and I went to Europe for 3 weeks. We did an 11 day Contiki tour through some European cities and spent the rest of the time in London. It was really great and i took WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many photos (i uploaded over 1000 to flickr…i took 4 times that amount at least).<\/p>\n

We had 2 days (including the day we arrived so doesnt technically count) to do stuff in London before our tour so the photos below start with a few touristy things in London, then the Contiki tour, then back to London again.<\/p>\n

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Big Ben<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Squirrels – saw lots of them in parks in London! CUTE!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Whats their official name? Well we watched the changing of the Horse Guard dudes. We called these ones Team Ranga! \ud83d\ude00<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On Tower Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nice shot of my friend – we are in the Tower of London here. i forget which building though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beefeater – where the heck did that name come fom anyways?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the ferry heading to France. Contiki tour has started<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cruise of the canals of Amsterdam. Kids got very drunk. Tried to get a pic of these bridges all lining up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Outside Anne Frank House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Early November morning in Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Of all the things we could do – my friend wanted photos with this. lol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Its moi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Many bulbs in the flower market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Oops – dont even recall where this was from…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Skipping a few days here – we went to St Goar then onto Munich.<\/p>\n

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Hofbrauhaus for dins!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Check this lady out! SKILL!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Me and my new buddy Kristen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We visited Dachau. It was very very depressing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dachau – imagining the people crammed in here…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I didnt want to get any closer….this whole place was so upsetting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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After Dachau we drove and stopped at some place that the contiki guys had never gone before and had a nice lunch. We took some pics outside before jumping on the bus. Its Team Japan – 2 nice japanese kids who were on our tour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I forget where we are..but it looks pretty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hmm skipped a few days here, we went to Innsbruck. I marvelled at the shiny Swarovski crystal. not.<\/p>\n

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VENICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Still in Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Onto Roma!<\/p>\n

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Knights of Malta keyhole..there is no way you could get a pic of the view but its awesome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Grace at the Trevi Fountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Next morning we went to the Vatican<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pieta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Leaving the Vatican<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We got a combo ticket for the Forum and Colliseum. I probably have loads more pics on Flickr. This was from the Forum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Approaching the Colliseum. Awesome!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Inside the Colliseum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Florence!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mothers favourite statue – I was ordered to take many photos!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking up at the dome inside the Florence cathedral. i forget the official name. oops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Onto Switzerland. We are going on a lil train up that hill!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Heading up the mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We climbed up this…my poor lungs and legs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We’re on top of the world!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We had to climb a bit of a hill to get here. nearly died doing it but look at that view!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lucerne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Grace and I found some Swiss soldiers. lol!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On to Paris!<\/p>\n

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Eiffel Tower!!!!!!! it was too foggy! wah!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shiny!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Last night of the Contiki tour we went to the Moulin Rouge. the show was pretty dorky actually. \ud83d\ude00<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The day the tour left – my friend and I stayed in Paris coz we wanted to go to Disneyland. But we had a spare day first so we visited the Catacombs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I absolutely adore these Metro entrances. I geek out over them more than anything else. God i love Art Nouveau!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The morning we went to Disneyland I took this pic from our hostel room. We were on the top floor. zomgawd to live somewhere with a view like that. i feel all arty just thinking about it! lol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Its me on a ride in disneyland! lol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A magic castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Grace dorking around in the autumn leaves not far from Buckingham palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ZOMGAWD i was so excited to get pics with these guard dudes. look – this guy is ALMOST smirking! BAD BOY!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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WOOHOO!!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the natural History Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyway I have many, many more photos in this set on Flickr<\/a>. Knock yourselves out.<\/p>\n

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