We are back!

Europe was absolutely amazing!!! I can not believe how quickly a month goes by...and how much junk mail collects =) This is the bus we rode for 27 days...won't miss the bus!


London, England. In front of Buckingham Palace. And no the queen did not invite us in for a spot of tea.
Innsbruck, Austria. We took a horse carriage ride right through the field from Sound of Music.



Burano, Italy. This was the coolest island! Every apartment was painted a bright color.


Biarritz, France. If we ever hit the lotto our vacation home will be here!!


Barcelona, Spain. We went to a flamenco show and saw Lara!! YIPEE!



Rome, Italy. The Colosseum was absolutely amazing!!!


Madrid Spain. We went to Casa Botin which is the oldest restaurant in the world. We went with our buddies we met on the bus. Aussies rock!

Venice, Italy. I want to go back on the gondola already! It was awesome

Paris, France. The Eifel Tower was so beautiful!! I made Steve take me back 4 times to see it =)





Our new obsession is crepes with Nutella!! If you have not tired Nutella, go to the grocery store and get some (it's near the peanut butter). Oh it is so good on toast too!!




Monte Carlo/Monaco.

We have so many pictures, but I won't bore you all with them =) Until the next adventure...

We are off!!

Well we are off in just a few hours. As you can see we were not able to bring much luggage. One bag each at 50 lbs or under!! 30 days in one suitcase...this should be very interesting. We leave LAX at 7:50pm and land in Heathrow London at 2:15pm Saturday. I just pray my zanax does not wear off OYE!! I will update when we are on the Big Red Bus tour in London. CHAO!

Caper of the month....finally

Steve has been nominated for "Caper of the month" at work for several years and he just brought home the mug of envy. Yes, Mandi there is actually a mug!!

Photo Shoots

I had such an amazing day working with Erin! I feel so blessed to be learning from her =) This morning we went to go meet Ms. Tegan, what a dolly!! Then this afternoon we went over to see Heather and Cody who are here visiting. What a great day!!

14 more days!!

Here is the map and the locations of where we are going. I am hoping I can update my blog while I am there, unfortunately I can not add pictures from my blackberry. However I will be uploading some to my fliker account http://www.flickr.com/photos/30825334@N02/

John Alan Wine Dinner

Last night Steve, my parents, and I went to WineStyles to attend the John Alan winery dinner. They were filming the TV show called "Out to Eat" which will be airing on PBS in about 7 weeks. We sat at a table with 2 other great couples! The photo is of one of the other wives (Courtney), the host of the show, and the sales manager of John Alan winery.

Helen

We lost a wonderful family friend today. As some of you know Helen is my dad's best friends wife. She suffered an aneurysm a little over a week ago and remained in a coma ever since her brain surgery. Please say a prayer for the Green family.