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Europe Trip Photos
Here are some of the highlights from Aaron and Evan's trip to Europe, Summer 2001. I have about 14 rolls of film, but that would be too much. The trip starts at the bottom and ends up top.
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Athens, Greece - Evan, Sean and I in front of the Acropolis, wrapping up the trip of a lifetime. |
Athens, Greece - Bitey eats the Acropolis. (08/17/01) |
Ios, Greece - Bitey is on the loose in Ios! |
Ios, Greece - They make such a cute couple. (08/15/01) |
Santorini, Greece - We had a beautiful sunset dinner for our last night in Santorini. I love Greek food. |
Santorini, Greece - "You talking to us?" |
Santorini, Greece - Perissa Beach was a black beach, perfect for lying down and doing nothing. I love doing nothing. Especially on work days. |
Santorini, Greece - Our first stop was the Red Beach. Pretty cool, but overly crowded. |
Santorini, Greece - Smackman G-ridin in the Hyundai we rented in Fira. |
Santorini, Greece - Here is Satorini at night. |
Santorini, Greece - We met this guy named Porin from Hermosa Beach and he was hilarious! Donkeeey Poooo! |
Santorini, Greece - Ahhh, another romantic sunset for Sean and Evan. |
Santorini, Greece - Santorini was like something out of a movie. The town is a must-see and the food was great. (08/13/01) |
Corfu, Greece - We didn't party the whole time in Corfu, we did make time to catch the sunset too. |
Corfu, Greece - Saturday's at the Pink Palace are toga nights. Here we are with our British boys, Chris and James, along with the Ecuadorian, Sean. (08/12/01) |
Rome, Italy - Fountina Trevi was absolutely amazing. |
Rome, Italy - I can't believe this picture of the Pantheon came out so nice since it was so dark inside. |
Rome, Italy - That statue looks like my brother... but strangely he doesn't have a blue Nike jersey on. |
Rome, Italy - Here's Evan withering away in the heat. I couldn't even get in the sun for more than a few minutes because it was so hot. |
Rome, Italy - You could take pictures of everything in the Vatican Museum, it was so beautiful. |
Rome, Italy - I didn't see the No Pictures sign in the Sistine Chapel. Sign, what sign? |
Rome, Italy - The ruins were a favorite of ours, but the heat was killing us. |
Rome, Italy - One of Evan's main goals was to see the Coluseum. |
Rome, Italy - And here we are taking pictures in front of the big typewriter. |
Rome, Italy - The Monavittorio Emanuele was very impressive, don't you think? (08/05/01) |
Venice, Italy - I had always wanted to see the Piazza San Marcos because of all the great paintings I had seen of it. |
Venice, Italy - Mentos, the fresh maker. |
Venice, Italy - Piazza San Marcos was breathtaking, but as Evan complained "covered with filthy, disgusting Pigeons." |
Venice, Italy - Evan and I agree Venice is a very romantic place... but not for brothers. (08/05/01) |
Florence, Italy - Leigh, contemplating how to get up. |
Florence, Italy - "I'm sooo dirty. I just feel so dirty. That's it, I'm going to shave off this mustache." |
Florence, Italy - Sean, Malta and Brian, getting ready to party at Yuri and Andy's place. |
Florence, Italy - Big head. |
Florence, Italy - The fountain in Boboli at the bottom of the hill. |
Florence, Italy - Statue de Evan in the Gardenia de Boboli. |
Florence, Italy - Gardenia de Boboli, where we ran into Sean McMahon and company. |
Florence, Italy - Ponte Vecchio. Nice jersey, Evan. |
Florence, Italy - The Uffizi fo sheezy. |
Florence, Italy - Evan showing love to Fake David. |
Florence, Italy - The Duomo, the most impressive cathedral in all of Italy. (08/02/01) |
Pisa, Italy - The baptistery was also very nice. |
Pisa, Italy - There is not much in Pisa other than the leaning tower. |
Manarola, Italy - Manarola was the fourth town from the west. |
Vernazza, Italy - Italian gang. |
Vernazza, Italy - The Cinque Terre was one of my favorite places in all of Europe and you can see why from this photo. |
Vernazza, Italy - Here is the main square in Vernazza. I loved all the colors of the buildings. |
Vernazza, Italy - Evan is about to go into the room we rented in from a man named Gianni in Vernazza, the second town from the west in Cinque Terre. |
Nice, France - Here's the view from our Hostel, the Hotel Darcy. |
Barcelona, Spain - The beach in Barcelona was eye opening, to say the least. |
Barcelona, Spain - Here's Evan on a conveyor belt traveling through the shark tank at the Aquarium. |
Barcelona, Spain - Dork. |
Barcelona, Spain - Dork. We're at L'aquarium, Barcelona, known as the finest aquarium in Europe. We did it in an hour. |
Barcelona, Spain - We had to walk up and down this staircase everyday in Barcelona at the Hostel Campi just off La Rambla. |
Barcelona, Spain - Here is the sunset coming down from the Castell on a gondola. |
Barcelona, Spain - My turn. |
Barcelona, Spain - A close-up of Evan. Nice jersey, Evan. |
Barcelona, Spain - Evan atop the Castell de Montjuic overlooking Barcelona. |
Barcelona, Spain - The La Sagrada Familia cathedral by Gaudi in Barcelona was just spectacular. Too bad there was scaffolding on everything. |
Barcelona, Spain - This is what we call creative photography with a fountain. |
Barcelona, Spain - The Arc de Triomf, very similar to the Arc in Paris. |
Barcelona, Spain - "Hi Mom, hi Dad, we're in Spain!" |
Barcelona, Spain - Just spectacular. |
Barcelona, Spain - The waterfall in the Parc de la Ciutadella was one of the most beautiful sites we saw in Europe (07/26/01). |
Barcelona, Spain - St. Chapelle, looks very Parisian |
Paris, France - Les Halles! The sun! Avoid this place after dark. |
Paris, France - Evan is loungin or doing something in front of a fountain in the Louvre. |
Paris, France - Cafe Pompadou where Evan and I consumed many beers while watching pedestrians. |
Paris, France - Now we're at the top of the Tower and it is a long long long way down. Did I mention that I hate heights. |
Paris, France - Here we are still on the second level. |
Paris, France - Here is Evan from the second level of the Eiffel Tower. |
Paris, France - Walking towards the Eiffel Tower on the Parc du Champ de Mars it was amazing how big it was. |
Paris, France - I bet they don't have one of these in South Bend, IN. (Notre Dame for those of you who don't get it). |
Paris, France - Ponte Alexandre III bridge has trolls. |
Paris, France - The stunning Arc de Triomphe. Evan and I risked life and limb to cross the round-about because we didn't see the tunnel. Smart. |
Paris, France - Evan and I passed the Place de la Concorde on the way to the Arc and it was hot. |
Paris, France - Evan is so happy to see the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. (07/22/01) |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - This is the guy we stayed with who approached us on the street. His name was Marvin, but we called him Marcus the whole time. He was from Michigan and now he lives in Amsterdam, renting his place to travelers like us. |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - We only did the most cultural stuff while we were in Amsterdam... like visiting the Heineken brewery. |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The Sunset from above the Civic Center. |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Evan and Jeff (from Florida) on the way to the Civic Center (I think). |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Yes, this is a shopping mall. |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Evan and I chillin in the park behind the Rijks-museum. |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - This photo goes out to Mike "All your base are belong to us" Daross. |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Look it's a Smart Car! (Notice how it's not parked parallel to the curb like the rest of the cars). |
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The canals in Amsterdam were in a concentric pattern - very confusing. (07/19/01) |
Antwerp, Belgium - The view outside of our room at the "Florida Hotel." And it's still raining. (07/19/01) |
London, England - Oh my gosh, it's Jerry Springer and he's found the next guest on his show. |
London, England - Evan standing in front of a gate by Buckingham Palace. |
London, England - Picadilly Circus where it rained all day on us. (07/18/01) |
LAX - Patty and Evan before takeoff on July 16th. |
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