Europe Vacation 2006

"Lines Composed A Few Miles Above the Center for Really Neat Research..."

Our Europe Vacation, Spring/Summer 2006

Our tour with Rick Steve's Through the Back Door was wonderful! We will miss our guides, driver, and fellow tour members very much.

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We were led by our courageous, intelligent, funny, and fashionable Rolinka. "Wakey, wakey" and "the Big Message" will be indelibly burned into our memories.

Rolinka in Rome

Rolinka in white and green, our first night in Rome on our way to the Trevi Fountain.

Rolinka and her assistant guide, Dominique (behind on the right). We were in good hands.

Rolinka in Rome

Katie with the master, Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Rolinka and Dominique

And me, too. I'm going to hell for such irreverence. It's not my fault, Katie made me do it.

Perhaps we were a bit overexcited, but how can you not get excited about a guy who does things like this ...

and this ...

David

The statue above is a replica standing in the square of the Uffizi. The original David is in the Florence Academy which we visited but no picture-taking was allowed, and I did not dare disrespect the master. Likewise for the Sistine Chapel, no pics, alas.

The Swiss Alps were beautiful

Swiss Alps