Madrid

Madrid was the one place that all of us fell absolutly in love with it. The food was amazing and the people were so nice. We ate constantly at this food festival that was right next to our hotel. To give you a picture of it, let me describe one dish to you. They have a tank of fresh octopus. When you order ocotpus, they take one out, pu tit in boiling water. Then once cooked cut it onto the plate with scissors, spice it, and serve it. The food was so fresh and so good.

Barcelona

Barcelona was very fun. The Gaudi architechture and the food were my favorite parts of this city. Cynthia and I explored the Gaudi buildings alone one day, and had an amazing meal of gazpacho and pallea. We went to one of my favorite resteraunts of the whole trip in Barcelona. The tapas place had a magazine for a menu, where they told you the origins of all of the food.

Avigion

This is a very cool old city, where the pope temporarily resided. The old castle was fun to explore.

Paris

Paris. Highlights only since we spent a lot of time here. I went on a date with Sam, which was very special. Cynthia and I spent the entire day by ourselves in the Louve with the guided tour, where we had an amazing time. And of course cheese and bread!

Brugges

Brugges was one of my favorite cities. The old history of the place was very fun. The beer was delicious! We went on a brewery tour at deHalf moon brewery. We also followed Jack's instructions to a secret local bar that had a special and secret house brew. Finding this place was an adventure! We also spent a nice afternoon in the old nunery. The old clock tower provides a great view of the city if you are willing to climb all the stairs. We had delicous fires, waffles, chocolate, and mussels in Belgium.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a special city. the architecture was Cynthias favorite. We also were able to be there when th eNetherlands played in the semi finals of hte world cup. It was very exciting. My favorites from this city are the hundreds of bikes, the Ann Frank Museum, and our paddle boat excursion on the cannal.

Europe!

So europe blogging begins! Our trip started on July 4th, and ended August 5th. Our itenerary was as follows:

Amsterdam
Brugess
Paris
Avigion
Barcelona
Madrid
Rome
Florence
Obendorf (Austria)
Munich
Hiedlberg
Amsterdam


It was absolutly amazing!