Even more pictures....

Forgive me if some of these pictures are duplicates...I am trying my hardest to remember which ones i've already posted and which ones I haven't....there are just so many great ones to pick from!!!

Stepping into our maps....

In the center of this picture is the miniature Statue of Liberty as seen from the Eiffel Tower

The Vatican

Enjoying some great food...

More pictures

another picture of the one of the bridges in Rome ... I just liked how it turned out.


The original Statue of Liberty


Michelangelo's tomb

Back home in Starkville

Now that i'm back home and officially settled back into a routine, I thought i'd add more pictures to the blog. There are SO MANY to chose from that I don't know where to start. Paris, Rome, Florence, and Pisa were amazing.

Bridge in Rome, Italy


Justin and I in front of the Trevi fountain -- Rome, Italy


Pantheon Rome, Italy


Sunset from the top of the Eiffel tower -- Paris, France


Fountains at the Boboli Gardens -- Florence, Italy

Pisa...Home of the leaning tower...

Here are a couple of pictures from our quick day trip to Pisa. The leaning tower was quite cool. You could actually FEEL it leaning when you walked up the stairs. All 300 of them. We got into Pisa kind of early on Sunday and spent the day and rushed to the airport to make sure we made our flight back to Paris...only to spend the next SIX hours there because our flight was delayed and then the destination airport was changed from Orly to Charles De Gualle. It was quite a late night experience. We didn't get into CDG until after 2am and had to be back at the airport by 8am this morning to catch our flight back out.... Not sure what happened with the plane as the explanation was in french. Something about the Tour de France and Nice?? Who knows. I ate more gelato as we waited. What a shame.

Anyway, I write this in Houston, Tx. I'm back home...nearly anyway. I tried to grab on to the base of the Eiffel tower and hold on for dear life, but Justin just pried my hands loose.

FIirenze

Florence is amazing!!! Just popping online for a minute to update and give you a couple of quick pics. The pictures of the sunset and the Duomo are taken from our hotel (it is absolutely amazing!!!) and the picture of the two of us was taken from the top of the Duomo...463 steps up. I nearly DIED!!!! Will be home in a couple of days....blah. Reality will be a bummer compared to the life i've been leading the last two weeks.

Buona Sera.

Florence Bound!!

We leave for Florence, Italy in the morning...Rome has been amazing. On the one hand I can't wait to get back and share my experiences and pictures with you all, but most of me doesn't want to get back to reality. Once we leave here in the morning we won't have access to the internet until we get back to the states ... So I just wanted to say arrivederci!!!!