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This is definitely NOT after our visit to the Paulaner Brewery
In Jess' defense, this was almost right after our plane trip into Munich. And when they say don't mix Xanax and alcohol, they mean it!
Jess' hand - able to grasp history
(fear not, she's not actually touching it)
part of the Circus Maximus
The Pantheon Dome
Nice Collection
Never Enough Duomo
The Uffizi
The free "Open Air Wing" of the Uffizi
Faux David in Piazza Signoria
our walk from our hostel to downtown Ferenzia each morning
beautiful byzantine bronze doors to baptistry of big busy duomo(alliteration much...?)
another great, old church in ferenzia
Guardian of Naval Arsenal
At San Marco's main entrance
The boats that were destroyed in Indiana Jones!!
Wake up Jess!
The Venecian Naval Arsenal
The city from the park
We bought this house
Another angle of Park Guell's courtyard
I like this guy
The inside of Olympic Stadium
Yes. We actually got to walk in - free of charge
Old Barcelona
New Barcelona
Progressive Barcelona
Artsy Barcelona
From our bus tour we took on Monday.
Yes, it was a "bus tour", but it was awesome! Informed us of so much. And no walking!!!
White man standing on water. Somewhere, olive skinned Jesus is rolling in his grave
Here are four images of La Sagrada Familia
see "big pics" below for our favorite pic of the Gaudi masterpiece
La Sagrada Familia
mas La Sagrada Familia
Images of La Sagrada Familia
New art, old buildings
More of the Picasso Museum
The Picasso Museum foyer. Very cool
Montjuic in the background - (Mount Jew)
The center statue of this area
for its top, see below
Wondrous architecture
On the waterfront.
Sorry, no Brando.
The Barcelona Arc de Triomphe
Our first image of Barcelona from exiting the Metro
Nice train...
Barcelona trip: so far so good
A Plaza just north of our hostel where we spent a bit of extra time
Jess y su gato negro
View from our 1st Hostel
There are sooooo many scooters and motor bikes in the Iberian Pen!
A wonderful Memorial
Chicago traveled with us!
Statue in Oriental Plaza
Statue in Center of Plaza Mayor
Beautiful inside perimeter of plaza mayor
A Market in northern Madrid
Our first meal in Europe came from this market!
Madrid-Barajas Aerpuerto
at the sunset in Key West
Looking...
...onward
While visiting the lovely and large English Garden in Munich, we decided to stop by...
THE BEER GARDEN!!!
other areas of the English Gardens
Upon our final night in Munich...
...at the Hofbrauhaus
a park in central Munich
Munich, here we come
Farewell, lovely Santorini!!
our time in Santorini island
our beautiful Perissa beach
our beach hotel
the town of Fira
our island trotting ATV
our beautiful sunset in Ia
our sunset dinner
at day break - final day on the beach. At 6am. No, we can't remember why we decided to do this...
Oh that's why
Don't get too excited
a church in Fira. and a guy with a camera
Patras, Greece - our entrance to the nation
Jess is VERY happy to have arrived
The finest symbol of the birthplace of western democracy
In surgery
The Caryatids
unfortunately, none of these are originals
The Erechtheum
Temple of Nike on the Acropolis
Straight down the hill
view from lunch
Sprawling Athens from high above
Spice Market in downtown Athens
The great theater from above
The Theater of Dionysus
Hadrian's Arch
Chris at the Olympics
Temple of Zeus
Our ferry trip across the Adriatic
Our room
Bari, Italy - prior to departure
Goodbye Italy!
An Athenian boulevard
this was supposed to be before the "goodbye italy" photo. sorry for any confusion!
Images of unforgettable Pompeii
it was absolutely worth the extra trip
Though not as big, more thoroughly preserved than the Colosseum
She tried
Contraption used in wine making
A Kitchen
Interior to the Villa of Mystery
The Big Theater
The Small Theater
belonging to the Pompeii Pack
...and there were tons
Perfectly Preserved
Upon entering Pompeii
Pompeii Forum with Vesuvius in the background
Temple of Apollo
Located in Vatican Museum
Saint Peter's
Very, VERY expensive gelato (delicious, too)
...so we learned while purchasing...
Entrance into Saint Peter's Square
Excavated Temples near the Forums
Inside the Diocletian Bathhouse turned Basilica
Emperor Chris
Just sitting there in the forum
Ruins of the Imperial Forums
View of Trajan's Market from ground level, the forum
the Roman street that separated Trajan's Forum and Market
Looking down into Trajan's Forum (from his market)
Medieval Tower addition to Trajan's Market
The Diocletian Bathhouse
The body and coffin of Rafael
in the Pantheon turned basilica
SPQR
Piazza Popolo
Piazza Nuvo
part of the piazza
a fountain in Piazza Nuovo
Piazza Republica
we walked through this every day to get to and form our hostel
More of the Fountain
More of the Fountain
The Acquaducts
Not the Colosseum
The Spanish Steps
Roma in her glory
Nice pond near the Tiber - dates back to the 1990s. So old.....
Walking through Palatine Hill
One of many marble busts and statues in the Palatine Hill Museum
Augustus' Home
More Excavating
Our First Image of the Flavian Amphitheater
The Colosseum
The Labyrinth Under the Amphitheater's Ground Level
Where the Senators would sit
Inside the Colosseum
A Small Island on the Tiber
we can't recall its name...
The Beautiful Fountain Trevi
Jess on the Circus Maximus
Palatine Hill from the Circus
The Pantheon
Saint Peter's Square
Emperor Augustus Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
Jess overlooking Florence
Marcellus' Theater, built by his uncle - Emperor Augustus
A great Emperor statue (and I can't remember who...)
Constantine's Sister in the Vatican Museum
Hadrian's Mausoleum
Ah, Tuscany...
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Tuscany
The fountain in the Boboli gardens
Jess on her ultimate nap knoll
...not a bad river
Oh look, a nice and big Firenzian market consisting of fresh fruit...
...and dried fruit
And face!
Thank you, stranger
Firenzian Beauty
Firenze and her Mountains
The Duomo from Piazza Michelangelo
Views of Florence
Awww
My Favorite (next to David) Statue in Ferenzia
The Arno
How Menacing
this statue was housed in an "open air wing" of the Uffizi. It held many other great statues, as well
Old Guys
More of Florence
Bust on the Ponte Vecchio
from inside the ponte vecchio
just south of the ponte vecchio
another area in the city of Medici
just a small part of the giant marketplace in northern florence
more of the Duomo
the Clock Tower
the Duomo
Firenze waits...
A pretty city and an even prettier girl
One of the many, many, many churches of Venezia
The facade of a canal-front building
Attack of the rat birds!!
Ah... backyard corridor Venice
Jess saw pigeons
Jess chased some pigeons
A lot of pigeons
More of San Marco's Square
Island across the canal from San Marco's Square
Clock tower in San Marco's Square
We thought about buying this house, but didn't agree too much with all the algae
Canals, canals, canals
San Marco's Basilica. Very big.
San Marco's bell tower
Jess is the small one
Departing the docking bay on our 1st (an last for a while) gondola-gondole
In the middle of the canal
Casanova's home
Our perspective from within the gondola
Marco Polo's home (the white building. not the bridge)
Vivaldi's home
Jess & Chris in the gondola
Ah Venice...
What we have to ascend in order to reach Guell Park...
From the top
The sun drenched courtyard.
Dr. Seuss says...
Like out of a Dr. Seuss fantasy land
Gaudi is the master of the curve in architecture
More angles of the courtyard
The famous Gaudi dragon...
It just gets better and better
the courtyard of some stadium... but which one...
Olympic Stadium!
Constantly on guard overlooking the city
Catalunya National Museum of Art on Montjuic
we didn't go inside this time. Can't do everything!
Entrance to Montjuic (Mount Jew: housing Olympic Stadium, Catalunya National Art Museum, etc.)
It's like something out of a Tolkien story!
Can you see Chris?
There I am!
Isn't it beautiful?
Factoid: it's still under construction and is set for completion in 2080. 196 years after it started!!! Gaudi's still working posthumously...
More of the defense wall
Hooray for Barcelona!
Roman defense wall
El Museo d'Historia de Catalunya
I spent nearly 3 hours there on Tuesday. It was well worth it
The Old Jess and the Sea
One of the many beautiful buildings on the waterfront, at the end of La Rambla
A really big, really old church
Jess on a Gaudi bench!
A Gaudi Masterpiece: La Pedrera
An image of the Mediterranean
The Symbol of Madrid (apparently)
The Capitol is Very Beautiful
In the Royal Gardens
The Beautiful Royal Palace Gardens
Graffiti art was constant throughout Madrid
at first, I thought it suggested poor city cleaning. This is not the case. They clean several times a day. I suppose, graffiti is just accepted
The Prado and Jess
one of its many angles
Palacio Real
Cathedral next to Palacio Real
Plaza del Villa
remnants of OLD town
Plaza Mayor
Jess and I simply loved this plaza
Gran Via in Madrid
One of our first sights of the city
Europe
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