First of all, after 3 days of trying to get on an airplane to Germany, we finally made it there! That was quite the adventure in itself. When we got there, we rented a car and started our journey. Our first stop was COLMAR, FRANCE. Abe went on his LDS mission to Belgium, France & Luxembourg, and Colmar was "in" his mission. He had never been there, so thought it would be fun to go. The town was so charming and it was fun to walk around and sight see.
Next stop: INTERLOCKEN, SWITZERLAND
I loved this place! The first night we went to the train station and picked up our travel buddies, Amanda (my sister) and her husband Mason. We got on a Gondola that took us up to the little towns in the Alpes, which have no vehicles. We started in Murren and then walked to another town called Grimiwald. The Alpes were huge and so pretty. Abe and Mason already want to plan another trip there in the wintertime to go boarding and such. While we were there Amanda talked them three into going bungee jumping 450ft over a glacial lake out of a gondola. I was happy to be pregnant that day... an easy out. It was fun watching them though!
CINQUE TERRE, ITALY
After spending two days in Switzerland, we drove to Italy. We took a train into the 5 cities and did the Via dell'Amore (Lover's Lane) hike. All the little cities were so charming and OLD. I loved every part of the cities, minus all the tourists. We also got some beach time in and rented some incredibly expensive lounge chairs on the beach. One of my favorite things here... Gelato!
ALICE BEL COLLE, ITALY
We stayed here kind of by accident. We randomly picked a place on the map to split up our long drive from Cinque Terre, Italy to Paris France. We arrived at our hotel pretty late and were wondering if we were in a bad part of town, or where in the heck we even were because it seemed like we had driven on so many switchbacks. In the morning we were pleasantly surprised to look out our window and see that we were surrounded by vineyards on the top of a hill.
ANNECY, FRANCE
This was another town we decided to stop at on our way to Paris. I loved this place as well. It was so charming and was right next to a beautiful lake.
LOOK at this gross bathroom that I had to go in. Not easy being 6.5 months pregnant and going in/on this thing.
PARIS, FRANCE
We spent the most time here (haha, 3 days). I loved our hotel and it was fun to go sightseeing. It seems like people always talk about how dirty paris is and how rude the people are. I beg to differ. It was surprisingly clean and the people were so nice. One of the days we walked about 7 miles and stood for several hours more on top of that. We thought it would be a good idea to see the entire Paris on foot. Great because we got to see so much, bad because I felt like I was going to die by the end. In Paris we said our goodbyes to Amanda and Mason who took a train into Germany to fly back home.
BRUGGE, BELGIUM
This was probably one of my favorite towns (out of Annecy, Colmar & Brugge). I loved the look of the buildings, the little town square, shops and I LOVED how everyone rode bikes there.
LUXEMBOURG CITY, LUXEMBOURG
We didn't actually stay the night at this place, but stopped by on our way back to the base in Germany. Abe served a lot of his LDS mission here, so it was fun for him to reminise a little bit. Unfortunately we hardly had any time to spend here because we were rushed to make it back to base to wait on a waiting list to see if we could get a room that night. I'm happy to say that we did get a room and didn't have to pull an "all nighter" on the streets or something.
Our travels home went a lot smoother than getting there. We decided to hop on a military commercial flight that was carrying a bunch of troops home from Iraq. It was only like $27/per person and was a REAL flight w/ flight attendents, hot meals, movies, etc. Well worth it. It flew to Baltimore, so we just stayed a night in Baltimore and bought flights home the next day. If anyone is Military and wants to travel to Europe via space A... talk to me first. We learned a lot!!
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dEFinitely not picture overload. I love seeing them all. You look so little for how far you are along in your pregnancy. I have never had a desire to go to Europe, but may be changing my mind after hearing how much you enjoyed it. I may be talking to you about military traveling though!! YIKES!
Love it!! We had so much fun with you guys!!
great pics! I bet you had a hard time deciding which ones to post!Looks like a lot of fun. Hopefully I'll be needing some advice in a month or so :)
That looks like so much fun! I want to go to Europe! I bet it was nice to spend sometime with your husband childless. But I bet you missed her a ton. All of your pictures are so beautiful.
Your trip looked amazing! Now, I want to go back to Europe and see more of it. I am so glad you made it there.
P.S. You are a cute pregnant person, but that's not a surprise! :)
wow I want to go to Europe! It sounds (and looks) like you had so much fun! And Nicole, you are so tiny for being nearly 7 months pregnant (right?), well, you look great and I loved all the pictures - thanks for sharing!
A. loved the pictures, so jealous of your trip, how fun!
B. you do NOT look 6.5 months pregnant, you look so good!
Oh and PS, Not sure that I've ever commented before but I love to blog stalk you and see how you are doing
Wow! Everything looks beautiful! What a great trip...once you actually made it there.
What a great trip. The picture of you guys on the swings is AWESOME. We will have to catch up so I can hear more about it!
Wow! How much fun. And how cute are you with your cute belly. So glad you guys got to go do this trip.
Very, very jealous. Reading this made my heart hurt a little bit. Ah, Europe. We are wanting to fly space A in February or March, so I will have a million questions. I'm glad you didn't have to sleep on the streets. Scary.
You're making me jealous! I've always wanted to go to Europe and this just makes me want it more. I've been AWOL for a bit, but back to blogstalking...watch out!
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