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glacier_kitty ([personal profile] glacier_kitty) wrote2006-07-13 09:42 am

The mighty SAXON!

I listened to the Saxon CD I got yesterday. OMG they are sooo awesome!! The guitars are so heavy and awesome! The singer is really good too. I'm not sure if I could pick a favorite song...probably Lionheart for the lyrics *is getting more Saxon albums in the future*

This Sunday mom and Ryan and I are going to hang out with our friends Julie and Madison...we used to do Indian Guides together and we've known each other for kinda a long time...I got really close to them also. We haven't seen each other in awhile and I can't wait to see them again!

I need to put my Europe pics in my photo album...

This is the best video ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtMylTEb6rg

Whoa A Star to Follow says "Ring the bells, ring the bells, let the churches ring the bells!" about a billion times *dies*


Tautavel, France
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We went swimming here. Someone almost drowned

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A cave...people found ancient bones there

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What lurks in the shadows?

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We had to climb up a huge hill to get to the cave and this is the view from the top

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Prettyful

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Spear throwing thing. I was bad at it


Carcassonne, France
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Hotel view. BEST EVER OMG. You can see the medieval city further away. Carcassonne means "ringing of bells"...at night the medieval city was lit up and looked sooo awesome

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More hotel view

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Not sure what that was but it looked awesome

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Inside the hotel...best hotel of the trip!! It reminded me of an opera house

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The original Carcassonne! Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was filmed there. I always said I wanted to live in a castle and I'M GONNA LIVE THERE OMG

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Street of Carcassonne...I love the towers too

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Church in the medieval city

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Inside...beautiful stained glass

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Sooo pretty


Nîmes, France
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Roman amphitheater

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Facade

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St. Paul's Church

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Pont du Gard-Roman aqueduct

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It was built around 19 BC...woooow

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The Gard River...I wanted to go swimming! The water is sooo blue

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Inside a church at a medieval city

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For some reason the outside of it reminds me of The Alamo


Homestay
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My homestay family took us to the beach...it was nice

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The mom...she was nice but didn't speak English

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The daughter...she spoke English

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The dad...he kinda spoke English

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The son...he didn't speak English

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Me with my homestay partner Jenny

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A creek they took us to

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Me at the creek

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Us at the creek

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More creekness

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Church near the family's apartment

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OMG its bells...I heard them and they're the most beautiful church bells I've ever heard!!!


French Riviera-Côte d'Azur-Nice and Cannes
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LUCAAAAA

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Saint Nicolas Orthodox Cathedral...it's a Russian cathedral

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Sooo pretty

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Another church

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Lovely water!!

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Hotel view


Monaco
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The harbor

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Buildings and harbor

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A church

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Inside it

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The altar

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Pretty painting

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Awesome organ!!

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The palace...Monaco is its own country and is smaller than Central Park...it's a principality

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A church at a medieval city...I was standing next to it when the bell rang...it was looooud

Today's Latin: in virtute sunt multi ascensus (there are many degrees in excellence)

"Your crown awaits you, the chosen one. Tell the people that freedom's come. Light the beacons, ring the bells, sing you minstrels there's tales to tell"--"Lionheart," Saxon

[identity profile] foxydanish.livejournal.com 2006-07-13 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! I finally got a chance to see your pictures (not the videos yet, though). I left you some comments, go see! :)

[identity profile] glacier-kitty.livejournal.com 2006-07-13 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep I saw! Thanks!

Most of my video are church bells lol..

[identity profile] opera-lover-44.livejournal.com 2006-07-13 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope you have fun with the family friends! I'll be in PA in a family reunion...with tons of people I don't know....joy. ANYWAYS you have fun! lol