Austria

Melk Abbey in Austria
This was our favorite little town and the food was superb. Jonathan is standing in front of the Abbey, which is huge.

Salzburg, Austria

(the back of the Sound of Music house)

Murten, Switzerland

Inside the city of Murten they have strict building code rules. All the houses look just alike.

Murten, Switzerland clock tower

on the ramparts of the city wall, the view was gorgeous

Norway, too

at a stop next to the Myrdal train tracks

We were on our way to see the Fjords. (We have a long, funny story to go with this picture.)

near Flam, Norway The lakes were so beautiful.

Oslo, Norway

very close to the Ski Museum

Scandinavia Here We Come

Stockholm, Sweden
This anchor was once attached to The Vasa. This ship sank within 20 minutes on its maiden voyage. The Vasa is gorgeous!!! We will have to add pictures of it later.

This is the skyline view of Copenhagen, Denmark from our hostel.

This is the smallest statue in Stockholm, Sweden. We kept reading about a statue that we were supposed to be looking at in our guide book. This little guy really did take a while to find, because he is so small.

I (Lindsay) really was there, even though by these pictures it doesn't look like it.

Mountains Are My Favorite

Interlaken, Switzerland

Jonathan and I riding the cable car up to our hostel in Switzerland. Before the cable car we had traveled on a plane, 2 trains, and a bus to get here.

Gimmelwald, Switzerland

All the traveling was worth it. Look at the view from our hostel.

What a place to eat breakfast

Gimmelwald

God is simply amazing!

Gimmelwald

What breath-taking views He has made!

We are standing on top of Schilthorn in Switzerland at 6am. Jungfrau (the highest point in Europe) is in the background.

view from Schilthorn

Our Favorite Cathedral in Europe

Reims cathedral in France

Since A.D. 496, French kings and queens have been coronated here.

We can't say enough how much we love this cathedral.

huge, Gothic west portal

The Alsace Area and Avenches

Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, France

Avenches, France- Roman ruins

more Roman ruins--- It was a long hike to get to Avenches from the train station.

Strasbourg Cathedral in France

Germany

Neuschwanstein in Germany


on Mary's bridge overlooking mad king Ludwig II's castle

Rhine Valley, Germany-- Marksburg castle

Munich (Munchen), Germany

Fussen, Germany

No Leprechauns Here

Ireland heather

Kinsale Bay, Ireland

Newgrange entrance door-- It is a little bit dark inside.

Newgrange in the Boyne Valley-- It is 500 years older than the Egyptian pyramids and 2,000 years older than Stonehenge.

Wicklow Mountains in Ireland

Shamrocks Everywhere

Dublin, Ireland

Hill of Tara in Ireland

Kinsale Bay, Ireland

Charles Fort in Ireland

Charles Fort

Central Europe

Old Town Square: Warsaw, Poland

Poland Countryside

Warsaw, Poland

Praha (Prague), Czech Republic

Vienna (Wien), Austria

Newcastle Pictures

Newcastle's Bridge Our apartment (flat) complex

Rotary Blog

We have an ongoing Rotary blog that focuses on our scholarship part of our year. Here is the link if you would also like to read this blog: www.rotarytennessee.blogspot.com

July

In Midland and enjoying work. Lindsay's finishing up your placement in a few weeks. I again refer you to my October 27, 2005 post of a law student link for some recent and hilarious fun this past week.
We're frantically preparing for the start of our Rotary scholarship in England - just 5 weeks from now. Packing things up and getting ready for some fun. Once we're overseas we'll keep a weekly Monday update. Until then, enjoy July and your remaining summer.

Summer

following Logos using Jabberwocky
Finishing up the first half of the summer in Dallas. It's been a GREAT experience. Lindsay has been in Lubbock with summer school and her placement at the University Medical Center (UMC). I'm headed to Midland next week to work at a different law firm. We're planning our first trip (30 days) across eastern and central Europe. Will fly into Prague and then visit Krakow, Aushcwitz, Vienna, Budapest, Hallstatt, Salzburg, Interlakken, Murten, Bern, Montreux, Zermatt, Lugano, Pontresina, Munich, Reutte, Rothenburg, Baden Baden, Freiburg, Colmar, Alsace, Koln, Bonn, Rhine Cruise at St. Goar, and finish up in Berlin with a sidetrip to Warsaw. Then we'll fly back to Newcastle and start up school.

England!

We recently found out that we've been assigned to Newcastle, England!!! We're really excited and will be leaving in August for a year. Please be praying for us. More posts later.