My Favorite Photos
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chaplaincy in Leeds
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statue near St. Marks
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Penny Lane in Liverpool
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Albert Docks in Liverpool
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graveyard at Bronte Parsonage in Haworth
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in Haworth
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Bath Abbey
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Jane Austen Centre in Bath
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taking the water in the Pump Room in Bath
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Stonehenge
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Platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross Station, London
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bridges in Newcastle
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on the Millennium Gateshead Bridge in Newcastle
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Edinburgh, Scotland
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frolicking with a random Chinese guy in Edinburgh
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National Monument in Edinburgh
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National Monument in Edinburgh
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overlooking Edinburgh
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on the ghost tour in Edinburgh
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Oxford
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with Helen Boyce for my HOST visit
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Helen's cat Molly
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Helen's cat Griselda
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backstage for The Mikado
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The Mikado
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The Mikado
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Amanda and I waiting and looking for Pat
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in Dublin for St. Patrick's Day
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St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin
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Patrick on Patrick Street on St. Patrick Day
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giant balloon dragon in parade
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James Joyce statue in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
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Penny on Ring of Kerry tour
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waving to America from Ireland
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happiest cows on Earth
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in Killarney National Park on our "worst trip ever"
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kissing the Blarney Stone
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warning sign at the Cliffs of Moher
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Pat at the doctor's office in Lahinch after falling down the steps at the Cliffs of Moher and almost dislocating his sho
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Big Ben in London
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Les Miserables on the West End
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our awesome front row seats at Les Miserables
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Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in London
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the Globe Theater in London
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Pat in the Globe
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the Mona Lisa, after a mad dash to find it because the Louvre was closing
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at the Louvre in Paris
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our first view of the Eiffel Tower
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I thought it was hysterical that Pat couldn't complete the pyramid because of his injured shoulder
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in Paris
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Champs Elysees in Paris
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being the Hunchback of Notre Dame
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in Nice, France
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the Mediterranean Sea
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in the Colosseum in Rome
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Colosseum
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my pope impression in front of St. Peter's
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in the Vatican
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in our hostel in Rome with our favorite foods
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Venice, Italy
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Venice
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in St. Anthony's Basilica in Padua
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on the Grand Canal in Venice
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Venice
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Pat impersonating one of our friends in a shop in Venice
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Venice
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our favorite group of ladies in Venice
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doing laundry in Venice
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Beethoven's grave in Vienna
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Vienna
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Vienna
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in Prater in Vienna
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Vienna
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Mozartstube night restaurant in Vienna
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at Dachau concentration camp near Munich
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Altes Rathaus in Munich
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liters of beer at Hofbrauhaus in Munich
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with the bronze boar in Munich
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Neuschwannstein
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the discovery of the Gare de Lyon gummy bear in Berlin
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site of Hitler's suicide in Berlin
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Berlin Wall
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Berlin Wall
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European Buddy Bear in Berlin
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Conwy, Wales
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scared in the Dewa Roman Experience in Chester
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Chester
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Shakespeare's grave in Stratford-upon-Avon
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being the bird lady from Mary Poppins on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral in London
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Globe Theater in London
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London
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Amanda "minding the gap" on the Tube
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my unamusement at the "No Ordinary Apples" ads on the Tube
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Gone With the Wind on the West End
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on the ferris wheel in York
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ferris wheel in York
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Englischer Garten in Munich
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Englischer Garten in Munich
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Munich skyline
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bar in Prague with the topless woman
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John Lennon Wall in Prague
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Charles Bridge in Prague
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memorial in Jewish ghetto in Krakow
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Krakow
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Krakow
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overnight train from Krakow to Berlin
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overnight train from Krakow to Berlin
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Berlin
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my animal impressions at the Berlin Zoo
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my animal impressions at the Berlin Zoo
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my animal impressions at the Berlin Zoo
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my animal impressions at the Berlin Zoo
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my animal impressions at the Berlin Zoo
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my animal impressions at the Berlin Zoo
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hike from Lewes to Rodmell
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along the Ouse River
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hike from Lewes to Rodmell
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hike from Lewes to Rodmell
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hike from Lewes to Rodmell
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hike from Lewes to Rodmell
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at Monk's House in Rodmell
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deer park at Knole
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Knole
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Kensington Gardens in London
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Kensington Gardens in London
Dover, Canterbury, & Knole
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white cliffs of Dover
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the English Channel
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city walls in Canterbury
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gate to Canterbury Cathedral; cathedral is unfortunately surrounded by shops and impossible to get a picture of
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Dane John mound
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ascending the mound
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looking down to walls and street level
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view into Dane John gardens
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deer at Knole
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Orlando is particularly fond of a large oak tree and goes there often for solitude
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Knole
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inner entrance courtyard
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the leopard is in the Sackville coat of arms and is everywhere in the house; here in the grand staircase
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"The Oak Tree" is the title of Orlando's lifelong poem; I wonder if the pub owners are fans or it's just coincidence
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Kensington Gardens in London
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Monk's House
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Ham Lane leaving Lewes, the beginning of my 3-mile walk to Monk's House
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rash on my arm from some plant that stung me going through a stile
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it's hard to take a picture of your own arm
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white cliffs along the River Ouse
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Dover turned out to be unnecessary
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one of the many styles of stile I would encounter
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the beginning of my self photography
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another stile
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graffiti in the underpass of the train tracks
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now well away from Lewes
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the path, which was sometimes very overgrown and sometimes not
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sheep farm
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cows across the river
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more stiles
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the Ouse flows in the direction of Rodmell to Lewes, so I was walking in the opposite direction of the current
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Woolf's body was discovered near Lewes
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this is where chocolate milk comes from
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off the riverbank, following a curve in the river
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hoofprints
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huge dandelion
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now approaching Rodmell; Woolf entered the river somewhere along this stretch
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leaving the river and heading into Rodmell
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glimpse of church behind Monk's House
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horses
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entering Rodmell
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view of Monk's House from the garden
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garden and neighboring church
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Virginia's ashes are buried somewhere in the garden
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Woolf's writing room; houses a display of photographs of her life at Monk's House
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side patio of writing room; there was a photo of Virginia, her husband, and others sitting here; I found it eerie
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Vita Sackville-West, subject of Orlando; I saw the armchair she is sitting in
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entrance to Virginia's bedroom
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outside of sitting room
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my darling copy of Orlando that made the journey
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front of Monk's House, though the back entrance in the garden was always and still is used as the main entrance
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Berlin 2
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waking up on the train
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a little cramped
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statue of Victoria, goddess of victory, on the Brandenburger Tor
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mural of happy East Berliners contrasted with the photo of protesters who were fired upon
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Trabi cars, small cars made of fiberglass
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Schiller Statue in Gendarmenmarkt
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statue at Konzerthaus
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book burning memorial in Bebelplatz
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Memorial to the Victims of War and Tyranny
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Berliner Dom and TV Tower
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you can see the cross formed when the sun hits the TV Tower...known as "the Pope's Revenge"
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sneaky rebellion of Swedish engineers brought in to help finish the tower
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alpaca at the Berlin Zoo
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elephant
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nutria
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orangutan
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giraffes
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orangutan
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panda
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meerkats
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lions
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I
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feeding time
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penguins
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bears
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Knut the polar bear
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other polar bear
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Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirche, left in its post-WWII ruined state
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Reichstag
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Krakow
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Wawel Castle
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Wawel Cathedral
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Wisla River
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walls of Wawel
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these signs were everywhere to keep off the grass, but we were convinced Wawel had a thing against shoes
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courtyard of royal apartments and state rooms
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Wawel Castle
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on the sightseeing tour
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Barbakan, part of the city's defensive wall structures
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I was amused by the children crossing sign with its huge lollipop
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crossing the Wisla
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square in Jewish ghetto where they performed sortings, etc., during the Holocaust...in Schindler's List...now a memorial
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empty chairs representing the people who disappeared from their lives
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huge Sanctuary of Divine Mercy
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good Polish beer
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complimentary shot of cherry vodka after our meal
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huge head statue in Stare Miasto
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Town Hall
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St. Mary's Church
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night train to Berlin
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Prague
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pints of Gambrinus at Little Las Vegas
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Tyn Church
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Jan Hus statue and Church of St. Nicholas in Old Town Square
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inside Church of St. Nicholas
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astronomical clock
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waiting for the astronomical clock to chime
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old marionette theater
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Franz Kafka Square
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in the Jewish quarter
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Jan Palach Square
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World War II memorial
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fountain of two men peeing into a pool shaped like the Czech Republic...I still don't understand the concept
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stairs of Charles Bridge that Tom Cruise runs down in Mission Impossible
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old water mill
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John Lennon Wall
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our tour guide
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begun as a memorial after he was shot
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now open for legal graffiti
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oldest pub in Prague, haunted by a patron who was locked in the cellar for not paying his bill and forgotten there
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killer stairs we walked up on our tour to reach Prague Castle
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top of stairs
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apparently they drive down them in the movie The Bourne Identity
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mini Eiffel Tower
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after hiking up the stairs
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one courtyard of Prague Castle
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amusing cat store and church-turned-hotel
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another courtyard of Prague Castle
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St. Vitus's Cathedral
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took 600 years to complete
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back of St. Vitus's Cathedral
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defenestration (throw someone out a window) on the other side of this building started the Thirty Years War
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St. George's Basilica
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Vltava River
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on Charles Bridge
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Munich 2
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Altes Rathaus where we watched the glockenspiel chime
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Feldherrnhalle
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Theatinerkirche
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Residenz
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Residenz gardens
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weissbier at the Hofbrauhaus
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Steph's pork knuckle and dumplings
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wiener schnitzel and potato salad
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eating our giant pretzel
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in the Englischer Garten
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Munich skyline
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York
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Steph on the ferris wheel
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view of York Minster
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huge Chinese steam engine on display in the National Railway Museum
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at the controls
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city walls
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ruins of an abbey abandoned when Henry VIII established the Church of England
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city walls
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York Minster
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inside a weapons store
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painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling
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The Shambles, a narrow street where all the butcher shops used to be
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the studded doors gave good back massages
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on the city walls
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our tour group
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Stratford-upon-Avon & London
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William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare coat of arms
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picture of Judi Dench and her husband at the reopening of Shakespeare's birthplace
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Shakespeare's birthplace
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actors performing in the garden
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at the White Swan Inn
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Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare is buried
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Shakespeare's bust and epitaph
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Shakespeare's grave
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first edition King James Bible
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foundations of New Place, where Shakespeare lived later in life and died
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back in London...St. Paul's Cathedral
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Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's The little old bird woman comes..." being the bird lady from Mary Poppins
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Millennium Bridge over the Thames
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Amanda in the Globe
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being a groundling
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the play begins...
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stage at intermission
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there is no stage lighting like in contemporary theater
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it is carefully lit to look like natural daylight, when the plays were traditionally performed
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cloister in Westminster Abbeu
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tower of Houses of Parliament looming over the abbey
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cloister garden
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Tower Bridge
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not London Bridge like many believe
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London Bridge is nearby and is not very exciting
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minding the gap on the tube
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cider ads that we didn't find very amusing...they said "no ordinary apples" and didn't picture apples
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Gone With the Wind at the New London Theatre
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Conwy & Chester
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view of Conwy, Wales
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mussel statue
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smallest house in Great Britain
inside - it was once occupied by a couple and later by a man who was over 6' tall
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tiptoeing through the tulips
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Conwy Castle
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seagull who was interested in what we were doing
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one of the gates in the wall around Chester
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ruins of Church of St. John the Baptist
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mini railroad in Grosvenor Park
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Eastgate Clock
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second most photographed clock in the UK after Big Ben in London
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traditional dancing in the streets
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entering the ship in the Dewa Roman Experience
dancing to the creepy mannequin's drumming
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Steph after the door opened and scared us
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scared and waiting for the slideshow presentation to start
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being the British tour guide
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enjoying the suit of armor
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the helmet didn't quite fit properly
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playing with the catapult
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my mosaic
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educational Roman latrine puzzle
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we built a hypocaust, an underfloor heating system
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I forgot my camera in the gift shop and this photo was on it when I got it back - fun people who work there
My U.S. Life
Into the Woods Production Staff
Fall 2005 - assistant stage manager - first show with Penn State Thespians
Into the Woods Run Crew
with the run crew and other assistant stage manager Sean Sadler
Thespians NYC Trip 2006
Spring 2006 - annual Thespians trip to NYC - waiting in line at TKTS
Rocky Horror Production Staff
Fall 2006 - assistant stage manager
PSU Dance Marathon 2007
Spring 2007 - supporting Thespians dancers in THON, a 46 hour dance marathon that raises money to fight pediatric cancer
THON 2007
with Kendra Harmison, stage manager who I was assistant stage manager under for both Into the Woods and Rocky Horror
Blood Brothers Production Staff
Fall 2007 - props mistress - Thespians production at the Boal Barn Playhouse, home of State College Community Theater
Hayride 2007
Fall 2007 - at farm for the Thespians hayride and bonfire
Assassins Production Staff
Fall 2007 - stage manager
Assassins Rehearsal Staff
doing a pose from the show with the 2 assistant stage managers, vocal director, director, and choreographer
Assassins Backstage
backstage crew huddle before the final performance of Assassins
THON Canning 2007
December 2007 - Thespians canning trip to my mom's - collected donations outside stores in Pine Grove and Pottsville
Camp Dragonfly 2006
June 2006 - grief camp for children held at Camp Swatara - in the pool with my first Little Buddy Brooke
Camp Dragonfly 2007
June 2007 - with my second Little Buddy Zarina
Camp Dragonfly 2007
with Pat and Sean (fellow Thespian and assistant stage manager)
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with Anthony, Amy Jo, Pat, Travis, Tommy, and Sean - Big Buddies - we played nightly games of 4-square
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in the pool with our Little Buddies
Camp Dragonfly 2007
Big Buddy pyramid
Summer 2007
my first car - lived in State College - worked at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center and the Boal Barn Playhouse
Shaver's Creek
with a screech owl, one of the many birds of prey I helped maintain
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Shaver's Creek
with a black rat snake - also tended other snakes, turtles, toads, etc.
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great-horned owl
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Shaver's Creek
great-horned owl?
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showing Sean, Pat, and our friend Jess around
Summer 2006
at Belmar Beach with Amy Jo and Anthony
Summer 2006
New Year's Eve 2007
ringing in 2007 at my mom's
Winter 2006-2007
iceskating with Amy Jo
Washington D.C.
Winter 2007 - at the Reflecting Pool
Washington D.C.
the White House - attended a week-long seminar about women and science policy
Washington D.C.
Department of Agriculture
NYC 2006
at Ellis Island on a trip with the PSU honors college - found the Mauro name
NYC 2006
HOBY 2006
May 2006 - Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Conference - associate facilitator - with facilitator Jason and our group
HOBY 2007
May 2007- facilitator -with my group of high school sophomores- lead them through various leadership-building activities
NYC 2008
my mom Sue and sister Ashley on top of the Empire State Building
NYC 2008
NYC 2008
at the Martha Stewart Show
NYC 2008
my mom asking Martha Stewart a question
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Martha Stewart talking to my mom
Chickens
some of my mom's chickens
Chickens
Chickens
Ducks
Opie
my sister Ashley's cat Opie
Tiki
my cat Tiki
Ruby
my dog Ruby as a wee puppy
Ruby
Berlin
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train stop in city of Jena
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long story short, we discovered a gummi bear lost in my purse since Vienna
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Brandenburger Tor
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Reichstag
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entrance of the Reichstag
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on the roof of the Reichstag
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Brandenberger Tor from roof
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glass dome of the Reichstag
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inside glass dome
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ascending in glass dome
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top of dome
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looking down into the government chambers
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beginning of walking tour, hotel where Michael Jackson dangled baby out window
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Brandenburger Tor
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Holocaust Memorial
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inside Holocaust Memorial
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site where Hitler's bunker used to be underground
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approximate location where Hitler committed suicide down in his bunker
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bomb damage
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old Luftwaffe headquarters
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used to be Luftwaffe headquarters, then Soviet ministry, now tax office
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massive intimidating door at old Luftwaffe headquarters
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huge imposing building to demonstrate the might of Germany & later Soviet Union
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mural of happy East Germans where protesters were later fired upon
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remains of Berlin Wall
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now has to be fenced off so people don't take too much of it as souvenirs
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cobblestones around the city marking where the Berlin Wall used to stand
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if you can read it you're on the western side of the wall
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Checkpoint Charlie
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one of the Twin Churches at Gendarmenmarkt, the German one
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the French one
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Konzerthaus and Schiller statue
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Humboldt University
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Bebelplatz, site of Nazi book burning
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book burning memorial
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Heinrich Hesse, 1820: ""Wherever they burn books...
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...they will also, in the end, burn human beings."
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Unter den Linden, Berlin's Champs Elysees
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Fernsehturm (TV Tower) shrouded in clouds
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Memorial to the Victims of War and Tyranny
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roof is open to the elements
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Berlinerdom on Museum Island
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slogan and chant in protests to bring down the wall
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very old public toilet
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one of the many Berlin Buddy Bears around the city
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with the European Buddy Bear
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Fernsehturm at night
Munich
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remains of train platform and tracks at Dachau
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entrance gates
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Work Will Set You Free
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Jourhaus
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part of memorial
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view of barracks from roll call area
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memorial now in part of roll call area
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inside bunker where specialist prisoners were kept
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bunks inside rebuilt barracks
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later bunks that allowed more people to be crammed in
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where barracks used to stand
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trench and various fences around perimeter of camp
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The Unknown Prisoner monument near crematoriums
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entrance to gas chamber disguised as showers, never used at Dachau
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Rathaus Tower with famous glockenspiel
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close-up of glockenspiel
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Frauenkirche
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with our liters of Hofbrau
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a little later in the evening
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interior of Hofbrauhaus
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oom pah pah band
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large barrel lid in entrance
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Hofbrauhaus
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Max-Joseph Platz and National Theater
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Feldherrnhalle
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honors the Bavarian Army
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scene of demonstration by followers of Hitler; Hitler jailed & wrote Mein Kampf
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Theatinerkirche
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bronze boar whose nose is rubbed for good luck
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monk symbol of Munich
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view of Alps from train on our way to Fussen
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early peak at Neuschwanstein
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town of Hohenschwangau
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Alpensee
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Schloss Hohenschwangau
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built on the foundations of a medieval fortress
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construction began in 1833
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view out of window inside the castle...the only pictures we were allowed to take
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opened as a museum after death of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria in 1912
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Alpensee
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approaching Neuschwanstein
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view over castle wall
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it's the most photographed building in Germany, as you'll see
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construction began in 1869
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designed by Christian Jank, a theatrical set designer, not an architect
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Neuschwanstein, the castle of the Swan Knight Lohengrin
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constructed stopped in 1886 when Ludwig was found drowned
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Marienbrucke in the gorge behind the castle
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view of valley on hike to Marienbrucke
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Schloss Hohenschwangau
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gorge below Marienbrucke
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finalist in selection of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007
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on Marienbrucke
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Vienna
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model of Stephansdom
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eek
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beautiful roof
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Mozart's house
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Staatsoper (State Opera)
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Goethe, author of Faust
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born in Frankfurt, Germany...not sure what he's doing in Vienna
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Mozart statue
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Pat and the National Library
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Maria Theresa statue
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entrance to royal apartments and Spanish Riding School
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dome inside entrance
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Spanish Riding School
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more of Hofburg
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Zentralfriedhof
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2.5 million people are buried there
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random lovely graves
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Soviet war memorial
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Beethoven
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Strauss
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Mozart statue, buried in nearby St. Mark's cemetery
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Schubert
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Brahms
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Pat amongst the greats
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hey it's Beethoven
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war memorial
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Karlskirche
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Brahms statue around Karlskirche
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a new addition
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I wasn't as large as the other lady
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Hundertwasserhaus
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interesting section of the normal building peeking through
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yes, the Toilet of Modern Art
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we only had enough change for Pat to use it, so I took pictures
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we spent a lot of time on metros and felt that it should be documented...excited
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I look less excited to be on the metro
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more colorful than those in other cities
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globe at Prater...North America
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Europe!
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that's where we are
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globetrotting
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beginning of our attempts to get a good picture with the globe
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I'm already skeptical
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now if only it was in the center
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closer
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almost
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yes!
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Riesenrad
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we declared this was Jack, my sister's cat
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Jack attack
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carousel with real ponies
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Geister Schloss
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I enjoyed the German names
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ride with trashy American theme :)
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in the freakshow
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our Stiegls at Mozartstube
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Schonbrunn
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side garden
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rear balcony
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addressing the Wieners
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extensive grounds
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Venice
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on the train to Venice
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Pat's injured arm is becoming a claw
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bored on a long train ride
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square where our hostel was
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end of Cannaregio canal looking towards the mainland
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beautiful night to arrive
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along Cannaregio
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St. Anthony's Basilica
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wonderful lighting inside
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St. Anthony's Tomb...blurry because I was reprimanded while taking it
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trying to secretly take a picture of dome but too difficult with dim lighting
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sunny park in Padua
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back in Venice
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gondolas and gondoliers
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on Rialto Bridge
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Grand Canal
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Rialto Bridge
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along the Grand Canal
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woodworker's shop
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Carnevale masks hanging from the ceiling of a shop
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amazing animal masks
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in Piazza San Marco
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campanile or bell tower
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St. Mark's Basilica
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Palazzo Ducale
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we loved these Venetian ladies in their furs
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at the laundromat
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waiting for our laundry to finish
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excited to be doing laundry
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waiting at the train station
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Vienna here we come
Rome
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Colosseum
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once held 50,000 people
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completed in 80 AD
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cells, ramps, & elevators used to get animals and men into the arena from below
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would be flooded to stage naval battles
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used for housing and many different things when gladiator matches stopped
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ruins in surrounding hills
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Palantine Hill where a wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome
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Arco di Constantino
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lots of these guys floating around to charge tourists for pictures..fun job
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more ruins around the Colosseum
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Tomb of the Milite Ignoto (Unknown Soldier)
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Trevi Fountain
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designed by Nicola Salvi
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custom to build a fountain at the end of an aqueduct
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St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
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outside St. Peter's
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my best pope impression
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in St. Peter's Square
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view of Vatican City from Ponte Sant' Angelo over the Tiber River
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the Pantheon
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famous concrete dome
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exiting the Pantheon
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Triton Fountain
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by Giovanni Bernini
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relaxing after a long day of sightseeing
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Pat with his Pringles and snack cakes
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Vatican Museums
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excited for the Sistine Chapel
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still excited, still following signs
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reminded us of the Cliffs of Moher warning sign...no fall this time though
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one of many more signs, but still no Sistine Chapel
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our reflective, appreciative faces after seeing the Sistine Chapel
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Nice
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lots of palm trees
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beautiful park near a casino
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the Mediterranean Sea
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fun pebble beach
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silly pictures
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lots of beautiful parks and hotel/casinos
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table I was sitting at outside the hostel writing my travelogue
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Paris
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Venus de Milo
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Mona Lisa
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in one of the Louvre galleries
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Liberty Leading the People
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inside the pyramid
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in the inner courtyard of the Louvre
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pyramid with Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in background
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
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Eiffel Tower
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playing with my camera's timer setting
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Pat can't raise his arm because of his shoulder injury
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in Versailles
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chapel
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bust of Louis XIV
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in the Hall of Mirrors
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the queen's bed
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Marie Antoinette
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in the gardens
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view of chapel from outside
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our hostel in Paris
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Eiffel Tower
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underneath
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huge base
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carrousel at base of Eiffel Tower
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second carrousel further away
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on the Champs-Elysees
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Arc de Triomphe
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movie titled Step Up 2 in the U.S....Sexy Dance 2 to the French
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along the Seine
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Notre Dame
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my Quasimodo photo
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gargoyles
London
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lion in Trafalgar Square
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Nelson monument in Trafalgar Square
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London Eye
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Big Ben
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Queen's Theatre, where we saw Les Miserables
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best seats in the house
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Piccadilly Circus
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where Prince Charles lives
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Wellington monument
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Queen Victoria memorial in front of Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace
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Big Ben and London Eye
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Westminster Abbey
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crossing the Thames...Houses of Parliament and London Eye
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Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
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Pat and London Eye on sightseeing bus
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where the Prime Minister (Gordon Brown) lives
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Nelson monument
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fountains in Trafalgar Square
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George Washington statue with American soil underneath it
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spoof of "Into the Woods," a show that I worked on at PSU
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building used as Gringott's Bank in Harry Potter
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building with shrapnel damage from WWII
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Fleet Street, home of Sweeney Todd
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barber shop sign on Fleet Street
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Tower Bridge
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HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge
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London Bridge
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crossing the Tower Bridge
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Tower of London
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Tower Bridge and Tower of London
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church where William Penn was baptized
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Thames and some of St. Paul's
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Globe Theatre
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stage in the Globe
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seating built for acoustics, not visibility
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they use no microphones or lighting (performances are in the afternoon)
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ceiling represents the heavens and god characters can enter through trap door
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crossing the Thames on foot bridge
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The Mikado
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advertisement board outside of theater
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director and lighting designer plotting lights
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male costumes
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female costumes
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scaffolding used to work with the lights
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back of auditorium and balcony
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stage after tech rehearsal
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backdrop
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my first noose knot
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noose and a lute guitar I made out of big wooden spoon used for another musical
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prop table
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woods store/workshop
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photos from backstage during dress rehearsal
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Ko Ko and female chorus
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female chorus
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"Three Little Maids from School"
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Katisha; I like the view of orchestra, haze, and spotlight
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chorus
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Mikado and Katisha
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chorus with Yum Yum and Nanki Poo on stage extension
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the directors giving notes to the cast
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Ireland
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Amanda in the Victoria Quarter in Leeds
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looking for Pat at the bus station
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Pat's arrival
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boarding the plane to Dublin
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St. Patrick's Day parade
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amazing balloons
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Patrick on Patrick Street on St. Patrick's Day
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more amazing ballonons
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the ceili
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in St. Stephen's Green
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King Puck statue on Ring of Kerry tour
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traditional old Irish cottage
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Irish wolfhounds
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eating some peat with another King Puck statue
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Penny, a dog that was hanging around
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hawthorn along the peninsula
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first view of the Atlantic
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Charlie Chaplin statue in Waterville
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he liked to vacation there
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beach at Waterville
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Virgin Mary statue
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view from mountain pass looking back towards Waterville
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the Atlantic! after this the next stop is America
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me waving at America
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lucky cow
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village of Sneem
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river in Sneem
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looking down through bridge over the river
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in Killarney National Park
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we don't look happy to be there, but it was actually just the sun in our eyes
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Pat doing a heel click
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Blarney castle
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kissed the Blarney Stone; dark patch of rock behind my head; note the elevation
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emerging after kissing the Blarney Stone
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view of Blarney Stone from below; you can see the black bars in previous 2 pics
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in the Great Hall
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being a leprechaun
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Cliffs of Moher
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note the awesome cave left of center
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Pat and Lance in the high winds
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Pat is being blown towards the camera
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looking inland
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tower at highest area of cliffs
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perhaps even windier
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interesting danger sign, but not without reason
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Pat in the waiting room at the doctor's
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our last stop in Ireland
HOST Visit
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Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford
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bust outside Sheldonian
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covered market
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Helen buying vegetables
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spiral stairs in Carfax Tower
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weather vane on top of Carfax Tower
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view from Carfax Tower
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me in the City of Dreaming Spires
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more spiral stairs
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Oxford Castle
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view from castle of mound and city
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my host Helen
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in the crypt
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in the prison section
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my mugshot...trying to look like a shady criminal
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looking into one of the schools of University of Oxford
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Molly
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Grizelda
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Ollie
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at the lake
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thatched roof
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church listed in Domesday Book
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Grand Union Canal
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Helen's house
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Edinburgh
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Angel of the North
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site of public executions in the Grassmarket
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Greyfriar's Graveyard
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view through Flodden Wall at George Heriot's School
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view of George Heriot's School...definitely Hogwarts
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view of Edinburgh Castle
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Covenanter's Prison...domed tomb is Mackenzie's
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Greyfriar's Bobby
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where Harry Potter was born
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back of The Elephant House facing Greyfriar's...room where I had dinner
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Deacon Brodie's Tavern
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view of Old Town
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Scottish Monument to Sir Walter Scott
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Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat
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random Chinese guy on our tour who wanted to join my frolic
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Laura, Steph, me, and Natalie on Calton Hill...it was so windy!
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facing Old Town
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National Monument
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facing the Firth of Forth
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funny place to find Abraham Lincoln...Civil War monument for Scottish soldiers
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on the Scotch Whiskey Experience ride
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on the Ghost Tour in Greyfriar's
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Greyfriar's Bobby's grave
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Edinburgh Castle
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one of many gates and Lang Stairs
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1 o'clock gun
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St. Margaret's Chapel
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with Mons Meg
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World War memorial building
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looking towards Calton Hill
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Great Hall and beautiful ceiling
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Scottish Monument
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Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh College of Art where Sean Connery used to nude model for money
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Advocate's Close, very similar to underground Mary King's Close
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St. Giles Cathedral
Newcastle
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Castle Keep
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Great Hall
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lots of spiral stairs
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Great Hall
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on the roof
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Tyne River
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going up into a tower
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Steph enjoying the view
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Chinatown
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Earl Grey monument
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lots of stairs
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High Bridge
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Tyne Bridge
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Millennium Gateshead Bridge
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the whole thing tilts to allow ships to pass
Stonehenge
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our bus to Stonehenge
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King's Cross train station in London
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site of Platform 9 3/4 in Harry Potter
Bath
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Bath Abbey
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organ pipes
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on the sightseeing tour
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Pulteney Bridge on the River Avon
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Bath Abbey
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Royal Crescent part 1
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Royal Crescent part 2
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Royal Crescent part 3
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Royal Crescent part 4
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Gay Street
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the Circus
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at the Jane Austen Centre
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with Jane Austen
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a naval officer like she has in many novels
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view of Abbey from Roman Baths
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looking down into baths
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some of the ruins
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the drain which smelled awful
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pool of offerings to the goddess I threw in my two pence
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taking the waters in the Pump Room
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Bath Abbey at night, before our ghost walk
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more sightseeing
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Royal Crescent
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Parade Gardens
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Pulteney Bridge
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Haworth
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the real steam locomotive that took us from Keighley to Haworth
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enjoying the antique train
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view of Haworth and part of the long uphill climb
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a shop showing the influence of being in Bronte country
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older section of Haworth...the quaintest street I've ever been on
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pub where I had a Yorkshire pudding and a pint for lunch
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view of church from Bronte Parsonage
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church where the Bronte family tomb is located
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Bronte Parsonage from the graveyard
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Heathcliff's prop headstone from the movie Wuthering Heights with Ralph Fiennes
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not quite as famous as Penny Lane
Liverpool
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Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria memorial
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Liverpool Town Hall
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grand staircase and Elizabeth II painting in Town Hall
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Town Hall dome reads "God has bestowed these blessings upon us."
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pub where I had bangers and mash amusing because it is a pub in Harry Potter
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"Ye Hole in Ye Wall"...good name
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Steph in those famous telephone booths
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Boer War memorial outside of St. George's Hall
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on the Magical Mystery tour George was born inside the window behind me
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used to be a Salvation Army children's home where John played on the grounds
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Penny Lane, along which John would travel to school
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Paul's last home in Liverpool where many famous songs were written
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Cavern Pub with Cavern Club nearby...famous music quarter
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wall of Cavern Pub that displays the people who played there
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building topped with "Liver Birds," the city symbol
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Albert Dock
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outside the Maritime Museum, anchor from the HMS Conway
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Leeds
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Parkinson Building at the main entrance to the university
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church that is actually uni offices
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church?
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church?
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actually, a night club! there's also a restaurant and bar
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typical row of houses, offices, shops, etc.
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Great Hall
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Roger Stevens Building- filled with lecture halls, where most people have class
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fountain outside of Roger Stevens
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another view of Roger Stevens
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my current niche
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Music Building
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The Eldon, a pub on my block
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a library? not quite- like the churches, this is a pub too
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The Library
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statue in the common across from my flat
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Queen Victoria memorial
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Leeds Town Hall
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City Square with statue of Prince Edward, the Black Prince
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St. Marks
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Ladybug magnet I found in my window.