Trip pictures.

Haiku-a-day:

June 24^th

Every dream must end.

I stare at the cluttered desk

waiting to be packed.

I have chosen to end my daily haikus.  I will continue to update my blog, but not every day.  I hope you have enjoyed reading them, even the cheesy/crappy ones!  Now, I leave you with my new favorite UK band Take That and their song The Flood.  Enjoy the music while looking through the pictures of my trip.  If you care to see more, check out my facebook page.

 St Paul's Cathedral, London.

 I finally found Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross station!

Stonehenge!  It was a rainy day.

 Bath, England at the Roman Baths.

 Prague, Czech Republic.  The underground metro stations were really cool!

 Inside St. Nicholas Church.

Our Lady Before Tyn.

 New Prague.

 The large cathedral inside the Prague Castle.

 Inside the Prague Castle.

 Prague in the background.

 Inside the Prague Castle.

 Old Prague.

 Old Prague (Our Lady Before Tyn).

 Old Prague.

Day 1 of the tour.  Kutna Hora, Bone Church.

 Crest of Bones.

 Olomouc, Czech Republic.

 Astronomical Clock in Olomouc.

 Beautiful church in Olomouc.

 Day 2. Auschwitz's infamous gates.

 Shoes.

 Auschwitz.

 Memorial at the wall where people were taken and shot.

 Toilets at Birkenau.

 Birkenau.

 Bunk beds.  Each level held 10 people.  That's 30 people per bunk.

 The survivor who we met.

 Watch tower.

 Memorial at the very end of Birkenau where the destroyed gas chamber is.

 Looking from the very end of Birkenau towards the front gates.  (Perspective of how huge Birkenau is.)  My second favorite picture of the trip.

 Gates standing alone.  Entrance to the gas chamber.

 Krakow.  Walking tour.

 Krakow.  Town Square.

 Day 3. Fire-breathing dragon outside of Krakow Castle.

 Schindler's Factory.  Bike tour.

 Salt mine tour, Krakow.

 Water in the caves of the salt mine.

 Chandelier made of salt.

 When we got back from the salt mine, we found this guy in the Town Square.

 Day 4.  Adorable house in Zakopane, Poland.

 Zakopane.

 Riding up the funicular.  One of my favorite pictures.

 On top of a mountain in Zakopane.

 A cow on top of the mountain!

 Shannon, Chelsea, and Josh.

 After zip-lining.  Steph, Elisa, Felix, Josh, Pam, Becks, Rachel, Matt, and Aaron.

Day 5.  Barcelona Football team's bus in Slovakia.

 Budapest at night.  On a boat cruise on the Danube.

 David, me, Antony, and Sarah.

 Day 6.  Crossing the bridge from Pest to Buda.

 On top of the Citadel.

 Monuments on the top of the Citadel.

 Budapest Castle and a church.

 Another church near the castle.

 Parliament.

 St Stephen's Cathedral.

Budapest.

 A beach we stopped at for a little while.

 Croatian countryside.

 Cute little village where the waterfalls flow under some of the houses.

 Bar-B-Que dinner.  Matt, Becks, Allyson, Tash, Nancy, Rachel, Aaron, Gabrielle, Felix, and Pam.

 The cabins we stayed in.

 It finally stopped raining!

Day 7.  Plitvice National Park.

 Look at how clear the water is.  You can see roots and fish and the depth of the water.

 Short boat ride in Plitvice.

 My favorite picture of the trip.

Day 8.  Split, Croatia.  Walking tour.

 Gabrielle, Ant, and myself at the fish restaurant.

 Day 9.  The pier.  End of tour.

 Brussels, Belgium.  These molds of Manneken Pis are made of chocolate!

 The Town Hall.

 Me eating a Belgian waffle.  Toppings: strawberries, whipped cream, and hot chocolate.

 The Manneken Pis.  I'm unsure of why they dressed him.  He's usually naked.

 Me in Madrid, Spain.

 There are parks everywhere in Madrid.

 Palacio Real.

 Spying into the courtyard of the Palacio Real.

 Vanessa and I on top of the cathedral right across from the palace.

 Neat church across from the Museo del Prado.

 La Biblioteca y Museos Nacionales.  The National Library and Museums.  (Above picture as well.)

 In the Parque del Retiro: the Palacio de Cristal.  (Crystal palace. Has a slide inside!)

Vanessa inside the Palacio de Cristal.

 Back in Leeds.  Me at the Great Hall.

 Great Hall courtyard.

 Sara, me, and Chelsea for their good-bye dinner at a delicious Thai restaurant.

Me!  Packing in my room.