I am so grateful my dad was able to join me on my last trip in Europe this semester! Here's a glimpse at what we saw and what we did:
Exploring the city:
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Last week from 12-9-14 to 12-13-14 I was fortunate enough to visit beautiful Venezia, Italia with my dad. We couldn't have asked for better weather throughout our entire stay; although chilly, the skies were clear and bright blue with the sun beaming down on us each day! We were able to visit so many beautiful sites and even took the water taxi system one day to visit Murano and Burano, two islands of Venice. I am so grateful my dad was able to join me on my last trip in Europe this semester! Here's a glimpse at what we saw and what we did: Exploring the city: Murano - an island known for glass and the art of glass blowing: Burano - an island known for its lace and coloured houses: Rialto Bridge: Piazza San Marco/Saint Mark's Basilica at night and during the day: Bridge of Sighs: And last but not least...We rode in a Gondola with Antonio (our gondolier) through the Grand Canal of Venice!
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WARNING: If you are a huge Harry Potter Fan and have any intention of going to London and buying tickets to attend The Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour you may not want to scroll through this blog post! I was fortunate enough to go and take hundreds of pictures, many of which will be included in this post. I would hate to ruin the experience for you so please beware: THIS BLOG CONTAINS PHOTOS FROM THE MAKING OF HARRY POTTER WARNER BROS. STUDIO TOUR IN LONDON!!! The moment we stepped off our high-speed train from Paris to London we knew we were in England. Everyone was speaking English with their lovely accents and we felt more comfortable in this city than any other we have traveled to due to not having to try and speak a foreign language. From 12-6-14 to 12-8-14, The Fantastic Four adventured around London with the highlights of the trip being none other than ice skating at an outdoor rink at The Natural History Museum at night and The Making of Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour in London. London is another country that I will be visiting in the (hopefully) near future! Our weekend trip gave me a taste of how much the city has to offer and I want to spend about a week or two the next time I come to visit! Before I share a handful of photos from the tour, I took hundreds of photos, here's a look at what we were able to do and see during the remainder of our trip: Camden Christmas Markets: A night ice skating at an outdoor rink at The Natural History Museum: Big Ben, London Eye and Westminster Abbey at Night: The typical London Phone Booth tourist picture: To be honest a big reason why we didn't have enough time to tour more of London is because of the amazing Harry Potter Studio Tour. This is another activity that I would do again in a heartbeat but I would spend an entire day at the studio from the time it opens to the time it closes, rather than five hours like we did last weekend. Trust me when I say there's so much to see and we saw all of it during our five hour stay but not everyone got to participate in the interactive activities like flying on a broomstick, etc. For any Harry Potter Fans this is a must-see tour and worthwhile experience! I learned so much more about the production and a lot about what happened behind-the-scenes to create such an iconic series of movies for J.K. Rowling's novels. If you love Harry Potter this tour will blow your mind! (A piece of advice: make sure to bring an extra memory card; I didn't need to use one but I got pretty close. There is so much to photograph inside!) And I'll end this blog post with Hogwarts in the Snow...just sayin' IT'S STUNNING!
Last weekend I was fortunate enough to travel with "The Fantastic Four" (Christine, Jen, Risa and I) to two countries on my bucket list. First stop...France! With so many sites to see and so little time (we stayed in Paris from 12-4-14 to 12-5-14), I'd still say we made the most of the days we spent roaming around Paris. Before the actual sightseeing of famous tourist destinations began we wandered the streets of Paris... We then visited: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Shakespeare and Company - where I wanted to buy more books than I would ever be able to fit in my suitcase. The Love Lock Bridge - so happy they didn't cut it down (at least for now!) ...and took a lunch break where I finally got to try ESCARGOT! Snails are delicious! Well, the ones we tried anyway. I also ate some delicious salmon. Of course no trip to Paris would be complete without seeing the Eiffel Tower up close; it was stunning! Especially, when it glittered at night. The Louvre and Mona Lisa were a must and like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam I would like to come back and spend a whole day exploring the different exhibits. Two or three hours just isn't enough time to see and appreciate everything. Last but certainly not least, I got to visit the Moulin Rouge in person! "Moulin Rouge" is one of my favorite movies and to visit the real site in Paris was fantastic. There's still so much I would like to see and do in Paris such as see the Eiffel Tower during the day, the Moulin Rouge at night and meet my mom's best friend from college (who we tried to meet up with while there but our schedules didn't match up) so this was definitely only a see you later Paris. I hope someday I can make it back to France!
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