Paris/Barcelona/Lisboa

The Louve



Eiffel Tower








Paris Eiffel Tower




Rabbit -Barcelona outdoor Market







Morning after overnight train ride







Ola From Portagal!
The last week has been a whirlwind. We spent two days in Paris, saw the Louve (a crowded tourist spot) and the Eiffel Tower. Went to Riems, part of the champagne district in France, toured the caves of Pommery cellars and tasted champagne. We took an overnight train to Barcelona (six people jam packed into a tiny space!!),  all I can say is it smelled like feet! Spent a couple of days in the campground that was right on the beach and went to the aquarium (supposed to be the biggest in europe but we found it small). It was a nice aquarium though. We then took a first class train to Madrid that had a fancy meal and then another overnight train to Lisboa Portugal. The overnight was a chair that we slept in, not comfortable at all, but we are here and it is sunny and warm and very nice. We will try and post more pictures when we get the chance. see you all soon!
Heather and Tom

Amsterdam!!

Hieneken Experience






Anne Frank House




Friends we met on the Train






Hey everyone,
Amstersdam is tons of fun!!  We went to a couple of coffee shops.....(you know what we mean) just to check them out. We didn't indulge as it seems all locals do.  We also went to the Hieneken brewery and took the tour of the original place where it was all started. We have had a lot of fun and a considerable amount af rain one might even call it a torrential downpour to be exact!!  Maybe staying in the tent in Amsterdam was a bad idea.  Anyway, we are off to Paris tommorrow and we will update you again soon.
Heather and Tom

Germania

Holocaust Monument








Munich








Munich Pub Crawl






Berlin Wall





Brandenburg Gate





Hallo,
The last week we have been on the move. From Zermatt we went to Zurich for one night then on to Salzburg, Austria to see the sound of music sights (no laughing) and Motzarts birthplace. From there to Munich where we went on a Pub Crawl, don´t worry we had a drink for each and everyone of you! Maybe two!! After a few days there it was time to find another military base to send items home so we went to Ramstin Airforce base. At this point (just over half way!) we both caught a little cold...to many late nights, rain for a week straight, oh and did I mention the pubs? So we checked into our very first hotel of our vacation the Airforce inn for two nights in a warm cozy bed ( a good deal being only 32 dollars). We rented movies, drank hot tea, bundled up on the couch, slept late, and ate out! It was nice to not have to worry about anything and just relax! We were feeling rested and a bit better so yesterday we traveled all day to Berlin. Today we are on a walking tour seeing all the sights including the Holocaust Memorial, what is left of the Berlin wall, Brandenburg Gate, the grass that lies over Hitler's bunker, checkpoint charlie, and a ton more. Having a great time.
Auf Wiedersehen,
HeatherandTom

The Matterhorn

Hello Everyone,
Writing to you from Switzerland at the Matterhorn in Zermatt. Is absolutely breathtaking here, there are climbers everywhere waiting for conditions to be right to make a go at the mountain. The views here are so nice that we were inspired to do our own climb,  a hike from town to the base of the mountain to get some more views (we about fell over from exhaustion). When they tell you it is a two hour hike, they really mean two hours nonstop at a jogging pace.  It is really similar to the cascades up hear, but a little more extreme in altitude. We hope be able to post some pictures from here and the other places loaded up here. All is well with us, and we are having a great time. See everyone when we get back.
Heather and Tom

Pisa/Cinque Terre

We spent the last two days in the Cinque Terre, a beautiful national park that has trails through 5 little fishing villages, built into the cliff side of the Italian Riviera. It was great to get out and hike all day with the olive groves, vineyards, and sea all along the way. The views were even better than the Almalfi Coast. We are headed to Como lake country tomorrow (we were suppose to be on the train now but once again the public transportation system failled us and we missed our connection). On our way here from Florence we stopped in Pisa, jumped off the train, rode the bus to see the leaning tower, took pictures of us holding up the tower, jumped back on the bus then train to Cinque Terre all within an hour!! A whirlwind event. Will post pictures soon. Heather and Tom.

Florence

Hey everyone,
We are in Florence now, we saw the museo of scienza. It is really neat, it had all kinds of scientific insruments from hundreds and hundreds of years ago. It had a bunch of Gallileos telescopes and incline plane demonstration tools. Anyway, it was really intresting stuff. We also saw the museo Acedamia which has Michelangolos David statue. Very cool but you can't take any pictures, just like the Sistine Chapel. we are having lots of good times, the food is really awsome, and we will talk to every one when we get back.
Tom and Heather