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Jim went overseas and took some picture

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So between my girlfriend and I we took nearly 600 pictures (we each brought a camera just in case something went wrong with one of them) These are some highlights from our trip. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of Liverpool, but my gf did and I'll try and scan in a couple of her pics of strawberry fields, and where the Beatles lived and stuff like that when I get a chance.

First up, here is the first bit of land we saw on the oher side of the Atlantic, I believe that would be a city in Ireland.
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Buckingham Palace, and the statue in front of it.
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Parliament Buildings from atop the London Eye
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Tower Bridge at night
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The Shambles in York
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Edinburgh Castle, lit up
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Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh. We climbed half way up which is where I took this picture. The path was rought from there on and it wasn't good for my girlfriend's knees.
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St Andrews Old Course - The Home of Golf
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Himalayas putting course at the Old Course. Those mounds were sometimes 2-3 feet high that you had to putt over
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St Andrews Castle
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St Andrews Cathedral
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The rolling hills of Northern England/Southern Scotland from the train
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Eiffel Tower
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Eiffel Tower lit up, taken from the second floor
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Eiffel Tower lit up taken from the Troccodero
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The carousel and garden made famous in Amelie.
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Sacre Coeur
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A bird we ate breakfast with at the Musee de Rodin
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Statue at the Musee de Rodin
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Arc de Triomphe
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View from the top of the Arc de Triomphe
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Sacre Coeur and Montmartre from the Arc de Triomphe
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Place de la Concorde
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Arc de Triomphe from the Place de la Concorde
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Fountain at the Place de la Concorde
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Base of a Random street light near Pont Neuf
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Louvre
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Notre Dame
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Some details of the facade of Notre Dame
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Farmland in Ontario as we circle waiting to land.
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I can't wait until the day schools are over-funded and the military is forced to hold bake sales to buy planes.

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That picture of the Eiffel Tower from the second floor is stunning :drool:
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:love: Thanks for sharing! My favourites are the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame pics :drool::drool:
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Those pictures are awesome!!!
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Wow that looks amazing. I'm very jelous. I hope you had a great time! Some of those pictures are beautiful.
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sweet photos, jim. hope you had fun!
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yep it was a good time of course. St Andrews was my favourite place, but London and Paris were fantastic of course as well.
I can't wait until the day schools are over-funded and the military is forced to hold bake sales to buy planes.

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Cool photos Jim. :nod:


I hope to go to France and England some day too. :nod:
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amazing photographs, jim.

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I was in a bunch of those places last month!
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Killer pictures... though I don't know how you can bear having the date stamp on. :lol:
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It was my dad's camera, and I didn't realize he had the date stamp on, so when I put them all on my computer I was stuck with them. It's not big deal cause it's helped keep them in order (I took over 300 pictures) and it's helped us remember what we did and on what days. In the future it'll be harder and harder to keep track of this stuff so it's probably good that the date stamp is on them.
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aww, it looks like you guys had an amazing time! The Paris pictures definitely bring back good memories. Thanks for sharing! Me and my friend leave on our 2nd annual EuroTrip in about a week. :mrgreen:
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