Sunday, July 26, 2009

Athens: a bird's eye view


From the Acropolis- Mt. Lykabettos and Athens

More Italia- courtesy of my friends


Rome's rooftops- from our hotel's rooftop garden



Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum

Roman Forum




Rome at night


gelato with my amichas


Italian gelato- yumm


Drinking fountain at the morning market near our hotel




Vaticani Wall

Istanbul, Turkei


Turkish delight and other fruit sweets in the Spice Bazaar


The open-air book bazaar



Ballikaya Hike outside of Istanbul:
navigating the trail with our guides


inside the Aya Sofya-
one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites


Topkapi Palace
Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror's residence



Fresh grilled corn was available on the streets every half a block from carts like this


The Blue Mosque


Dondurma- the weird, taffy-like traditional Turkish ice cream
(not so good, but definitely worth a try!)


Kapali Carsi (the Grand Bazaar)
with one of the many stores of beautiful lamps


Harry Potter no. 6!

my Greece visit in Pictures


The Oracle of Delphi's mystical cauldron
(about a meter in diameter the Oracle would sit in it to give her "prophesies" of Apollo)


Temple of Poseidon con Megan


Pita Pan hummus with Megan and Kate in Piraeus...
it was amazing


Parthenon

Sea Olympics


The Girls- our team got second!


Kate the Pirate- our amazing mascot of the Caribbean Sea

Croatia


Kate's ArtBook- me on a beach


Girls Night Out: Allie, Kate, me, Alex, and Megan

Dubrovnik, Croatia
Old City Walls

Friday, July 24, 2009

Italia Pictures


Mt. Vesuvius valley


Mt. Vesuvius


Pompeii "Statues"

Pantheon with Megan, Kate, Allie and Marissa


Pompeii


Doing the Colosseum with Allie