Want to see some extreme tourist pictures?

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I took full advantage of being a tourist in Europe (yes we had a fanny pack).

Here are some very typical tourist photos along with some other random photos of my recent trip to UK, Madrid, and Zug (Switzerland). It''s a mixture of buildings and nature shots. By far my favorite was Zug because its so beautiful there. If I could do the trip all over again, I would pay for a weekend stay and take a better camera

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Anyway, here they are!

The first is of a tree in London. I know its random for most of you but trees don''t change color here so an orange tree was very beautiful to me!

 

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Buckingham Palace!

 

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Statue dedicated to Queen Victoria and her 9 children (or so I think I heard...I was half asleep it was 9:30AM which was 4:30AM in Florida

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Westminster Abby

 

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P.S. Did you know there was such a thing as flood control on PS? LOL

 

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Big Ben

 

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London Bridge...although maybe someone can explain this to me because we were on a ferry and we passed under a bridge that said "London Bridge" and it wasn''t this one. Was it rebuilt? We couldn''t hear the tour guide on the ferry

 

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London "Eye"

 

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The next few are from Spain (and you will get the reason why I need a better camera). My camera was horrible at taking photos at night. I didn''t get to see much in Spain since I worked longer hours here than in the other places.

First is of Plaza Real (a palace)

 

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A Ham Museum LOL that was the name of the place "Museo de Jamon"

 

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Museo de Prado (Prado Museum)

I got there too late

 

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Random church by the museum

 

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And now for some nature shots in Switzerland. Beautiful, beautiful place!!

 

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They stole bread right from my fingers and then fought for it!! LOL

 

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These birds (ducks??) scared me! We were standing on the pier and saw them coming towards us at fast speed. So I ran away LOL but they were just looking for food.

 

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And finally...this is the way the houses look over in Zug. Beautiful.

 

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Oh and a PSA: Hug a Tree LOL

 

[MonkeyPie]

Oh that looks like so much fun! ACK @ the scary ducks. I hate when they attack for food, I get so freaked out.

Were you there for work or vacation?

 

[aprilcait]

Great pictures!!! Thanks for sharing! Zug looks lovely.

Date: 10/28/2008 11:05:33 AM
Author: fieryred33143
These birds (ducks??) scared me! We were standing on the pier and saw them coming towards us at fast speed. So I ran away LOL but they were just looking for food.

Those are swans

 

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I was there for work and never really got on their time so I was tired a lot which was unfortunate. I had a great time though.

 

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Date: 10/28/2008 11:13:01 AM
Author: aprilcait
Great pictures!!! Thanks for sharing! Zug looks lovely.


Those are swans

LMAO totally did not think of Swans at all. LOL

SDL--Didn''t know that! I really wish we could have heard the tour guide.

 

[Deelight]

Fantastic pictures , I love London very nice place to visit

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Love the pics, I hope you had a great time despite having to work!!!!!

I used to live in London, so it holds a special place in my heart.

 

[Skippy123]

Fieryred, those are great pictures!!! Did you see the crown jewels in the Tower of London? I love all the shots; you are sooo adorable!!!! Thanks for sharing

 

[Linda W]

Fiery, Beautiful pictures, I love the pictures of Switzerland. The swans aren''t shy at all. LOL. When DH and I were in Austria, they came right up to us too and snatched bread from us. HA!!!

I am so glad you had a wonderful time. Thank you for showing us your beautiful pictures.


Linda

 

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Thanks for letting me share!

Skippy--We weren''t able to visit but its on my list

I am really hoping to get another opportunity to head back there soon. I really enjoyed the trip.

 

[elrohwen]

I was in London for work last week too! Maybe we were on the same tour boat

The bridge is the Tower Bridge and the London Bridge is next to it. I think there have been 5 or so London Bridges over the years and #4 is the one at Lake Havasu (sp?) in Arizona that SDL mentioned. Apparently some rich guy wanted to buy it and more it out there ... I have no idea.

Did you take any tours of anything? I went into the Tower of London (mostly to see the Crown Jewels) and it was pretty cool.

I''m jealous that you got to visit Spain and Switzerland! I have always wanted to see Madrid.

 

[MustangGal]

I''ve actually been accross both London Bridges, the one here in AZ, and when I was in London last year we walked accross the new one there. I think the one here is prettier, the new one in london is just a normal concrete bridge.

Beautiful pictures!

 

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Date: 10/28/2008 1:09:20 PM
Author: elrohwen

I was in London for work last week too! Maybe we were on the same tour boat

The bridge is the Tower Bridge and the London Bridge is next to it. I think there have been 5 or so London Bridges over the years and #4 is the one at Lake Havasu (sp?) in Arizona that SDL mentioned. Apparently some rich guy wanted to buy it and more it out there ... I have no idea.

Did you take any tours of anything? I went into the Tower of London (mostly to see the Crown Jewels) and it was pretty cool.

I''m jealous that you got to visit Spain and Switzerland! I have always wanted to see Madrid.

We may have walked right past each other! I was the one with the map going "I think its that way" LOL

We didn''t get to do any tours except the normal bus tour. By 6PM we were falling over ourselves LOL. That was my fault though because on the plane ride over (we had a direct flight) instead of sleeping I watched movies (Baby Mama to be exact LOL). It was midnight when I realized that I should be asleep only to wake up 4 hours later.

Our team goes to London a lot (unfortunately not Zug or Madrid as often) so I''m secretly putting myself on those trips. I''m hoping no one notices what I''m doing LOL

 

[Dreamgirl]

Yay!!! Looks like so much fun! It''s a dream of mine to make it to Europe one day............

Thanks for sharing some photos