Sunday, May 10, 2009

Venice the second time round....

We went to Venice, Italy again! And of course I took a billion more pictures!!

It was our friends birthday so we went there to celebrate it! We had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe and I'm not even going to get started on that one! The guys all got huricanes and looked a little fruity LOL, but they got to keep their glasses. They also went up in a clock tower (we didn't go up because we thought they had to take stairs to the top which they didn't) and they got some awesome picks of the roof tops of Italy! The pictures are amazing and now I'm sad :( I didn't go up with him, but I'm sure my mom will want to go up when she comes so the opportunity will arise at some point. We of course did a little shopping while we there! I love negotiating with the purse guys! They wanted 130 euro for the two purses we bought but we left only giving him 35 euro!! Crazy right! I helped the other girls talk down the guys as well. I also bought pashminas and they are so pretty! I should so post pics of them! I also got wine glasses that are so pretty! I was really happy with my purchases!! Oh and of course we got a lot of gelato! Well check out below for the pics of our day!

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Kevin and Mandee

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Us!

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Krista, Chris, and Olivia

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The Grand Canal

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People walking along the Grand Canal

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sometimes you just have to look up to find something beautiful in Venice

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Can you guess who spotted this?

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St. Mark's Bascillica

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The guys had the Hard Rock with their fruity drinks!

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Just thought it was super pretty!!

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This is what the worst waiter in Italy looks like so beware!

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The clock tower the guys went in. (we thought it was going to be a long hike up but turned out to be an elevator inside)

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View from the top

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The bells

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Guess who?!?

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The stairs they didn't have to take!

Friday, May 8, 2009

A Walk Through Our Neighborhood....

I have been wanting to post pics of our neighborhood and everytime we've gone for a walk I've forgotten to bring my camera and like any other typical day this one was the same, so we turned around and got my camera! Here is a view of our neighborhood through my eyes LOL.

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Across the street from us...I love the shutters! (these are row houses you go through a gate and it opens into yards. They're kinda narrow). The one on the end is getting modern look at their new garage door LOL. Kinda silly once you know its not really a garage LOL.

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Big gate, big court yard equals big house.

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I'm curious if anyone lives inside this one...Jerry wouldn't let me open the windows LOL.

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Two lane road...scary trust me!

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Lots of places still have these scary old windows LOL.

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Rickety Gate

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I thought he was cool LOL.

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Italian apartments

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Italian weeds

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Just an old building (house) people still live in...I think the people who own our house own that one as well.

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The cutest puppy ever! I have no idea what kind of dog he is but I want him!

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These are very common on street corners.

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He thinks he's the Hulk LOL

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Looking up

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Reminds me of the secret garden.

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An Italian chicken...she was funny...she was like rolling around in the grass...i couldn't get a good pic.