Poland

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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Amsterdam

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!

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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)

The other line to get to the second floor-- I couldnt even get the whole line in the picture

Centre Pompidou

View from my "apartment hostel"  

Locked Locks on bridge

La' Defense

Crazy new area outside of Paris

Distant view of La Defense from Arc de Triomphe

London

Fall Break!

London:  Friday - Monday (7/10 - 10/10)

Packing a small bookbag for 10 days?  Reminded me of travels with Cassie-- total pros

Classic adventure picture

Easy Jet-- tiny plane with everybody packed in

View over England

Super steep escalators to get the metro

London "Egg"  "Gherkin"

Phone booth

Stonehenge

 Lloyds of London 

Camden- like a Las Vegas strip but instead of lights it puts giant things on its walls.

Frankfurt am Main and Oktoberfest

Stolen pictures from facebook because I didnt bring my camera with me to the tents.

Frankfurt am Main

View from hostel

Frankfurt's Memorial.. remember the one in Berlin.. the bookshelves underground?

Tomorrow I leave for my week break!  Visiting London, Paris and Amsterdam!

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