2010 – A month traveling Europe

In 2010, John took his second sabbatical. The two of us spent the month of June traveling Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Hungary before coming home. Here are pictures from Rome, Pompeii, Florence, Venice, Padua, Verona and Como in Italy, Munich, Germany, Interlaken, Switzerland and Budapest, Hungary.

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Colosseum — Roman Colosseum

St. Peters — John and Janet in St. Peters Cathedral in the Vatican

St. Peters — Scenes from inside St. Peters

Scenes from Rome

Sistine Chapel — Janet at the Sistine Chapel

Villa Torlonia — Janet in Villa Torlonia, the palace in which Mussolini resided

Scenes from Rome

Roman Coliseum — John and Janet outside the Roman Coliseum

Papal mass — Janet attending Wednesday mass at the Vatican given by the pope

Inside St. Peters — Scene inside St. Peters

Grain mills — Grain mills for grinding wheat at ancient bakery

Corner restaurant — Sidewalk Cafe in Pompeii where meat and bread was sold over the counter

Street in Pompeii — Street in Pompeii. Notice the ancient ruts in the cobblestones

Pompeii wall paintings — Pompeii wall paintings in a private residence

Amphitheatre of Pompeii — The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatre.

Body casts in Pompeii

Wall paintings — Wall paintings in Pompeii

Tiled entryway — Tiled entryway to a private residence in Pompeii

Courtyard — Janet at the courtyard of a private residence in Pompeii

Temple — Ruins of an ancient temple in Pompeii

Baptistry — The Baptistery outside the cathedral in Florence

Duomo — The Basilica Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, aka the Duomo

Statue of David — John and Janet at a reproduction of the Statue of David in Florence

Leather market — The Leather market in Florence

Leather market — Looking down on Florence from our hotel balcony.

Rialto bridge — Rialto bridge in Venice

Gondola ride — Gondalier and customers

John and Janet — John and Janet in Venice

Venice — Venice waterfront. Note the water ambulance picking up a patient

Gondolas — Gondolas crowding the Grande Canal

Doges Palace in Venice

Arsenal — Entryway to the Arsenal in Venice, where their ships were built

Amphitheatre — Amphitheatre in Verona. Built by Rome but still in use today

Balcony — Juliet’s balcony in the garden of the Capulet’s home

Juliet — Statue of Juliet in the Capulet’s garden. Janet touching the breast for good luck in love

Letters — Letters to Juliet from lovers; tunnel leading into garden of Capulet’s home

Lake Como — House on the cliffs overlooking Lake Como

Como — City of Como Italy from the hills above

Janet — Janet at Bellagio Italy on Lake Como

John — John in Bellagio overlooking Lake Como

Jungfraujoch — John and Janet at observatory atop Jungfraujoch

Glacier — Glacier on Jungfrau

Monch Peak — 13,474 ft high Monch peak from observatory at Jungfraujoch

Hotel — Our hotel in Interlaken

Castle Thun — Janet at Castle Thun in Thun, Switzerland

Stairwell — Janet climbing the tower stairs in Castle Thun

Valley — Lauterbrunnen valley in Switzerland

Valley in the Swiss Alps — Valley in the Swiss Alps on drive to Interlaken

Andeches Monastery — Andeches Monastery outside Munich. Best beer in Germany

Castle — View of another Castle from Neuschwanstein

Fountain in Munich

Rathaus-Glockenspiel — Janet at the Rathaus-Glockenspiel in Munich

Hofbräuhaus — John and waitress at Hofbräuhaus in Munich

Hofbräuhaus 2 — John and Janet in the courtyard of Hofbräuhaus in Munich

Neuschwanstein — John and Janet at Neuschwanstein Castle.

Neuschwanstein Castle

Orchestra — Symphony Orchestra performs outdoors in Munich

Castle Hill — Castle Hill in Budapest

Parliament — Parliament building in Budapest

Sandor Palace — Sandor Palace in Budapest

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