Vienna, A Beautiful City.

The one and only, drinking a cappuccino on our first day in Vienna.
David's place in Vienna. We could not have had better accommodations.
The old church in the center of the city, Stephansplatz.Shopping in Stephansplatz.Sacher Torte, soooooo good! Eating this was on every top 10 things to do in Vienna!
Posing with/like Mozart! We attended a Strauss and Mozart Concert, how mature of us, I know. There was an orchestra, ballet dancers, and singers--I am glad at the ripe age of 21 I am old enough to enjoy this!Probably the BEST gelato in the world.Whispering sweet nothings in the elephants ear...We rented city bikes and rode them around gorgeous Vienna. One of the many green parks in the city. We sat in them for hours and did some good people watching. There was a BMX competition in front of city hall (the building behind the biker doing a flip) one of the weekends. There were bikers from all over Europe.
When the clock struck midnight in Vienna on my birthday, we were sitting around David's house and Madge and Liz surprised me with some champaign to celebrate! I can't believe how legal I am now!The carnival in Vienna that is year-round. This is us on the swing ride. It went so high! Liz and are the two sitting together, picture courtesy of Margaret Kay. Roller Coaster!Behind Schonbrunn Palace. We were about to climb up that hill.
After climbing the hill, Schonbrunn Palace is behind me, along with the rest of Vienna.


Okay, so this is a crazy story. We met this guy, also one of David's acquaintances, at an event at David's university. We soon find out that he has not only traveled to the States, but that he lived in SPOKANE, WASHINGTON for a year of his life. We couldn't believe it! He was an exchange student and got placed in Spokane his senior year of high school--Mt. Spokane high school to be exact. He goes back to visit his host family every year, and when he is in Spoke he frequently visits the ULTIMATE BAGEL! Also, as you can see, he drives in Washington and plans on renewing his license this summer. This really is a SMALL WORLD.

Who has spent a 21st b-day in Prague?

Backpacking through Europe-- we like to call it! We spent our last 2 weeks in Vienna, Austria and Prague, Czech Republic. It was all so unbelievable! This blog and the last one highlight the trip, but a lot of the things I have encountered are indescribable!

Birthday cake videos!



We traveled to Prague on my birthday day. This is my birthday cake, it was sooo delicious!! It was gone in like 5 minutes between the three of us. I think I ate most of it though.....

Evie, is the girl on the far right, we got to stay with her the 4 days we were in Prague. She is Liz's friend from home and she is studying in Prague this semester. It was so nice of her to share her dorm room with us!!
The castle in Prague.The church that is connected to the castle.
My new boyfriend. Isn't he cute? And he is rich, funny, and is willing to move to Seattle with me. What more could I ask for in a man. HA! Well ,this is actually some brilliant art, called the Fading Man.The piece of art as a WHOLE. Charles Bridge in the background!
We took a ghost tour one of the nights. It was funny/scary at times. Like when we would turn a corner after hearing a old murder story and someone dressed as a ghost would run at us with their hands up and disappear into the darkness. We screamed every time!! Even when we knew it was coming! It is an experience I will never forget.
The tram!
Happy Travelers.
The city of Prague.

The streets of Prague, just so cool.
Watching a live band play.
Prague at night.

The famous Charles Bridge at night.
The Castle at night.
Last Night in Prague.

Camels, Desert, Pyramids-----EGYPT

HELLO!
So this past weekend I was in Egypt! Cairo is such a cool city. It is so old, but some aspects are very modern. There are skyscrapers and ancient buildings next to each other, men in business suits and men in long linen robes with turbans, and also, donkeys and BMWs share the same road! Traffic is really bad about 23 hours/day and if there are 2 painted lanes of traffic, there are 3 forced lanes of cars. It was quite the experience. I would have to say that my favorite part was riding a camel through the Sahara Desert to the pyramids of Giza. We were there until sunset--which was so pretty! We also traveled to Alexandria for a day and ate the best fish any of us had ever eaten! I have more stories, but on with the pictures!

This is inside one of the Step Pyramids--it is basically underground with a big pyramid on top.
Inside the pyramid, the hieroglyphics that were engraved all over. This is one of my favorite pictures.
Us outside the step pyramid.
Cows on the road next to us.
Some cute Egyptian boys .Herding sheep on the road.
Madge and I on our camels! Mine was named Mike Tyson, and hers was Michael Jackson.


Holding the pyramid with two fingers.
The Sphinx is to our right. Oh and the pyramids are in the background!

We got to climb one of them! So massive!
Sepia.

Walk like an Egyptian.
No pun intended.
Sunset over my head.
Sahara Desert sunset.
This was at the Sound and Light Show at the pyramids! Lit up Sphinx!
They told an Egyptian tale and lasered images onto the pyramids.


Alexandria, these structures were from the Romans.
Library in Alexandria---huge!!

Inside the library.
We got to choose what fish we wanted to eat and how we wanted it cooked! Some of the seafood was still moving! Can't get much fresher than that!
The Citadel in Alexandria.
The city of Alexandria in the background.


Citadel in Cairo. Mosque of Muhammad Ali.

Inside the mosque.
A shop.
Cairo from the Citadel.
At the market in Cairo. We did a lot of bartering!
This was at the Hanging Catholic Church. The sign says Saint Barbara!




I am off to Vienna and Prague for our spring break!!!!!