Rome, Italy

I was in LOVE with Rome when we first arrived. The people were so friendly and willing to help even if they didn't speak a word of English! The Colusseum is AMAZING. It makes me want to watch Gladiator all over again! I spent way to many meals eating Gelato and Pizza. By the way, Pizza here is to DIE for. I will never look at Dominos the same way again.

Trevi Fountain - it took us forever and a day to find the Trevi Fountain. We spent a whole 5 minutes there before realizing we had to haul butt to the train station if we wanted to catch the last train to our hotel. We made it with 2 minutes to spare!


St. Peter's Square in Vatican City


Inside St. Peter's Basilica where they made us cover our shoulders and knees. Apparently you can go in completely naked as long as your shoulders and knees are covered


On our way to the Sistine Chapel


You're not allowed to film or photograph the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Here's the illegal video I took before I got caught filming...oopsie!


The Coloseum was my favorite part of Rome. The sheer size of it is mineblowing, and the tour guides do an amazing job of re-creating a visual image of what it was like in Roman times. We probably could have spent hours here if we weren't in such a hurry. It was an incredible feeling getting to touch something that had survived 2000 years of mother nature.


I found a Texas A&M symbol carved into the wall of the Coloseum! GO AGGIES!


Fei and me being dorks and pretending that we're gladiators


At the Roman Forum across from the Coloseum


These ruins used to be houses back in Roman times. I had to test out the bed :)


Spanish Steps


Ecstacy of Saint Teresa - from the book Angels & Demons

Backpacking Paris

Paris was not as great as I remembered, but still fantastic! Here are pictures from my last Parisian adventure: http://wendystraveladventures.blogspot.com/2009/03/paris-2005.html

It helped that last time we had our own private tour guide :) And let me tell you....you know what they say about Parisians being smelly and hairy? Well its TRUE!!! I wanted to stand on the corner and pass out speedsticks and razors. I did however, enjoy the many lazy afternoons spent napping on various lawns (the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, The Louvre - OH YES, you CAN nap in the Louvre!) The best thing in the world are "midnight truffle neapoleans" which taste like someone poured heaven into your mouth. YUM! I miss the croissants already! And in the words of my cousin...."they don't taste like the Costco ones at all!"

Too many pictures to post. The rest can be found HERE

The Eiffel Tower was lit specially for Bastille Day (French Independence Day) to resemble the flag


Hundreds of Parisians gathered here for a free James Blunt concert. We had no idea what was going on until we woke up from our naps surrounded by hairy French women


climbing the stairs of the Arc du Triomphe.




hanging out on the Champs-Elysee. These two are off the chain


The Louvre


mummies are neat!


lol my brother is such a goofball


check out the crazy paparazzi scene in front of the Mona Lisa



LOL how very fitting for Fei :P


Versailles is so much prettier during the summer months! They actually turn on the fountains and play classical music throughout the gardens. It feels very Marie Antoinette walking through the hedge mazes! Check out my winter pictures HERE. BIG difference!


This video is the funniest thing ever!! The backstory is: Fei was trying to take one of those "jumping" pictures, but we decided it would be easier to take a video and screencap it later. Watch the video for more hilarity. There were a group of people behind us laughing so hard at our idiocy.



Marie Curie's tomb. I hope I don't get radiation poisoning!


Inside the Paris Opera house


The ceiling of the Opera House. My fat head is blocking the infamous chandelier that falls during Phantom of the Opera


3 pairs of tired feet relaxing on a Seine River boat tour. This was also the night my brother's passport fell out of his pocket, onto the boat deck. He was so unbelievably lucky to find it the next day. What an adventure THAT was!!!


My brother at Notre Dame pretending to be the Hunchback while terrorizing the citizens of Paris with his stupidity.