Updates Abroad

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Potsdam Revisited

Roma Nunn^ Grandma friend I made who gave a tour of Potsdam.. we met again two days ago for a Berlin tour-- pics of that coming soon

Warsaw

http://polandpoland.com/allsaintsday.html

Warsaw Ghetto

Pic after war.. church only spared b/c it was used as nazi lookout (in the high tower)

Poland toys for the tourist demand

Stalin Tower-- hated among the warsaw people

Poland Today

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Friday, October 28, 2011

Took the train into Poland today! We will be in Gdansk until Monday and then it is off to Warsaw until Saturday! I had perogies and polish sausages for dinner! The trip is planned by our director of our program and so we have a lot to do but I am looking forward to learning about the country! ...also there are really cute shoes for $7!

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Amsterdam

Friday- Sunday (14.10 - 17.10)

Amsterdam madness

Map of Amsterdam from inside its History Museum

Canals!

Can you figure it out? Heres a bigger picture so you can really take a look. While there you can not see any strings or support. It took me a while but I think I figured it out...

So that was my fall break. I took two planes, one train, and an over night bus. I liked all of the cities, but missed Berlin! So glad I am studying in here-- definitely the best city in Europe!

Paris

Fall Break Continued..

Paris

Monday-Friday (10.10 - 14.10)

Eiffel Tower

First view of the Eiffel tower seen from my "apartment hostel"

Eiffel tower from the lawn in front of it... you cant help but take a lot of pictures of it

View from the top!!!

I went to the tower around 10 am and only two entrances were open. The one was the one pictured below, the other had no one! The catch was that the elevators to the first two floors were broken... but being a master stair climber I obviously chose this line! I only had to wait for the person in front of me to buy their ticket then I went straight to the second floor (really 40 floors) and then only had to wait for the next elevator to come to get to the very very top!! (That tall black building in the back was right by were I was staying)