London, our final blog entry

For the sake of finality we have to complete our blog. Here are a few pictures of London, our last city before heading home! My friend Maria met us there and we had a great time checking out the sites and hanging out at the local pubs. The trip has been quite an experience, 4 months, 16 countries, and countless memories. Every penny spent was worth it! We both enjoyed traveling and were surprised at how easy it came to us. We both are sad that it's over, but looking forward to moving and seeing our families and friends. We also have to sort through 3,000 pictures we took on our journey. Yes, 3,000 pictures. Hope you all enjoyed looking at our blog as much as we enjoyed posting. We are now reachable by phone, yeah!! Hope to hear from everyone soon. I'll email links with pictures once we're in VA. I start my job on the 11th!! Wow, it's coming up too quickly. Love you all!

Brussels, Bruge, & Amsterdam

Here are pix of our last few days. The first 3 are from Brussels, the one with Trevor and the 1L boot glass beer is from Delirium Cafe, where they have 100s of beers on tap! The middle 4 pix are of Bruge, where we climbed to the top of the Belfry and went on a brewery tour. The scroll picture is of a cloth soaked with the blood of Jesus. The last 2 are in Amsterdam, the finial one is the Red Light District. We have been enjoying all the great beer, chocolates, and waffles. We may never come home! So sad, but there will only be 1 more blog entry. Tomorrow off to London for 3 days. We are meeting Maria there!! (Jake if you are reading this check your email to see your new Delirium shirt.)

Glacier Treking in Norway

Hi All, we made the long journey up to the fjords of Norway this week. We have been enjoying the beauty of the area. Yesterday we went climbing-hiking on a glacier, yes a real glacier! It was really amazing and difficult. We got a quick mountineering lesson and instructions on how to use the equipment and then off we went climbing up the glacier! Off to København, Denmark in the next few days to visit our friend from India. See you sooner than later!!

Berlin and Radiohead!!

Hello from Germany (well actually we're in Sweden now, but just updating you on Germany). Anyways...Here are a few pictures of our time in Berlin. The first 3 pictures are of the Berlin wall remains and the 4th is Checkpoint Charlie, where we got our passports stamped "East Germany." The next 2 pictures are of the Radiohead show. It was such an amazing show, we are still talking about it 2 days later, wow! Last night we took an overnight train to Goteborg, Sweden and will update from here later. And sorry we will have no reports on Swedish meatballs.

Prague, Czech Republic

Hi all, we are posting from beautiful Prague. The city is amazing! We are also enjoying delicious Czech beer thanks to Aunt Sandy and Uncle Pete. The first 2 pictures are at night in the main square after we took a Ghost and Beer tour. The 3rd picture is a hike we took to an overlook above the city. Off to Berlin today...Radiohead concert tomorrow!!!

Vienna, Austria

Here are a few pictures of Vienna. We were only there a short time. The second picture is of Mozarts paino that we saw at his old house and the last picture is a famous church in the town square.

The Swiss Alps!!

Here are a few pictures from our hike today in the alps. It was like nothing we've ever seen before. It ranks on top of the most beautiful places we've visited. The hike was amazing up through the mountains with vistas we've never imagined. We could see Eiger Mt along with many other higher peaks. We are uploading a video that we shot on the hike today to show you a glimpse of the views that we saw. Hope it works. Love you all!

Switzerland

We made an unexpected, but much needed stop in Switzerland to relax a little and get away from the crowds of tourists and the cities. We took the train up north today and stopped in Inerlaken, Switzerland. It's such a beautiful little town. We took a bus ride up into the mountains about 4500ft and went for a short hike before dinner. We'll update again soon.

Ciao Italia

Here are a few pictures from Venice, Italy. This was our last stop in Italy before heading to Switzerland. We had a great time relaxing and watching the gondolas while enjoying the last of our Italian food.

Tuscany, Italy

Ciao from Tuscany. Here are a few pictures from our last few days here. The bottom picture is of my cousins in Rome. The top pictures are in Florence and the middle 4 are in Siena. The picture of us drinking our cafes is thanks to Maria's parents (thanks Mr and Mrs Strum). Of course we had to include another picture of Trevor eating pizza. Yummm!! We are having a great time here, off to Venice tomorrow.

Ciao from Roma

Ciao from Roma!

We are eating our weight in pizza and pasta...the food is amazing. We are currently staying at my cousins house in Rome and have enjoyed spending time with our family and siteseeing. The pictures are of the Colosseum, a view of the Vatican from the top of St. Peters Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and of course Trevor eating pizza. Tomorrow we are going to Siena-Tuscany. We will post from there. Ciao.