Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Made it to Europe!!!

Hello all. We#ve made it to Europe in one piece and weäre loving it. Here are some pics.

First - Paris
We had a great time in Paris amid all of the hectic people, rushing and bustling. One of our most memorable events was finishing our pizza dinner, getting a crepe with nutella, and walking to the lawn in front of the Eiffel Tower. It was all lit up blue with flashing lights. That was cool. Versallies was incredible too. There was so much art and golden stuff. The gardens were massive!

We put some audio tours on the iPod and weäd listen as we walk. On the side of the Notre Dame Cathedral.


the Pizza in Paris was soooo good. the mozarella cheese was delish.


At the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versallies.


In front of the Gardens at Versallies.


At the Orsay Museum.


In front of the Louvre


This goes out to all of the coldplay fans. Viva la Vida!


The Arc de Triumf

Next - Bern Switzerland

Bern was too cool. It is the captial citz of Switzerland, but there wasnät a lot going on there. It was quiet and serene. It was fun to stroll the streets and go people watching. We attended church here too, after we got lost for about 2.5 hours. The little branch was so cool. One of the american sister missionaries translated for us. Das is gut! We spent the rest of sunday chillin at the hostel watching the Nadal Federrer duel. You could rent bikes for free too, so we biked all over the town.

This was a Saturday night in Bern. All of the older men from the town gather and play chess. We met a nice man named Hans here. He told us of all of the hot spots in Bern.


Up on a hill that looks over the town: The Rose Garden.

We got bikes for free and cruised the town. Here Katie is in front of the baby eating town Ogre. click on it and zoom in. Funny!

Next was Lauterbrunnen and Gimmelwald Switzerland

The alps were soooo big!! We were taken back at the sights and sounds of the moutain ranges. The grass and trees had such a dark beatiful green to them. Every little home had flowers out in front and they were all so friendly.

Here was our view of the city of Lauterbrunnen. It was gorgeous!


We ate some of this "beer" one night. It was too good and very addicting.


here is a pic from the top of the shilthorn Mountain. Incredible. They filmed the James bond movie In Her Majesties Service here.

Now - Ruette, Tirol, austria.

We love austria first becuase of the cheap prices. We are in a great little town called Ruette. Last night we ate Goulash soup, and today we had some wienersnitchels. So tasty. Tomorrow we plan on visitng the Neuschwanstein Castle, which is the one Disney based its castles off of. Weßre loving it so far.

We are now in a little city called Ruette, Austria. We hiked up a mini mountain this morning to go to an old castle.

That´s it for now. We hope to post again in a week or so. Party on! (send money please! the Euro blows)

7 comments:

Alisse Baldwin said...

Ok, isn't this every married couples' dream? Traveling together before the kids come, and having a huge resume of places you've visitied? I'm jealous. Although Mesa has it's...um, history?...it would be nice to pack things up & travel like this. Glad you're safe & glad you're happy! And, Hi Katie!

Peg and Parker said...

Oh you two! I'm so excited that you get to be in the Yodel-lands for a few! Happy wandering through the alps and castles and museums. It's better than 10 humanities classes and you get to do it together! Hope you take tons of photos to share and keep. See 'yall when your travels bring you "home" to Mesa. Heart, Peg

Dawn Davis said...

Oh my gosh!! What a fun adventure to be able to have together! Looks like you're having fun!!

Debbie said...

What memories you are making. Thanks for the great photos and posts and for sharing them with all of us! We wish we were there.

Annie said...

Hey Katie, remember how you suck?

Unknown said...

jealous jealous jealous... oh yeah- and i might hate you too! (oh ok- I don't... dang it!) Love the Coldplay ref.. keep up the updates guys- so we can continue to live out our travelling fantasies through you!

The Bowles said...

sounds like a blast! you guys are amazing to be backpacking through Europe. Forget having kids for a while...you can get your craving for children when we drop off our Brookie with you guys so we can travel abroad for a month! too fun! loved the pictures with the snow capped mountains behind you. truly mesmerizing and surreal! maybe we should all live in europe!