Berlin, Germany

We ate at this pub our first night in Berlin.  What a funny sign!

The cathedral in Berlin.

J. in front of the cathedral.

Brandenburg Gate

In the Reichstag Building.

The last day of our vacation, we decided to spend the day at the Berlin Zoo.  There were so many babies in the zoo, we had so much fun.

These baby goats were so fun and so cute!  We had a fun time feeding them!

ha ha, only J...

I love monkeys!

We had such a wonderful vacation.  We were eager to get back to Florence so we could pack again and leave for Minnesota for the summer!

Prague, Czech Republic

I LOVE PRAGUE!

On the Charles Bridge.  We met up with my friend from Minnesota Symphonic Winds.  It was so fun!

Charles Bridge.

We walked up the 400 steps up the "mini" Eiffel Tower.  It was a great view of Prague!

We spent the afternoon at the Castle Quarter.  This is the cathedral.

Prague by night.

Creepy right?!

Prague is such a cool city.  This turned out to be one of our very favorite cities we visited.

Vienna, Austria

Outside the opera house in Vienna.

Climbing the cathedral tower.

The beautiful rose gardens at the Hofbug house.

So pretty!

We went to the butterfly house.

Salzburg, Austria

In Salzburg with the castle and the Old Center in the background.  

These were the real hand painted eggs.  We were afraid to touch anything in this store!

In the castle looking out over Salzburg.

Enjoying some Austrian beer in a beer garden.

We went to the Marionette Theater to see the Magic Flute.  It was so cool to see the little dolls move just like people!

We went on a Sound of Music tour.  It was actually a ton of fun!  This is the back of the Von Trap's house and the lake that the children fell into.

We went on an alpine slide.  We had to ride up the hill backwards. 

And then we went down!

In the lake district outside of Salzburg.

At the Mirabell Gardens.

Switzerland

J and I spent the first 2 weeks of June traveling around Europe.  Our first stop was in Interlaken, Switzerland.

We went white water rafting in the Alps!

It was a Blast!

The water was SO freezing, even with our wetsuits on!

In Interlaken, looking out over Lake Thunersee.

This was the view from the balcony at our hotel in Murren, Switzerland.  Yes, it was a VERY long way down!

We took the cable cars up to Shilthorn.  It was so beautiful us there.

We took a hike up to a glacier.  The hike was the most beautiful hike I have ever been on in my life.  We were the only ones around for miles and miles.

The views were just breathtaking, or maybe it was the altitude...

By the glacier river.

After the hike in the Alps, we walked down to see the glacier waterfalls in the mountain.  It was so cool!

This was the view out of our window the last night in Murren.  Wow.