2001 Summer Trip - Part II

1. Belgium Luxembourg
Germany Austria
Italy Switzerland

2. From Britain to Belgium
Going from London to Brussels involved traversing the English Channel through an
underwater tunnel in a train called the Eurostar.
The trip was fast and dark. It’s best not to think of all the water surrounding the tunnel.

3. Eurostar
& Eurail

4. Belgium & Luxembourg

5. Brussels

8. Cathédrale Palais Tapis Les arcades du La Palais
Saint Michel Royal de Palais du Bourse de
fleurs Cinquantenaire Justice
Maison du Roi
Hôtel de Ville

9. Manneken Pis
Guilding is the work of city’s once
famous Art Nouveau cult

10. Luxembourg

11. 1. Ville Haute
2. Trois Tours
3. Hôtel de Ville
4. Panorama avec viaduc
Citadelle du St Esprit: panorama over the Grund
(shot 1)

12. Citadelle du St Esprit: panorama over the Grund
(shot 2)

13. Bruges

14. 83m high belfort
View from belfort @ 366 steps from the ground

16. The Burg: picniced
here while ensemble
played & sing
Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk (Our Lady’s Church):
home of Michelangelo’s Madonna and Child
Belgian architecture:
medieval town
(cobblestone streets)

18. Germany
&
Austria

19. Cologne

23. Deutschemark: pronounced “doysh mark”

25. Hamlin

30. Vienna

36. There are catacombs underneath with victims of
the Black Plague. 13th century gothic.

37. Gardens of Schloss Schönbrunn: 1,440 room
palace where Mozart played @ age 6

39. The Hofburg: Imperial Palace
For the life of
me, I cannot
determine
what buildings
these are:
Opera House?
Palace?

40. German/Austrian DOMs hybrid (I believe the left
one is German and the right one is Austrian)

41. From
Austria
to
Italy
Had I known I was going to cross Eastern
Europe, I would have hopped off the train.
Too bad I crossed it by night.

43. Florence

44. Pisa
I managed to sort of straighten out the leaning
tower while I was there.

47. The famous canals
Venice

50. Switzerland

51. Geneva

52. Southern shore of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman)
Jet d’Eau: 140 m high plume; 200 km/h water velocity

54. United Nations building @ Place des Nations