so cheers to a phenomenal summer.
Europe was amazing.
pictures? yes.
I have a million and 1 so heres just the highlights.
The first trip to England, France and Italy for 3 weeks:
England:
London-
The group in front of Buckingham Palace.
That would be me and Rachel laying in the front.
Nicole, me, and Rachel infront of Hampton Court Palace.
The London Eye (the largest ferris wheel in the world).
The view of Big Ben from the London Eye.
Me and Big Ben.
Alex, me, and Rachel on the London Eye.
So 10 people in a phonebooth. Its the most our tour guide had ever seen, holla.
Our tour guide Ross pwn3d, as you kids say today. Thats the Tour of London behind him (where the crown jewels are).
Me and Rachel and the Tower Bridge.
A guard.
France:
Normandy-
Me and Rachel had a Titanic moment on the overnight ferry to Caen. I was queen of the world.
Omaha Beach
D-day house.
Rachel running down Omaha Beach.
Omaha Beach.
Me and Nicole at Omaha.
Rachel and I raising a flag during a ceremony at Omaha.
Rachel at the WW2 American Graveyard looking at Omaha.
WW2 Graveyard.
Paris-
The Eiffel Tour.
Me and Alex at the Eiffel Tour.
Alex, me, and Rachel at the Eiffel Tour.
Me and Rachel on the Eiffle Tour.
Rachel, Nicole, Alex, and me on top of the Eiffel.
Alex.
Rachel and me.
I met Eric on a riverboad cruise down the Seine. He's from the Netherlands.
Notre Dame.. and our Parisan tour guide.
Rachel and me at Notre Dame.
The Louvre.
The Glass Pyramid.
Venus de Milo.
Taylor and I with a little bit of Venus de Milo in the backround.
The Arc de Triumph.
The Palace of Versailles.
Rachel and me at Versailles.
Lyon-
A french man shopping for cheese in the market.
I think they're pigs...
The French ate Jesus.
Marsailles-
This is the church where Mary Magdeline's bones are.
This is where I had my homestay.
The amazingly beautiful beach. The south of France is one of the prettiest places I have ever seen.
Fabien, Alex and Logan's homestay brother and to the left is Nais, mine and Rachel's homestay sister (our families were friends).
Rachel, Alex, Logan, and me at the beach.
Alex and Logan's homestay house.
Mine and Rachel's homestay apartment.
Me and Lola, my homestay families cat. She was a true bamf.
Nice/Cannes-
Nice.
Cannes.
A flower in Cannes.
Rachel and Alex. I love them.
Italy:
La Spezia/Monaco-
A creepy picture above our door in our hotel in La Spezia. That was the worst night ever, Brittany waking me up "DO YOU HEAR THAT?!" then staying up half the night being scared to death then calling Wes and Eric only to be sung to and laughed at. lol.
Monaco.
The Palace of Monaco.
A man in Monaco.
Pisa-
A little town on the way to Pisa.
The Leaning Tour of Pisa.
Cheesy I know.
Florence-
David.
"Gate of Paradise". The door to the baptistery at the Duomo, the fourth largest cathedral in Europe.
Logan sporting some pig tails after our Tuscan cooking course.
Assisi-
My favorite hotel from the whole trip.
Rachel on the roof enjoying the wonderous view.
A monastery where we talked to a frier.
Me and Eric keep it real at monasterys.
Olive trees.
Me and Hannah enjoying the hats they gave us for our service project.
A castle I repelled off of during Full On.
Jono from New Zealand was my groups full on leader. He said I couldn't have his babies because he can't date girls with testicles, I was saddened.
Rachel and Me at Full On.
Rome- 
The Coliseum.
The Roman Forum.
Me and Eric at the Vatican.
The Vatican.
The Vatican..again.
Shannon, Hannah, and me wearing red white and blue hair clips for the fourth of july at the Vatican.
The Trevi Fountain.
Rachel and Me throwing coins into the fountain to garentee our return to Rome.
Me and Eric at the Trevi Fountain.
Christain (our beloved Belgian bus driver) and me at the airport.
Me and Astrid (our Austrian tour manager) at the airport.
So how bout a few pictures from my second trip to just Paris with my family for a week.
ok good.
The view from my hotel balcony, yea thats the Eiffle Tower *brushes shouldars off*.
Sunset at the Eiffle Tower.
Me on the balcony.
My two cousins and grandparents.
Watching fireworks at the Eiffle Tower on Bastille Day (France's independence day) from my balcony.
The Louvre
The Eiffel Tower.
Me and my cousin James whos a year younger than me. He's 6'5.
The Eiffel Tower at night.
Phew. That was a lot of pictures.
This has been amazing summer. I got to see things that most people I know will never get to see in their entire lives. I plan on living in Europe when I graduate college, hopefully that'll work out. Also every summer from now on I am going to do whatever I can to be able to travel... it shouldn't be too hard seeing how next summer I will come up with something then the next one I will graduate then I think my grandparents are taking us on a cruise to the Greek Isles or w.e my cousin William decides to do.
I am blessed. | 
