Sunday, June 19, 2011

Londontown

 heading down to the ministry of magic
 entering into buckingham palace (the middle gate is open for the queen's birthday parade!)
 this parade was in honor of the queen and carley. their birthdays just happened to be on the same day. what a wonderful surprise!
 the picture is blurry but that carriage contains kate middleton and prince william
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (in the blue hat)

 we plan on being back for the olympics next year
 trafalgar square
 hermione's time turner. it's how we were able to see so much and do so much while we were there
 portobello road
 notting hill
 london eye
 big ben and parliament
 westminster abbey
 buckingham palace



the best cookies ever made

 view from the london eye


 outside abbey road recording studios. people had signed this entire wall with beatles lyrics. so of course we had to sign something too!

 off to hogwarts!
 king's cross station (where harry potter was filmed)
 the leaky caldron (for all those harry potter freaks like me)
 millenium bridge (the death eaters destroyed this)

 gringotts bank (where hagrid retrieves the sorcerers stone from the potters vault)
 trafalgar square
 the national gallery containing van gogh, monet, botticelli, michelangelo, rambrandt, etc.
 so much yummy thai food. happy 20th birthday carley!
happy 21st birthday! with a ben's cookie of course

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

paris sweet paris, you stole my heart and my cash


 nutella crepes YUMMY
 louvre



 more crepes? ok
the eiffel tower

 cute cute parents


 arc de triomphe


 erin, is that you?
 the opera house. waved hello to the phantom
chateau de versailles

 the mirror room in versailles


 we were able to meet up with a few of our good friends from the italy program while we were in paris. it was so fun to see them!
our apartment for the week
 the notre dame. hung out with quasimodo and esmeralda for a bit
 love locks. they have these all over europe. you write the name of the person that you love and then lock it to the fence. so cute!
 moulin rouge
 montmartre. our favorite place to hang out, eat gelato, and watch the sunset over paris
 on top of the notre dame


 pompidou modern art museum

we are actually back from europe as of today! i'm sure we will start missing europe by tomorrow but for now, i love being home in sunny california. america never felt so good. i'm a little behind on the blog sorry! the rest of the pictures from our trip will be posted soon