Europe and the Caribbean 2009

Italy: Venice, Florence, San Giamagio, Siene, and Pisa

One of the many towers.On the bus right after we landed.

WaterwayVenice

Restaurant on the water.Venice

Apartment overlooking the streetVenice

Venetian Masks!Venice

Glass blowing Demo…. Step 1Venice

Glass blowing Demo.. Step 2Venice

Glass blowing Demo… It’s a cat!Venice

Our gondola man… “I’m too sexy for my shirt” He was funny.Venice

Real Italian PizzaVenice

ChurchFlorence

The statue of the David was huge! They didn’t allow cameras.Florence

Accademia is where the museum for the David was at.Florence

Yes they had a MAC makeup store and almost every designer you could think of.Florence

Their architecture was phenomenal!Florence

They had a lot of statuesFlorence

It is a little graphicFlorence

He kind of looks happy.Florence

Down one of the streetsFlorence

Replica of The DavidFlorence

The city at night… This was my favorite place by far!Florence

The last shot.Florence

The scenery was amazingSiena

Each portion of the city made up a team and every year they would band together for an annual race and compete against each other. Teams would divide some families and made for interesting competitions.

Siena

Really big churchSiena

This is where the races are held.Siena

The arena.Siena

It was a huge hill.San Gimignano

The bank.Siene

The torture museum definitely made my skin crawl. There are interesting ways to kill people.San Gimignano

View from hillsideSan Gimignano

Toscana San Gimignano

The graffiti can put ours to shameOn the bus headed to Cannes, France

Can you guess where?Pisa

Church in Pisa. This building had some great acoustics.Pisa

In front of the tower.Pisa

FRANCE AND MONACO: CANNES, NICE, MONACO, PARIS

We spent a lot of time on the bus and we took advantage of it. SarahOn the bus

The Post OfficeMonaco

The changing of the royal guardMonaco

Monaco was the prettiest place we went to by far.Monaco

The botanical gardenMonaco

The aquariumMonaco

Inside the aquarium.Monaco

AquariumMonaco

The beach in Nice… it was really cold.Nice

The PharmacyNice

I think we were a little sleep deprived.Cannes

On the TGV.Train to Paris

He haz no ticket he muzt geet off ze train!On the TGV

Protest in front of the Eiffel TowelParis

Dinner in ParisParis

The Notre DameParis

The City of LightsParis

Waiting for the boat tour of Paris at night.Paris

The light showParis

Arc de TriumpheParis

On a bridge.Paris

CarousalParis

Eiffel TowerParis

From the very top of the tower.Paris

From one of the lower levelsParis

The Subway TunnelParis

GRAND CAYMAN, COZUMEL, BELIZE, HONDURUS

Snorkeling at the reefGrand Cayman

Wow that’s ironic.Grand Cayman

Christmas in the IslandsCozumel

The driver for the Twister Ride to Passion IslandCozumel

Passion Island… also known as Corona BeachCozumel

Toes in the water…Cozumel

In port.Belize

The shopsBelize

My chocolate mustascheOn the boat

Formal nightOn the boat

My favorite place from the cruiseHondurus

Zip liningHondurus

At the zip lining placeHondurus

From the boatHondurus

The End