INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the official website of Colin & Allison's Awesomely Awesome European Adventure. Here, you can read our blog as we travel through Europe from May 14 to June 17. You can also view our itinerary and plans, as well as learn some tips that we've found useful as we've planned. When we return, you'll also be able to view our pictures. AND, of course, please don't forget to sign our guestbook and say hi!


CONTENT

Learn more about us
See our itinerary
Sights we hope to see
I bet you have some questions
Get some tips for trips
Check out our photos
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Useful links
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Sights We Hope to See
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Liverpool:Magical Mystery Tour, Brain Epstein's gravesite, Eleanor Rigby's gravesite, Albert Dock (& wonderful picinic lunches), Merseyside Maritime Museum (esp. Titanic & Lusitania artifacts), Museum of Liverpool Life, Tate Liverpool, Metropolitan CathedralBrian Epstein's grave, the childhood homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the Cavern Club, former site of NEMS, the Royal Liver Building
London:Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, London Bridge, Tate Britain (esp Lady of Shalott), Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, Abbey Road, National Portrait Gallery, St. Paul's, Theatre Museum, Royal Opera House, British Museum, Fitzroy Square/Tavern, Royal Courts of Justice, Fleet Street, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Globe Theatre, George Inn, Tate Modern, Royal Albert Hall, Brompton Oratory, stroll through Hyde Park (esp. 100 Hyde Park Gate, Peter Pan statue), Bond Street, Harrods, Portobello Road, stroll through Regent's Park (esp. Fitzroy No. 23)Abbey Road, the London Eye, the Tower of London, the British Museum, Buddy...the Buddy Holly Story, Paul McCartney's house, the James Hyman gallery, Tate Modern... um, everything!
Paris:Musée d'Orsay, Musée du Louvre, Jardin du Luxembourg (& Fontaine de l'Observatoire), Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Arc du Triomphe, Saint-Chapelle, Pont Neuf, Maison de Victor Hugo, Jardin des Tuleries, Place de la Concorde (Marie Antoinette executed; great photo spot), St-Germain-des-Près (oldest church in Paris), Pantheon, Shakespeare & Co., stroll Champs-Elysées, Opéra National de Paris Garnier, La Madeline, Sacré-Coeur, Moulin Rouge, VersaillesNotre Dame, Montmarte, the Louvre, Pierre LaChaise Cemetery (Jim Morrison!), Eiffel Tower
Munich:Marienplatz, Viktualienmarkt, Residenzmuzeum, Hofgarten, Odeonsplatz, Brienner Strasse, Ludwig Maximilian-Universität München (LMU), Alte Pinakothek, gravesite of Sophie Scholl, Dachau Concentration Camp & Neuschwanstein CastleDachau (even though it's kinda morbid and sad), Neuschwanstein, any little Bavarian villages. I'm mostly looking forward to just the atmosphere of old Germany
Salzburg:Mozartplatz, Glockenspiel, Salzburg Cathedral, Kapitelplatz, St. Peter's Church & Cemetery, stroll down Getreidegasse, Mönchsberg Walk (esp. Hohensalzburg Fortress & Old Town photos), Mirabelle Gardens (esp. Sound of Music statues & free park concerts), Mozart's Residence, stroll down Steingasse & St. Sebastian CemeteryMozarts Geburtshaus, Old City, the Sound of Music sites
Vienna:St. Stephen's Cathedral, old city wall (esp. Beethoven residence above wall), Austrian Parliament, Volksgarten (imperial garden), Museum Quartier (esp. Maria Theresa statue), Hofburg's Imperial Apartments, The Secession (art museum housing Klimt's Beethoven Frieze), Donauinsel (island nature escape)Opera House. Another city where I'm hoping to just soak up the atmosphere!
Berlin:Tiergarten (esp. Schloss Bellevue, Reichstag), strolling along Unter den Linden (esp. Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Story [great bookstore w/ free museum & film], Bebelplatz, Neue Wache, bust of Queen Nefertiti, Berliner Dom), strolling down Friedrichstrasses (esp. East Side Gallery), New Synagogue & Schloss Charlottenburgthe Brandenburg Gate, day trip to Wittenburg/Wartburg/Erfurt to see the Martin Luther sites