"I Spy Blue Skies"

After arriving in London and seeing the London Eye I was pretty set on taking a ride and getting a high up view of London, but the view from St. Paul's Cathedral definitely changed my mind. Once at the top after climbing many, many stairs, we were able to walk the circumference of the dome and see all of London. I can't say for sure, but I would be willing to bet that St. Paul's Cathedral put the London Eye to shame.

"Confusion By Assumption"

This is the Tower Bridge, not to be confused with the London Bridge. I say this because in April of 1968, the real London Bridge was actually mistakenly bought, shipped, and reassembled in Arizona when Robert P. McCullocht believed he was purchasing the bridge pictured above. This assumption cost him 2,460,000 US dollars.

"Severing Ties" This block and axe was used back in the day to solve many of King Henry VIII's problems. If you got in his way or on his bad side you were set to the London Tower to await your fate.

"Daffodil Fields Forever" This little boy was enjoying himself whiling getting an up close view of one of the many daffodil patches found along the Princess Diana of Wales Memorial Walk. I find the people pictures very awkward to take because you look like a major creeper taking pictures of random people. I'm just glad his mom didn't turn around and see me.

"Long Lost Friend" I think that this is the first squirrel I have seen here while in the United Kingdom. I'm so used to seeing the crazy little things run around campus and pop out of garbage cans with ice cream cones hanging form their mouths. This squirrel looks like it just got done throwing a right hook.

"Night Lights"

Going up to the top of the Eiffel Tower was definitely a highlight of the Paris trip. The view was amazing especially with all of the lights. It was the perfect time to go since we were able to see everything when it was still light out, but by the time we got to the top the sun had set and the city was completely lit up.

"Blurry"

This is actually the same scene as above. I turned the flash off of my camera and slowly moved it while taking the picture. No computer imagining was used to avoid what some may call cheesy effects. I suppose my view of abstract greatly differs from others being I don't believe this picture is abstract at all.

"Freeze" There was a lot of motion in this picture including the traffic, the people on the streets, and me. It was taken while our bus was driving down the street to start another fun-filled and busy day in London.

"Mass of Metal"

The Eiffel Tower looked even more amazing at night when it was all lit up, but I thought the random sparkling was somewhat lame and made it look like a Christmas tree. I can't believe that this structure was made especially for the World's Fair in Paris, and was almost torn down when the fair was done.

"By Candlelight"

These candles were in the St. Sulpice Cathedral in Paris which many are familiar with as the "Rose Line" Cathedral filmed in the Da Vinci Code. I liked how they were so colorful and lit up the dark corner of the cathedral.