Europe 2011

Kalamazoo Airport

Luxembourg

Locking mechanism on a chest

Our first cathedral

Going up to the castle…

Our first Eurocamp

Strasburg, France

Climbing to the top

Our first gelato!

The second Eurocamp,Herbolzheim, Germany

Market time in Frieburg

Driving into Switzerland

Our campsite in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Hiking in the Alps

Paragliders!

Glacial stream

Snow!!

Where we walked…

After the rain…

The Duomo, Milan, Italy

Each pane shows a scene from the life of Jesus

So tall!

Galleria del Vittorio Emmanuele…a shopping mall

Inside…

Our “Executive Suite” in Genoa

Our first Italian food…in a restaurant run by Asians.

Cinque Terra

The Via dell’Amore

We even went swimming in the Ligurian Sea!

Mercato San Lorenzo,

Florence

The Cathedral in Florence

Lots of people…

Inside the dome

This really is flat!

The Campanille(bell tower)

More Gelato!

Our favorite“Ristorante Pizzeria”

Wait…is that RAW pork?

The best water in Italy!

St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City

Our tour guide, Aaron

The Swiss guard

An incorruptible pope

The Coliseum

Street performers

Palatine Hill

Looking down at the Forum

Palace of the Vestal Virgins

The Spanish Steps

Obelisk in Piazza del Popolo

Carrot Gelato?

The Vatican Museums

In the Raphael Rooms

The Sistine Chapel

The Pantheon

The Trevi Fountain

Cooking in our “tent”

Back in Florence to climb the tower!

The Ponte Vecchio

Venice!

Basilica San Marco

Murano glass

Gondola rides

At the Grand Canal

Jon’s McDonald’s Trip

Hiking to a waterfall in Austria

Driving on the Grossglockner, the “most famous alpine road”

A real glacier!

Beware of rockslides…

…or not

Salzburg, Austria

Delicious pretzels!!

The crowning of Mary

What a huge snail!

German food!

Veal heart

Munich, Germany

One of Hitler’s administration buildings

Neuschwanstein Castle

Rothenburg, Germany

Munich’s Cathedral

Signs from the Netherlands

In Mechelen, Belgium

Eating at the foot of a cathedral

On our way home…

Chicago!