Finally, you get pictures from my Europe trip!
They'll be behind the cut because there are lots. And when I say lots, I mean 35. @.@ I'd link you to the facebook album, except that it's locked for non-facebook users and that just makes it difficult. (Those of you with facebook, though, might want to just go there, if this will be too heavy on your connection.) So, here goes!
First off, British Museum!
The tube 1 and 2, with Jenna!
Of all things, duck tours in London?
The outside of Westminster Abbey. Beautiful, beautiful church!
Red phone booth!
Punch and Judy - a restaurant located in the same place the original hand puppets performed in medieval times.
Parliament and Big Ben.
Walking along the Thames.
Drury Lane, from the nursery rhyme!
The London Eeeeeye.
Big Ben, from Trafalgar Square.
There was a Sherlock Holmes restaurant I passed while trying to find the British Museum!
Now, on to Scotland!
First stop on the tour, one of the lakes.
Another view of the lake.
Lake surrounded by more mountains! They were all so beautiful...
Hamish, the famous Highland cow!
Snow on the tops of the mountains. In freaking October!
More mountains, though from the second day of the tour.
Stirling Castle! The building that's on the plateau, that is. You might remember Stirling and Wallace from Braveheart, if you've seen it.
The Wallace Monument.
Lake connected to the sea. Look at that kelp!
Falls of Dochart. Such a pretty little waterfall.
One of the glens (valleys) as we drove up into the highlands. This one is Glencoe.
In the mountainous area known as the Great Sisters. The mountains around here, our guide said, are granite formations. That's why they weather rounder than our sandstone/metamorphic mountains over here.
Loch Ness 1, 2, and 3!
Taking a hike through the ferns and Scottish pines in the highlands.
More of the Scottish pines. Some of them look like large-scale bonsai trees!
Our guide, playing a tune on the bagpipes at the end of our hike.
Me and Jenna with our guide after a story about how kilts are irresistible!
A building in Edinburgh along the Royal Mile road (the road that leads to the castle) that I think used to be a church (might still be) and also has a cafe.
Cobblestone Royal Mile road. Looking in the opposite direction of the Edinburgh castle. Easy to see how all of the buildings are really close together and built tall. Very medieval style, and mostly just fixed up as they need to be, from that period.
Aaaaaaand last but not least, Edinburgh Castle! There's a wooden drawbridge before that first entrance, which was neat to walk over. I was sick that day, so didn't feel up to going inside the castle, but next time I visit.
Sorry it's so huge, but I wanted to share.
First off, British Museum!
The tube 1 and 2, with Jenna!
Of all things, duck tours in London?
The outside of Westminster Abbey. Beautiful, beautiful church!
Red phone booth!
Punch and Judy - a restaurant located in the same place the original hand puppets performed in medieval times.
Parliament and Big Ben.
Walking along the Thames.
Drury Lane, from the nursery rhyme!
The London Eeeeeye.
Big Ben, from Trafalgar Square.
There was a Sherlock Holmes restaurant I passed while trying to find the British Museum!
Now, on to Scotland!
First stop on the tour, one of the lakes.
Another view of the lake.
Lake surrounded by more mountains! They were all so beautiful...
Hamish, the famous Highland cow!
Snow on the tops of the mountains. In freaking October!
More mountains, though from the second day of the tour.
Stirling Castle! The building that's on the plateau, that is. You might remember Stirling and Wallace from Braveheart, if you've seen it.
The Wallace Monument.
Lake connected to the sea. Look at that kelp!
Falls of Dochart. Such a pretty little waterfall.
One of the glens (valleys) as we drove up into the highlands. This one is Glencoe.
In the mountainous area known as the Great Sisters. The mountains around here, our guide said, are granite formations. That's why they weather rounder than our sandstone/metamorphic mountains over here.
Loch Ness 1, 2, and 3!
Taking a hike through the ferns and Scottish pines in the highlands.
More of the Scottish pines. Some of them look like large-scale bonsai trees!
Our guide, playing a tune on the bagpipes at the end of our hike.
Me and Jenna with our guide after a story about how kilts are irresistible!
A building in Edinburgh along the Royal Mile road (the road that leads to the castle) that I think used to be a church (might still be) and also has a cafe.
Cobblestone Royal Mile road. Looking in the opposite direction of the Edinburgh castle. Easy to see how all of the buildings are really close together and built tall. Very medieval style, and mostly just fixed up as they need to be, from that period.
Aaaaaaand last but not least, Edinburgh Castle! There's a wooden drawbridge before that first entrance, which was neat to walk over. I was sick that day, so didn't feel up to going inside the castle, but next time I visit.
Sorry it's so huge, but I wanted to share.