The main reason that I have fallen behind on my blog is because we have been running around Europe like crazy for the past few weeks. Shortly after my German program finished, we embarked on a whirlwind tour: hosting six visitors over six weeks and visiting six different countries. After all of that we almost needed a vacation from the vacationing!
Our first stop was meeting up with Will’s parents in Munich. Munich (München) is the capital city in the state of Bavaria (Bayern), which is the source of many German stereotypes: lederhosen, sausage, enormous beer, etc. My favorite part of this trip was getting to see the Alps for the first time!
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| The Glockenspiel |
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| Neuschwanstein Castle in the foot of the Alps |
Next up, one of Will’s friends from Pittsburgh visited us for a week. We took a day trip to Amsterdam (only about 2.5hours by train), which was our first time visiting the city.. After seeing all the sights in Cologne and celebrating Easter with a picnic, we made our way to Brussels to finish up the trip.
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| Amsterdam Canals |
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| The Anne Frank House |
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| Grand Place in Brussels |
From Brussels, we then picked up my parents who were visiting Europe for the first time. We visited Cologne, Paris, and Brussels with them. Hopefully they’ll be inspired to come back. :)
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| Cologne at Sunset |
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| Cologne Skyline from the Seilbahn (cable car) |
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| Sacre Coeur Basilica |
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| Eifel Tower |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Belgian Waffle |
Last but not least, another friend of Will’s flew to Europe and we met him in London. After a few days in jolly old London town, we flew to Ireland and drove around the Ring of Kerry. It was beautiful!
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| We rode in the London Eye! |
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| Stonehenge |
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| Rosetta Stone |
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| Ring of Kerry |
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| Cliffs on the Atlantic Coast |
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| Ring of Kerry |
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