Photos from Europe (56K go away)

[Guest Crankshaft]

Now that I've had some time and I'm all moved in to my new house in Arizona, I can upload the pictures. These are only the "touristy" pictures; anything worth copying I've kept private. Hope you all enjoy them.

 

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This is a picture of the Baltic Sea from the shore of Copenhagen, in Denmark.

 

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From the beach.

 

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This was a small harbor by the sea. I thought it was scenic.

 

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An old tank at an abandoned military base in Copenhagen.

 

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This is the castle that the play Hamlet was set...also in Copenhagen.

 

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A picture of a church in Stockholm, Sweden.

 

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Old world, new world.

 

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The town hall in Stockholm. They hold the Nobel Prize awards here every year.

 

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Guards in front of the palace in Stockholm.

[Guest Crankshaft]

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A quiet restaurant in a quaint section of Stockholm.

 

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Some street performers in Stockholm.

 

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Some random people in Stockholm.

 

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Me climbing a little cliff in Norway.

 

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...ok...our tour group played some "Viking Games"; this was my group.

 

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The view of Oslo, Norway, from a hilltop above the city.

 

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A famous park of statues in Oslo.

 

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Inside the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.

[Guest Crankshaft]

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A stave church in Oslo.

 

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A view of Oslo from the harbor.

 

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My team right before we went bobsledding at Lilihammer, site of the 94 Olympics.

 

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A waterfall in Norway.

 

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Me at the Trollstigen Pass in Norway.

 

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..yeah...

 

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A fjord in Norway

 

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[Guest Crankshaft]

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A church in Trondheim, Norway

 

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A glacier in Norway.

 

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I hiked up a mountain next to the glacier...it was absolutely amazing.

 

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Another fjord in Norway, at Rammfjord.

 

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me by a signpost in Norway - we're above the Arctic Circle now. This was taken by a camp of Suami Indians, a people also known as Laplanders who live in the northern portion of Norway, Sweden, and Finland (an area known as Finmark).

 

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A cliff I climbed down in Hammerfest, northern Norway. It was gorgeous.

 

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While climbing through the mountains, I came upon a small clearing below me, and saw a family of arctic foxes. They didn't see me, and for the better part of two hours I crawled closer and closer to them until I was about 8 yards away. At one point the wind changed and this guy smelled me, and came closer to try and find me. Fortunately the wind changed again and he decided it wasn't worth the effort, and left before he found me. It was an amazing experience.

[Guest Crankshaft]

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More of the foxes.

 

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The midnight sun at Hammerfest. It was pretty cool.

 

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So we're now in St. Petersburg, Russia - and I found a freakin bear! I blinked in the picture, but still - a BEAR!! It was awesome. He peed right after the picture.

 

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Soldiers marching in Alexander Square in front of the Winter Palace. In Russia, military service is compulsory for two years at the age of 18, and so everyone you see in army greens is very young. You never see anyone older than 20 in the service (at least I didn't) because no one wants to be in the military.

 

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Me in front of St. Iaasac's Cathedral.

 

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A cathedral off of Nevsky Prospect, a main street in St. Petersburg.

 

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A canal looking down towards a beautiful church.

 

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Church of the Spilt Blood of Our Savior. The interior was amazing - it was done entirely in painted mosaics.

 

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The Winter Palace (also known as the Hermitage Museum - the largest art museum in the world).

[Guest Crankshaft]

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Another canal - the yellow building on the right is where Rasputin was killed.

 

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Random church.

 

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Looking over Alexander Square from the Hermitage.

 

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Yeah...a moving van logo in St. Petersburg.

 

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A fortress in Novgorod, the oldest city in Russia; founded by Vikings in 800 AD.

 

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Finally, Moscow. St. Basil's Cathedral.

 

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Red Square at about 11:00 am. It was closed as they were announcing the location of the 2012 Olympics.

 

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Facing the Kremlin, with the Natural History Museum on the right.

 

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Soldiers blockading the street.

[99BlownYellowGT]

Looks like a fun time

[Guest Crankshaft]

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A legendary monster - the KGB building.

 

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A really cool church.

 

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The Kremlin in all its glory.

 

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A monument to Peter the Great

 

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Looking towards St. Basil's Cathedral.

 

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Red Square.

 

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The tomb of the villian himself - Stalin lies here.

 

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A really cool building in Warsaw, Poland.

 

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One of Stalin's communist-era buildings.

[Guest Elinar Longsight]

Beautiful pics!! I would love to visit some of those places.

[Crash1647545504]

mmmmm Norway. I want to go there.

[Guest Crankshaft]

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An amusing scene, complete with fat woman.

 

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A building in Berlin.

 

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Yes.... I saw it bitches. The Holy Grail of cars. It was the most beautiful...I can't even describe it. It was a piece of art, it was simply gorgeous. And, as opposed to what I had thought, it was really quite small. I can't really compare it to another car's size, but it was much smaller than I imagined.

 

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Pariser Platz, Berlin - the Brandenburg Gate.

 

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In front of the Reichstag Building.

 

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The victory monument; I'm not sure how old it is, but it has murals from before World War I, and bullet holes all over it. You can climb to the top and get a great view of the city.

 

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A random church.

 

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A skateboarder in Berlin.

[Guest Crankshaft]

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The Red Hall in Berlin.

 

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My last night on the tour; we came back to Copenhagen.

 

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Me by the new docks in Copenhagen.

 

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A little photographic experiment.

 

And that concludes the trip. It was a ton of fun, and I highly recommend to anyone who hasn't been out of the US to get your lazy ass up and go. You only live once, best to experience life while you're young (too late for you, TJ). Hope you all enjoyed the pictures cause it took forever to upload them.

[Berto]

what kind of camera are you using? when i get around to travelling i'll neeed a better one. those looks like good pics

[black00ws6]

nice pics!! i think we're going on a mediterranean cruise next year to visit cities in Europe, and a stop in Cairo as well. How did you book your trip? travel agent?? and what was your itinerary?

[SpaceGhost]

Cool pics, damn that looked fun.

[mrblunt]

Very cool pics. Those pics of the fjord in norwary are pimp, that must have been one kick ass view.

[Guest Rane]

Some of those pics are really nice.

Some would have been nicer without the queer looking guy crouching down infront of stuff, what was he following you or something?

[Conesmasher]

Very nice pics man, thanks for taking the time to upload them.

[Bgbdbn]

Those pics are awesome. Looks like a great time.

[Guest Crankshaft]

Some of those pics are really nice.

Some would have been nicer without the queer looking guy crouching down infront of stuff, what was he following you or something?

 

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bitch

 

 

Thanks for the compliments - it was a lot of fun. I booked my tour with a group called Contiki. It's for 18-35 year olds, and is pretty basic on accomodations and luxury. But, it's cheap, and gets you where you wanna go. Which, in this case, was some pretty remote places. I had a great time, and I highly recommend this kind of trip for anyone who hasn't been yet

 

And yeah, Norway rocks. It has a population of something like 4.5 million people, and a land area of like 307,000 sq kilometers; so it's pretty sparse when it comes to running into someone when you're out in the wilderness. 50,000 islands, 2/3 of the land is mountainous.... you do the math. It's a great place to go hiking or exploring.

[justcause]

How much was the tour?