The hills are alive (it's about time)

A few months ago Cullen and I went to Austria and Switzerland with our good friends Graham and Elizabeth.  I think I was a bit overwhelmed with the amount of pictures I took and all the editing, so I procrastinated posting.  I have yet to do much editing, but wanted to post anyways - it was an amazing trip!

VIENNA

 St. Stephen's Cathedral 

Schönbrunn Palace Gardens

A night at one of the wine gardens outside Vienna

The Belvedere Musuem 

Gustav Klimt, Death and Life

 

Karlskirche Church

The Leopold Museum

Leopold has one of the biggest collections of Egon Schiele's work (one of my favorite artists).

I also think Johnny Depp should play Egon Schiele in a movie - they look identical!

SALZBURG

  

INNSBRUCK

 

 The amazing sunrise we witnessed while leaving the city.

LAKE THUN

 

We took the boat to Interlaken and spent the night in Faulensee.

 MURREN AND THE LAUTERBRENNAN VALLEY

 

 The view from our hotel in Murren

We took a cable car to the top of the Schilthorn for a view of 

the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau Mountains.

Graham and Elizabeth went paragliding  from Murren into The Lauterbrennen Valley.

  

Anyone want to meet somewhere fun?

Home for the Holidays

Cullen and I went home to Atlanta for Christmas this year.  

We had a great time being home with family and friends. 

We started off our journey home with a night in London.
We had a great meal at Polpo and saw
Les Miserables at Queens Theater. 






Here are a few highlights from our time in Atlanta.

The whole fam
 

Mom and Dad's amazing tree

Meeting baby Baddour

Hanging out with family

 

Celebrating with friends

New Years at the Lake

Happy Birthday Dad!

 

Thanks to all those who made our time home so special!

The hills are alive....

and we're off!

Cullen and I are off to meet our friends 

Graham and Elizabeth in Vienna.  

We will be traveling around Austria and Switzerland for a week.

More updates to come!

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USA..... and of course Team GB

OLYMPIC FEVER...  I know the Olympics already feel like they were forever ago, but I am just now getting around to posting our 2012 Olympic experience.  Plus the Para Olympics are about to start (29th)!

One of the Olympic venues was in Newcastle and Cullen and I went to two football matches

 

 

We had great seats.  I also deleted my memory card so I unfortunately do not have any images of the earlier game.  

We saw Japan vs. Morroco

and Spain vs. Honduras

 

Then Cullen and I made a last minute trip down to London the last weekend of the Olympics.  

I love the Olympics and even though we didn't have tickets I thought it unacceptable to live in the same country and not experience London during the Olympics.  

Thanks to the generosity of some friends, Cullen and I ended up going to Wrestling, Taekwondo and got to hang out at the USA House - where athletes, coaches and random people like us hang out. 

 

We watched a few events from Hyde Parke where they had a couple screens set up to show live footage - kinda felt like Music Midtown meets the Olympics.  

At the USA House

Silver medalists

 

Cullen and I are not looking our best, but enjoying hanging out with Liz in London.

All in all we were very impressed with the City of London and the many volunteers that made the Olympics a wonderful experience.  

I am back from my 3 week American adventure.  

Cullen and I spent two nights in London before I flew out

(where I realized my passport was still in Durham - long story for another post)

Then I headed to Boston for painting and photography classes for my MFA

Spent 10 days working in Boston

Flew to meet my family at Grayton Beach, Florida for a week

Then drove back to Atlanta for a few nights at home with family and friends.  

Now that I am back in Durham, I have been thrown into a crazy busy week at work, organizing an international humanitarian aid conference, lots of overdue school work, and the OLYMPICS!

So a few highlights from my trip

But more to come once life slows down a bit.   

BOSTON 
view from my dorm

Fine Arts Department

Hard at work

 

Red Sox Game

 

GRAYTON BEACH

 

Lindsay's Birthday!

 

ATLANTA 


Girls Dinner