Just a few words from Salzburg

Hello all, we are writing this from Salzburg, Austria. It is a beautiful country, however, we both dveloped a slight cold, and it is cold here, so it limited our ability to really get out and see Austria. But we are getting a bit ahead of ourseleves. Let´s go back to Venice. It was amazing. We met up with our friend Nick, whom we met in Athens, and hung out with in Corfu. We didn´t do any of the touristy things in Venice, we simply walked around the island for a few days and experienced it for ourselves...definitely the way to do it. We did eat a lot as well. Our next stop was Bled, Slovenia, a place we never would have expected to go even three weeks ago, but it came extremely highly recommended by a number of fellow travelers, so we decided to make it there. It completely delivered. We were totally blown away by the natural beauty, as well as the reasonably priced adventure sports. We went canyoning on our second day in Bled (we have a cd with all the pictures, we´ll try to get some on the blog next time) and it was one of the coolest experiences we´ve ever had. Tomorrow morning we are off to Prague, Czech republic and are excited about that. Then off to Poland to meet up with our friends Ania and Kuba whom we met in Rome. We will visit Auschwitz together and then head up to Warsaw and stay with them for the weekend. It will be great to see them, it´s always cool to see someone you met on your travels again. We hope all is well with everyone, and a special CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! goes out to Melanie, Joe, and Abby for welcoming William Joseph Schueller into the world last week. Love you and miss you all.

Pictures from Venice, Bled, and Salzburg

Happy Birthday Nicholas! Yeah...2 years old! Sorry we are late! KaKa loves you!
2 is cool! Happy Birthday buddy, I hope you got some sweet toys!

Next to a canal in Venice...isn´t the reflection cool
The streets of Venice
This was our home for the night on our way from Venice to Bled. That´s not exactly true though...we rolled into Ljubljana, the capitol of Slovenia around 2 a.m. and our train to Bled didn´t leave until 6:15, so we slept outside the train station on the cold ground. Sorry Moms, but it´s true.
This is what happens when you finally get to do some laundry and it decides to terrentially downpour in Venice.
Just couldn´t help ourselves. We think it might be apricot bread or something...Fagottini, yummers!

A "car" going down the "street" in Venice
Our first McBeer, Nick bought them for us, they were McDelicious and McSpensive
This is Kelly and Nick enjoying some strange Venician licorice candy with sweet filling. Strawberry and banana.
This is the beginning of the great Venician Vino Crawl. Normally on a crawl you pop into any number of pubs...we went into exactly zero, but with a bookbag full of bottles of Italian wine, who needs pubs? The whole backpack full of wine maybe cost about 7€, or about ten dollars.
Us cheers-ing our delicious gelato outside San Marcos Square in Venice. The line to get in was about a half mile long, so we snuck in through the exit unseen. It was free anyway, so no biggee, right?

Nick and Kelly, a few bottles deeper into the Vino Crawl, sitting on the Grand Canal
San Marcos Square
Some cool church in Venice. We can´t remember the name, but we remember the story. They let you walk in the door and stand there looking at everything for free, but then charged you just to walk in a little further...I thought it was hilarious
This is the inside of San Marcos Basilica in Venice, yet another place we weren´t allowed to take pictures. Oh well.
Kelly being daring on a "dock" in one of the canals

Here you go Mom, no broken bones, just a nasty burn. Nothing a little Neosporin can´t fix
This dog is wearing a diaper...we thought you could all enjoy this one with us
Beautiful Bled, Slovenia. This is the view from the Bled Castle perched high above Lake Bled
You can see the castle from the last picture in the background above my head...we hiked up there in 9 minutes
It took a while to get the rhythm, but once I did, we zipped right along to the Church of Assumption nestled on a tiny island in the middle of Lake Bled

This picture speaksfor itself...we were on a chairlift heading to tobaggon down a grassy hill. You´ll see.
The waterfall inside the Triglavski National park in Bled. We have some great video of it too, bummer we can´t figure out how to put video on this thing yet.
We walked a lot in Bled...a real lot. This road wound through many villages on our way from the Park back to Bled.
This is the tobaggon, tons of fun, barely even used the brake
Insert comment here

The glacier in the Julian Alps, which was basically the view we had from our hostel
Triglavski National Park again, but a different side
Kelly pointing to the Castle on her left, and the Church on her right.
Hanging out at the waterfall, a typical tuesday
The Church of Assumption,you can´t realy tell that it is an island from here, but trust us, it is.

Two pretty things in one picture
Water
Another one of Bled...I know there are a lot but it was the most beautiful place we have been so far.
The house where Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. We didn´t go in because it cost money and we were pretty sure it was just a house
The view of the fortress in Salzburg...it´s old

It was very hot at the Acropolis that day my friends!
St. Peter's Cathedral
The Trevi fountain in Rome, Bernini built it
This was our 'home' in Rome...hey, that rhymes! It had air conditioning and a fridge...we were really living it up!

The beautiful sunset outside our hostel in Corfu, Greece
Kelly modeling in the shadows our the Colossuem
Kelly doing a squat inside Hadrian's Arch in Athens
Michaelangelo made this when he was only twenty four years old. It depicts Mary holding Jesus' body after it was removed from the cross. It is encased in bullet proof glass inside St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome

This is our friends Dave from Australia with Kuba and Anna from Poland on the Spanish Steps in Rome. We are all trying to look "aloof"

The mighty Acropolis in Athens, one of the most important ancient monuments in the western world. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all walked here

This one is for you Eddie, liquid strength Power- Up!

This is the Holy Door in the entrance of St. Peter's in Rome. It is only opened every twenty five years at the start of the Jubilee year... the next one is Christmas Eve in 2024
Kelly inside the Colisseum, you could actually feel the power of the Roman crowds when you walked in
When you travel enough, injuries are inevitable. The one I have now makes this one look like a papercut
Another shot of the Colosseum, trust me it deems many more
This was our home for a 17 hour journey from Ancona, italy to Greece. Looks comfy, huh?

Kelly in front of the Acropolis
The Trevi Fountain in Rome, absolutely beautiful at night.
The outside of the Colosseum
A good shot from inside the St. Peter's Cathedral
Us in front of the Trevi Fountain, a bit tired but a beautiful scene

Our chariot that took us from Ancona to Greece
The mighty Acropolis
The view from outside the Acropolis
A gorgeous Corfu sunset, a different one than the other one, they are all pretty good

The Spanish Steps in Rome
Our friend Nick on his scooter, he is actually on the ferry we were just on and meeting us in Venice tomorrow
The ancient agora, specifically the Temple of Hephaestus
This is Cannes, France. Watts and Holly drove us there Who knew Brian could fly? Dad, I bet you remember this trick

What's up Dave? See you in Australia
The outside of the Colosseum again
The Temple of the Olympian Zeus, pretty impressive
Ooooh! Saganaki! Yummmm!
The beach in Corfu, this trip isn't all travel and hostels

The ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, shhhh! No cameras allowed!


Kelly drinking wine from a baby bottle in Paris, look familair Brooke and Molly?
Anubis, get in good with him because he ushers you into the afterlife