Sunday, December 18, 2011

Europe 2011

I recently took a two week trip to Europe to visit a couple friends. My good Friend Missy moved to Amsterdam earlier this year, and was kind enough to have me for a visit. Amsterdam is an incredible city, thanks for having me Missy. From Amsterdam Missy and I thought it would be fun to visit Istanbul. Our friend Jenny flew in from Seattle and met us at the airport. There isn't much more to say about Istanbul besides it is AMAZING, if you get the chance go. From Istanbul I flew up to London to visit two other friends who moved earlier this year. Maddy and Kihan were so kind to let me come visit them, thanks guys. They also had our friends Dan and Anika visiting at the same time, good times were had by all. My girlfriend Samantha was in London with a friend of hers at the same time, so I was able to see her as well. Samantha use to live in London, so it was real fun to see the locations she has been telling me about. Here are some photo's from the trip, and if you would like to see more of them click here.

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Canal in Amsterdam

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It was really foggy in Amsterdam

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Pigeons

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They love their bikes in Amsterdam (so do I)

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Another bike and canal

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Girls shopping

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The Blue Mosque

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Inside the Blue Mosque

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Cool lights in the Hagia Sofia

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Streets of Istanbul

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Another Mosque

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Hagia Sophia from the grounds of the Blue Mosque

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Blue Mosque from the inside of the Hagia Sophia

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Turkish Men

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Sunrise fishing

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Amazing place to go fishing

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Jenny and Missy

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Bird over Istanbul

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Big Ben

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YUMMY

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Mini Cooper

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Samantha shopping

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London is very cool

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Millenium bridge

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Tower bridge

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The Thames river

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Nice London Homes


Monday, November 14, 2011

Backpacking to Third Beach

My good friends Jon and Marley drove though town while on a cross country road trip. Samantha and I were lucky enough to have a few days off to join them on a little backpacking adventure. We went out to the coast and hiked into Third Beach, it was beautiful. If you would like to see more photo's click here.

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The campsite

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The crew

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Samantha with all her gear

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The kitchen

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Samantha running through the freezing water

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View from our campsite

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Jon loves handstands

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Jon and Marley paddleboarding

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Samantha checking out the sea

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Larabee camping

Every summer a big group of my friends go camping. This year we went to Larrabee state park, if you would like to see more photo's click here.

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Dash being awesome

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Skate checking out the puddle

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Serena checking out the same puddle

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Samantha climbing a tree

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Serena blowing bubbles

Rattlesnake ledge

Several months ago Samantha and I went on a hike to Rattlesnake ledge, here are some pictures.

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Hiking trail

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Lookout from the top

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Samantha taking a little nap

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Samantha