Leaving Paris...

I'm heading down to Toulouse on a night train tonight. Pete is making a nice summary of our trip together here. http://peytah.blogspot.com/ Sorry this is short but I've spent most of my time making plans.

Seeyall,
Eric

In Paris...

Jus checking in quick o le you know I'm in Paris, really like i here, and I spent a marahon 12 hour day in the Louvre. I was great. Onvce again the internet is horrible here so that''s it for an update. www.louvre.fr

A method to the madness... maybe...

I went to Innsbruck, Austria and spent a day there with Pete before I took a night train back to Florence to go to the Uffizi Gallery. I spent a whole day there after I finally got in and saw some great classical art. Later that night I took a train to Rome and met up with Kevin again. We weren´t able to get a reservation on the train we wanted so we had to leave a bit earlier the next afternoon than I had hoped. We still had plenty of time to wander through the center of the city and see many and it really was everything I hoped it would be! The colleseum was especially exciting and I´m really looking forward to going back to spend a day in the Vatican Museum. So we took a train all night to get to Ghent, Belgium and are with my friends Matt and Kelsey for a few days enjoying the exceptionally weird Ghent Festival. Having a great time and finally found some internet to let you know what's up. None of mine, but I will have some good pics as well:

Innsbruck:

Scloss Ambras in Innsbruck:

The halls of the Uffizi:

A michelangelo painting that I really liked in person:

5000 people a year were _____ here. Fill in the blank.

The main stage at the festival:

Some New Pictures...

Yeah, I thought so too...

Out of the mountains...

Out of the mountains now and had a second to start this post. We spent a couple of days outside of Rovereto, Italy and a couple of days in the Dolomites. When I find some better internet I will have some great pictures and some stories, so check back.

Suprise

So, there is a LOT of rain all through the Alps, so we decided to head south to Venice. Pete and I will be headed back to the Alps to climb on Thursday night through Sunday morning. In the meantime Venice is just a wonderfully different world and we've done alot of walking again. I was actually suprised by how clean the water looks and even though the city in general looks pretty run down, it still manages to be charming. We went out to Murano to see the famous glass works today. Some great things there, maybe a gift or two? Here are some quick downloads...

Bergen:

Fjords:

Venice:

Still having a great time and I don't miss you at all yet... ;-) Love, Eric