Jamie's European Vacation
In the Summer of 1999, a group of students from my school, headed by my coach, enjoyed a fantastic 20 day tour of the European Union. Our tour began in London and also included Paris, Heidelberg, Lucerne, Venice, Florence, Rome, Nice and Monaco, Barcelona and Madrid. Along with the educational value of the trip, I will never forget the great people with whom I traveled, as well as the people we ran into along the way.
Below are some of the pictures I took while I was there.
This is me catching up on some reading while waiting to board my flight at JFK.
My friend Peter while still at JFK
This is Mr. C. He is my coach as well as a history teacher at my High School.
Colleen, Mike and I are sitting on a bench with the Tower Bridge in the background.
I am on a ferry in the English Channel headed to Calais. The 'White Cliffs of Dover' are seen behind me.
The large glass structure I am standing in front of is the entrance to the Louvre in Paris.
Here I am in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Susanna, Colleen, Peter, Myself and Mike are atop the Eiffel Tower.
En route to Heidelberg, we stopped at a champagne cave and took a tour of the underground aging facility. Colleen is shown enjoying a complimentary glass of Champagne after the tour.
Here I am outside of the Heidelberg Castle.
This is Mike and I in a restaurant in the Black Forest.
Here is my friend Jon.
I am in Lucerne in the above picture.
A few of us called for a Mercedes limo to take us to a local internet cafe.
That's my friend Jesse.
Jon, Mike, myself and Pete on Mt. Rigi
This is Jaki in Venice.
My friend Katie, outside the Colosseum in Rome.
Colleen in front of Pisa's leaning tower
Above are Mr. C. and Jesse, in Monaco.
While on the beach in Nice, Mike was sunburnt quite badly.
This is Sara, the tour director. I was very impressed by Sara's knowledge of European history, culture and linguistics.
Mike, myself, Colleen and Susanna are eating at a Spanish restaurant. Our Spanish lacking, our food orders were a shot in the dark!