Family Portrait

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"But Mom, what if a train comes?"

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Europe

Anyone who has talked to Ryan or to me in the last 24 hours would know that we just got back from a two week trip to Europe. We had the time of our lives and took about 400 pictures. But to save time, I limited it to about 20 for you to see.

Our first stop was London. Here is Ryan in front of the London Eye.
We took a day trip to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath. Here we are at Stonehenge:
Big Ben:We went to the Wax Museum. I thought it was really funny to get a picture of Ryan with his "cousin" Brittney.
This picture is just for Kirt. Wagamamas:
Then we took a train to Paris. Here is the Louvre:
We went to Versailles. It was amazing and I can totally see why the people revolted. Here is the hall of mirrors:
Climbing the Arc de Triomphe:
This needs no introduction:
Notre Dame:
Berthillion Ice Cream (yes, it is that important):
Then we took a train ride to Rome:

The Coliseum:

St. Peter's Basilica and Square:
We ordered pizza at this restaurant in Rome and they brought us each our own pizza that was HUGE. But it was delightfully delicious.
We had some fun with statues:

Trevi Fountain was really close to our hotel so we walked there every day. Here we are at night:
The Pantheon:
And a special thanks to Clayton and Alyssa for watching our kids for us and (mostly) keeping them alive.

9 comments:

Madsen Family said...

Ahhh, I am SOOOOOOO jealous. I want to see ALL 400 pictures. Looks like you had such a fun time. I'm glad.

Unknown said...

Looks like so much fun!

Kim said...

Looks like you had a blast. I can't even begin to imagine how fun it was to spend two weeks straight with each other and no kids, talk about a second honeymoon. Glad you had a great time.

{Alynn} said...

A.MAZ.ING.

Jonathan, Ashley, and Family said...

Next time I'm going to have to lock you two up and steal your tickets! :D Looks like you two had a GREAT time, looks beautiful there and like you guys had a blast without the kiddos.

Cameron Spear said...

Was it that you were most grateful for them keeping your kids alive, or you were grateful that they kept your kids mostly alive?

You guys are the perfect tourists! Looks like it was lots of fun. Great pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

Emily Christensen said...

So cool. Glad you got to go and had such and awesome time.

Jeff and Erika Mitchell said...

Awesome trip!

Amanda Warren said...

Wow! That looks like the trip of a lifetime! How do you top that? The pizza and ice cream looked fantastic! Where to next? Scandinavia? Africa? South America?