Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Okay, the much anticipated post about my TRIP!

So clearly it has been a very busy week since I am just now getting around to this and I was back last Sunday evening. But you won't be sorry that you waited

So in 13 days we (my 18yr old brother Kent and I) visited 8 countries. In case you missed it, this was our graduation gift from our parents (him from high school and me from college). Overall it was a very good time, even though I was feeling quite awful for about 64% of the trip. But anyways, onto the pictures!

London - Big Ben (we did one good day of sightseeing in London after our plane got in that day)

Trafalgar Square

Windsor Castle the next day (this was a really good time)

3rd day Taking the ferry to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais, France. The rest of the day was spent getting through Belgium and then to Amsterdam by the evening.

Holland - Amsterdam the next day

On a canal cruise in Amsterdam

Now by that same evening we're in Andernach, Germany in a cute hotel on the Rhine River.

More pics of the Rhine...it really was beautiful.

Then a cruise on the Rhine the next morning (we seemed to go on a LOT of boat rides)

The medieval town of Rothenburg (still Germany) then we went to Munich that night.

The next day we were off to Innsbruck, Austria in the alps.

Then the afternoon was spent getting through the Alps with a stop here in Cortina, Italy, before ending in Venice that night.

Now Venice the next day and the late afternoon we were off to Florence and got there in the early evening.

Florence the next day. I LOVE this place. I lived here for a summer 2 years ago when I studied abroad, so it was great to come back and bring my brother along to show him everything.

That view above is after we climbed to the top of THIS..the bell tower of the Duomo (famous cathedral)

And the view of the Duomo from up there too...I like to call this my mothership

Then the next day was onto Switzerland. I LOVED Switzerland. We passed Lake Como in Italy on the way which now I can see why George Clooney would own a house there. Then to Lake Lugano in Switzerland which I found to be equally as amazing...

Followed by a harrowing drive through the Alps (we had to take this pass since the original one was closed, and it took us WAY up the moutains where there was tons of snow and ice and waterfalls cutting through the snow with REALLY long drops over the edges of the road but SO amazing)...

Then we got to Lake Lucerne that night and the next day we explored the town

And took another boat ride...

Then we left there and were in Paris by the evening. The next day we were out and about

Made a little trip to the palace of Versailles for a couple of hours

And the famous Hall of Mirrors (Louis XIV was crazy)

Then back to Paris for a trip up the Eiffel Tower and a boat ride on the Seine.

I think that about sums it up. It was really exhausting, but so great to be able to go so many places. Back to the real world now, and applying for jobs and planning my move to DC. I'm starting to think I really enjoyed life as a student more

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