So Eric went back to work the day after we got home from the cruise. All his Chinese friends were asking him to see pictures of the trip. They were shocked to find that he hadn't brought any. "You didn't take pictures on your holiday?" they asked seriously. Eric then shows them the pictures I posted on facebook. "How come you only took 6 pictures?" Funny chinese.
In reality, we have over a thousand pictures. I decided to expedite the saving, sorting, and blogging process because my computer is disappearing on Tuesday. It and the rest of our possessions will be moved to a shipping container that may or may not make it to Utah by September. We're crossing our fingers that the shipping process will go a little smoother in this direction. You may recall, our stuff left our SLC home the first week of July and we received the shipment the week after Thanksgiving. We think the customs process will be quicker on the USA side.
But back to the matter at hand. I'm leaving China on Wednesday and I wanted to share our Europe pictures before I left. Eric and I had been trying to go on this Mediterranean cruise for a couple years now, but the timing never worked out. This year, we made it happen. Eric's mom and dad joined us for the trip. We had so much fun. It was totally worth it, I would recommend this trip to anyone. On to the pictures. It's a small taste of what we saw, but definitely shows you how amazing our vacation was.
Venice
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| On the lock bridge |
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| Grand Canal |
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| St Mark's Basilica |
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| La Saute Church |
Athens
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| At the train station |
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| The Acropolis |
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| Arch of Hadrian |
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| Support buttresses at the Acropolis |
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| Theater of Dionysus |
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| Entrance gate to the Acropolis |
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| The Parthenon |
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| The other side of the Parthenon |
Ephesus
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| With our audio guides |
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| Overlooking the main street in Ephesus |
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| Pipes! |
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| Buried clay pipes for plumbing |
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| Betcha can't guess what these are |
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| Library of Celsus |
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| This is the statue of Sophia, which means wisdom in Greek |
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| Theater |
Istanbul
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| A mosque, we went here to see the tiles |
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| Gorgeous Turkish tiles |
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| Outside the spice market |
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| The spice market |
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| The Blue Mosque |
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| Inside the Blue Mosque |
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| St Sophia |
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| Inside St Sophia |
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| The underground cisterns |
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| Entrance gate to the Grand Bazaar |
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| Buying serving plates and bowls, mine broke in my lugguage :( |
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| Drinking lemonade in the Grand Bazaar |
This looks amazing! I want to go to that spice market! The ruins look sooo interesting!
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