Pics from my 2011 trip to Europe

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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!

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).

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.

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

Skipping a few days here – we went to St Goar then onto Munich.

Hofbrauhaus for dins!!
Check this lady out! SKILL!
Me and my new buddy Kristen
We visited Dachau. It was very very depressing.
Dachau – imagining the people crammed in here…
I didnt want to get any closer….this whole place was so upsetting.
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.
I forget where we are..but it looks pretty

Hmm skipped a few days here, we went to Innsbruck. I marvelled at the shiny Swarovski crystal. not.

VENICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still in Venice

Onto Roma!

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

On to Paris!

Eiffel Tower!!!!!!! it was too foggy! wah!
Shiny!
Last night of the Contiki tour we went to the Moulin Rouge. the show was pretty dorky actually. 😀
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.
I absolutely adore these Metro entrances. I geek out over them more than anything else. God i love Art Nouveau!

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
Its me on a ride in disneyland! lol
A magic castle
Grace dorking around in the autumn leaves not far from Buckingham palace
ZOMGAWD i was so excited to get pics with these guard dudes. look – this guy is ALMOST smirking! BAD BOY!
WOOHOO!!!!!
In the natural History Museum

Anyway I have many, many more photos in this set on Flickr. Knock yourselves out.