Europe Part 6 - Florence and Rome, Italy

Last stop: Italy!


The train station in Milan.
















We found the new GU in Florence building. They were all locked up for the holidays, but it looks quite nice.
















One of the hotels we used to live in.
















The entrance to Fiorentina




















Ah, the delicious Rivoire hot chocolate
















Up at Piazalle Michaelangelo
















The view over Flo















Santa Croce. One of the prettiest churches in Florence.





















New Year's Eve up at San Miniato. All the smoke was from firecrackers. The Italians were going crazy with fireworks.
















New Year's Day on the Arno
















The bizarre and peculiar Arno rats. They look like beavers but with rat tails. Kinda gross. We asked a couple of Italians what they are called...they just laughed and said they didn't know.
















San Miniato

















We went cheese shopping at the Mercato Centrale. A wheel of pecorino and a huge wedge of parmesan.
















The famous Art Bar. A yummy Mexican Coffee. My personal favorite.















The florentine lily in front of the Palazzo Vechio





















The Palazzo Vechio in Piazza Signoria





















The view of the Duomo from Palazzo Antinori





















Our last stop on Euro Tour 2007-08 was Rome. Both of us had been to Rome several times before, but this was our favorite visit so far. We gained a new appreciation for Rome and can't wait to go back. Down the street from where we stayed, we found an awesome hole in the wall restaurant. It was super cheap, too.

Here is the Colloseum.
















The Arch of Contstantine




















The ruins of the Roman Forum.





















More ruins




















The Pantheon

















The Trevi Fountain




































The Spanish Steps





















A famous bridge...I can never remember the name of that building in the background...




















Saint Peter's from across the Tiber
















Approaching Saint Peter's




















Saint Peter's square
















Looking down the nave




















Michealangelo's Pieta















The columns around Saint Peter's square










































Colloseum at night



































Holy Cow, that was an awesome trip! In fact, that may have been the best yet. I can't believe it but we are off to Thailand in another week. This trip we plan to just relax.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Love,

The Krembs

Europe Part 5 - Zurich, Lucerne, and Interlaken - Switzerland

Enter Switzerland!

On the train from Autria to Switzerland.

Ah, we must be in Switzerland now.

We took many pictures from the train.




















Switzerland has the most beautiful lakes surrounded by towering alpen peaks.
















We took a short stop in Zurich to just walk around for an hour or so.
















Zurich side street

Swiss churches have a very different archeture inside.

Lucerne has a really cool covered bridge across the river.















On the bridge

From Interlaken, we took the Jungfraubahn up to the top of the Jungfrau...what an incredible experience. We took a cog wheel train the whole way up. The coolest thing is that there are ski resorts that the train cruises on through. We took pictures of skiers shoooshing on by.

We had to switch trains a couple of times on the way up. One of these mountains is called Schreck mountain.





















This is at the last stop before the top.

















There goes the train up through the mountain.




















There's the skiers crusing by the train.




















At the top of Europe! What an incredible glacier below!
















Mr. and Mrs. K at the top!




















There are ice caves up at the top.

This was the view from our picnic site.








































The Swiss flag















We went down the Jungfrau another way through Wengen. This town is really awesome! If we can ever afford it, this would be a sweet place place for Christmas.















The view from Wengen.















This is the Rugenpark hotel in Interlaken. We really enjoyed the hotel and Interlaken. The last night we were there, we celebrated with real Swiss cheese fondue. It was tasty and a very fun experience.