Following my trip to Tennessee (the day after I got back), I set off with Katie on our European adventure. This trip was the most exciting, educational, rewarding, and fulfilling experience I've ever had in my entire life. I still sit here and find it hard believe that I've been where I was during May. I still vividly remember the trip, but it seems, at times, as though it is impossible that I was actually there. I could fill several web pages with what I saw, but I'll try to limit it to the highlights. Pictures will be up within the month.

London: Walked by Parliament, Westminster, London Eye, Buckingham Palace, and through Hyde Park
Belgium: Bus got into accident
Netherlands: Red light district & marijuana bars, diamond cutting demonstration, Rijksmuseum, Anne Frank's house
Germany: Wine tasting, Rhine valley, Glockenspiel in Marienplatz, Hofbrauhaus, liter of beer!
Austria: mountains, white water rafting (oh yeah, baby!), crystal museum, cool little towns
Italy: (Venezia) St. Mark's Square, Rialto Bridge, gondola ride, fantastic dinner; (Roma) the Coliseum, Forum, Pantheon, walking tour, Spanish steps, Capuchin monk artwork, attempted purse stealing, 110 V; (Firenze) leatherworking demo, group picture, EXCELLENT dinner, walking tour, incredible churches, Michelangelo's tomb, Medici home
Vatican: Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basicala, Vatican Museum
Switzerland: Incredible views, going up a mountain and its view, incredible city (Luzern), Swiss army knives, Swiss chocolate
France: Eiffel Tower, Louvre (Mona & Venus), Museo de' Orsay, Champs D'ilsay, Arc de Triumphe, Napoleon's tomb, sidewalk artists, Cabaret (lots of T & A)
England: Inside Westminster Abbey, London Eye, Kensington Palace, Changing of the Guard, Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, Tower of London, Roman Baths, Stonehenge, Mind the Gap! (Subway joke)
Canada (not quite Europe): Toronto's CN Tower

So that summarizes what I saw and did as quickly as possible...but the actual experience can not be summarized I'm afraid. Incredible...

Posted by Curt at July 16, 2002 01:46 PM