Blogs from Europe - page 11602

Well, after making my way out of Rome, which turned out ot be as easy as I thought, but a much longer train ride than planned I arrived in Pisa. I was able to get in in the early afternoon so I took the rest of the day to head across town and find the tower. Pisa doesnt have all that much to offer, not that its not a nice city, just mostly the major touristy areas. After taking in what is one of the largest churches Ive ever seen, and a giant building that was a good 7 stories high and taking up probably about half a baseball field that was used soley for babtisms I took the regular pictures with the tower. Pushing it, holding it, standing in front of it (by the way ... read more

hello there. ok, first things first i suppose. today is bethans birthday, and she would have been 11 years old. its a well documented thing and i wont dwell on it, but suffice to say my thoughts have generally only been about that little bugger, but thats no different to any other day. so yes, despite me being fully aware that you never used the internet and that heaven still only has dial up, i love you, you little bugger you. so yes, an emotional day. gareth, danny and minor went to berchtesgaden today, and im sure they had a quality day. today being today however, i decided that i wanted to spend a day on my own, far away, and be able to be all clear headed and not have to talk to anyone. so ... read more

Today we went to the Tate Britain to see an exhibit called How We Are Photographing Britain. It was all about Photography through the years in Britain (obviously). It was absolutely incredible, I spent 2.5 hours in there and I didnt even realize it. Usually I get bored in museums but this exhibit alone held my attention and blew me away. It was crazy to see how photography has changed and improved from the beginning. After seeing the exhibit Bill, Alec, B-Town, Ellen, Meg, Mary Rose and I went through the rest of the museum (kind of in a rush). This museum is huge and we were all a bit tired. It was interesting though because there was this black line painted on the floor in the middle of the museum in some exhibit rooms ... read more

I LOVE GRACE!!! BY: Elaine -Grace is whining in bed.. Elaine: "Stop being a big baby!!" Grace: "I'm a SMALL baby!!" -Elaine and Grace are talking about going into town the next day.. Stephanie: "Can you get me a blow..dryer?" Grace: "I thought you were going to say BLOWJOB" -We just woke up in the morning.. Grace: "Do you think I should brush my hair today?" Elaine: "Sure.." Grace: "I think I will brush my hair, just a little." .. after brushing her hair.. Grace: "Man! I knew I shouldn't have brushed it!" -Talking about citrus flavored white sherbet.. (loud music in the background) Eddy: "Hey, what flavor is this?" Elaine: "Citrus" Eddy: "What?" Elaine: "Citrus" Eddy: "Jist?" Elaine: (I heard something else..) WHAT?! .. after he left.. Elaine: "Did he just say.. " Grace: ... read more

Ah, France. I was up at 7am and made a pot of coffee and basked in the silence and stillness of the day. It was the only peace I would have until I sat down to write this at 9:45pm. But what a day. The rest of the family got up at 8:10 and we were all dressed and out the door at 8:35. Caught the bus to the train station and a train to Brussels. All smooth sailing. We brought waffles and yogurt drink for a breakfast on the go. We were 45 minutes early to Brussels Zuid station so we sat and had a cup of coffee. We caught the 10:15 Thalys train to Paris. Boy did it go fast. It was only one hour and a half to get there. The kids ... read more