Celebrating 30 years together, Carol and I took a European Vacation this May. We started in Paris, then short air trip to Venice, fast train on to Rome, then a long flight to NYC for our best visit there ever. We are soooo grateful to God for our new lives, children and friends.
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1 First stop, NYC just to breakup the long flight. Great night's sleep at Comfort Inn Times Square and then off to hours of walking through Central Park.
2 Looking up at Rockerfeller Center at night.
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4 Beautiful Rockerfeller Center at night - looks like Christmas :)
The only cold weather we had
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6 Wedding at Rockerfeller Center
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8 Where's the fire?
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10 Central Park early Sunday morning.
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13 Taking pics for Jen.
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15 Tulips.
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18 A castle for Cecil.
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21 There is lots of building activity where the twin towers used to be in southern Manhattan
22 Blossoms.
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24 Greg was hankering for pizza all the time we were in NYC.
25 Lilacs.
26 In Paris... train to dtn Paris, we had an entertainer.
27 First glimpse of the Eiffel Tower.
28 The Hotel Monterosa - best breakfast ever.
29 Memories of the Metro.
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31 Took a river cruise along the Seine. Notre Dame in the background.
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38 Mini New York.
39 Closer.....
40 Mini New York.
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43 At the Louvres.
44 Abercrombie & Fitch !!!
45 View from our first restaurant in Paris off the Champs d'Elysees.
46 For Jen and Jenser
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48 Notre Dame.
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51 Locks on the bridge. Ours is the silver one that is nearest the camera on top, it has a blue band around the base.
52 Hmm The Louvres, closed on Tuesdays - who'd have thought............. :(
53 The Pyramid at the Louvres.
54 Outside the Louvres - they're closed on Tuesdays - what the heck...
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56 Shop window in downtown Paris.
57 Greg reckoned Cecil would like these...
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62 Inside Notre Dame.
63 Bridge near Notre Dame.
64 The Luxembourg Gardens.
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69 We must've walked 14 miles....
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73 Finally at the Eiffel Tower.
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77 The Eiffel Tower is massive when you stand underneath it.
78 Greg and the Arc de Triomphe.
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81 Tramway up to Montemarte.
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83 View of Paris from Montemarte.
84 Beautiful Montemarte.
85 Carol's cold.
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87 At the Louvres finally -
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90 Inside the Louvres.
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96 Crowding at the Mona Lisa.
97 He finally made it to the front. Why is the Mona Lisa so small?
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108 Louis Bonaparte's chambers
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114 The Venus de Milo
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116 Greg is holding our love lock on the bridge in Paris
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118 Venice............
119 The Grand Canal.
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121 The waterbus is a wonderful way to have a river cruise at just 6 euros.
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124 The canal outside our lovely Hotel Gardena.
125 Hotel Gardena on the right down the street a bit before the corner :)
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128 Just had a really tasty dinner :)
129 Hotel Gardena (orange building)
130 The Plaza in front of the Vatican
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133 Inside the Vatican
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135 Just ran into our dear friend Suzanne, we are 5000 miles from home in a city that has 250,000 residents and 250,000 visitors today and we see one of our best friends from San Antonio. It's a God thing.
136 Piazza San Marco
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138 Time for the waterbus
139 More Lovely Suzanne
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144 Chocolate plyers and wrenches :)
145 Our sweet niece Chloe told us to eat here, excellent authentic Italian food, but unfortunately they were too booked at lunch.
146 Beautiful gondolas
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152 For Cecil
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155 On the train to Rome
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157 It's enough to scare you, 250 km/h.
158 Greg says this guy looks like Rene Torres' brother. His name is Bruno, very hard worker and a happy guy lives in Venice Italy
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160 First view of the Coliseum
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164 The Arch of Constantine
165 Too late to go into the Coliseum - tomorrow
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173 The Palatium - ruins of stately homes
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179 The Vatican
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182 Overwhelmingly beautiful
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191 And there he is...
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193 Inside the Coliseum
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195 Old fashioned version of the AT&T Center
196 Palatine Hill
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199 First dinner in Rome. Massive salads and Canelloni in Fiorintino's
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201 Piazza Republique
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203 Trieste Fountain
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205 Spanish Steps
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209 Piazza Spagna
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211 Villa Borhese
212 Massive Tuna and Seafood Salads
213 Coliseum at night
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220 Best coffee ever in Venice and only 1.50 euros.
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222 the Guggenheim takes a tip from the Louvres and closes on Thursdays !!
