Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Europe July 2016 with Stacy and Sydney


Dennis, Wynnette, Stacy and Sydney went to Europe for two weeks
 beginning July 23rd to August 8th 2016.

First we went to London.

We went and ate Fish and Chips - delicious.
UK Parlament.

Standing in front of Big Ben.

Tower of London.

Dennis and Sydney on the London Tube.

On a canal in Amsterdam.

Sydney and Wynnette enjoying the ride.

Sydney and Stacy at the home of Anne Frank.
City Hall of Amsterdam.

Notice the many bikes, the favorite mode of transportation.

At the canal of Amsterdam.
On the Rhine river near Koblenz, Germany.

Viewing the many castles.

View of a castle on the Rhine River.

Rhine River trip.

Love the travel together.

A unique home on the river.

Beautiful Austria near Innsbruck.

Dennis in Austria





St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, Italy.

Gondola ride.

So much fun.

A gondola traffic jam.

So many pigeons on St. Mark's square.

Standing in front of the Bridge of Sighs.

Loving travel in Europe.

 
At the St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral .

Posing with some monks near the cathedral.

St. Francis of Assisi.

Gelato in Italy.

Back on the bus, our mode of transportation for two weeks.

Dining together and loving it.

In Rome at Trevi Fountain.

Dennis throwing a coin so we can return.

Trevi Fountain now cleaned up and beautiful.

At the Pantheon.

At the Pantheon in Rome.

Fountain near the Pantheon.

Resting in Rome before we went to view more things.

Dennis at the Roman Coliseum.

At the Coliseum in Rome.
Love the Coliseum.

Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum showing the menorah from the Jewish temple.

We loved traveling to Europe together.

Tower near the Vatican.

At the Vatican.

Inside the Vatican.

Viewing a dead pope at the Vatican.

A list of the popes on the wall at the Vatican.

Dennis near St. Peter's at the Vatican garden.

Dennis at the Vatican museum.

Extra Roman guards at the coliseum because of ISIS.

 Roman Forum Doors to a Roman Temple.

Roman Forum.

Wynnette at the Roman Forum.

Stacy, Wynnette and Sydney at the Pieta by Michaelango at St. Peter's Basilica. 

The Sun God Altar at St. Peter's Basilica.

St. Peter's in Rome

At the Vatican Museum.

Pagan image in the Vatican Museum.

Papal Garden in the Vatican.

Wynnette at the Florence Cathedral.

Doors of Florence Baptistry.

Close up of the Doors.

Florence Cathedral where Michelangelo was buried.

The Florence Cathedral.

Florence City Hall.

A replica of David in front of the City Hall in Florence.

Such a famous statue by Michelangelo.

Wynnette at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The Baptistry at Piza.

At the Famous Leaning Tower of  Pisa.

Lausanne, Switzerland

Main office of the Olympics.


Yep, a gelato in France.


And delicious pastries.

Church in Beaune, France


Beaune, France

Hospices de Beaune in Beaune, France

Ah...Paris

The Winged Victoria at the Louvre in Paris, France




Mona Lisa in the Louvre

Wynnette in front of the Mona Lisa.

Venus de Milo


 
Notre Dame Catherdral

Interior of Notre Dame

Amazing window in the Notre Dame Cathedral

Fun things to see.

Joan of Arc in Paris

Versailles main gate

Versailles Chapel


Amazing Versailles


Beautiful door at Versailles


Versailles - wow

Beautiful

In front of the Versailles Palace

We all loved the Versailles Palace.

Being a typical tourist at the Versailles Palace.


Amazing gardens.


Beautiful gardens with beautiful girls.


Gardens in the back of Versailles

The sun god in a church in Paris.

In the back of a church in Paris.

We all loved Paris and our entire trip to Europe.

Finally we packed our suitcases and headed for home - happy.

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