After Graduation Dan and I took 3 weeks and went back packing across Europe. We literally just took a backpack each and we slept in hostels. We bought an Ipod touch right before we left which was so great because we found lots of WiFi spots and was able to get maps and book hostels. So Dan served his mission in Barcelona, Spain and always wanted to go back. And I did a study abroad in Europe and it was great to show Dan some of the places I had been. oh yeah and I speak French, so language wise we got along pretty well. We went to Spain, France and Italy and spent about a 1 week in each country. We had lots of fun and got lots more memories. So here is some highlights of our trip.
We started our trip in Malaga, Spain
Then Dan really wanted to see La Alhambra which is a Muslim palace built in the 14th century. It is really cool, because it is very different than European architecture. 
An overview of the whole palace. The palace is in Granada. We also saw Flamanco dancing in Granada as well.
We then travelled to Madrid. We went to a bull fight during the big festival in Madrid. It was pretty cool to watch.
In Madrid we also saw the Royal Palace of Madrid where the King lives. And lots of other attractions. We went to the temple too.
We went to El Prado in Madrid as well. Which we really like going to great art galleries in the world. Dan always tells me he looks like Hadrian (the roman) which now I see it, he really does look like him.
After Madrid, we travelled to Zaragoza. One of Dan's mission areas. They had great castles there.
And beautiful basilica's. Zaragoza.
We then travelled to Barcelona. We had both seen a lot of the sights in Barcelona, so we saw new sites. Gaudi apartments.
We just walked around a lot of Barcelona, and in the parks. We also took a trip to Terragona, and visited an old friend from the mission.
After Spain, we took our touring to France. Where we it was really nice to be able to speak French again. I wasn't so rusty as I had thought it came back. So here we are in Avignon. Sur le pont d'Avignon. L'on y danse, l'on y danse. It's a famous song!
Avignon also has the Pope palace when they had 2 pope's they built this huge palace its pretty cool!
Then we went to one of my favorite cities. Marseille. We went to see the chateau d'If (from count of Monte Cristo)
We also just had a little more time than the last time I was there to walk around the city.
After Marseille, we kept to the south of France and visited the French Riviera. Which has beautiful blue water. Here we are in Nice.
We took a day trip to Cannes, because we happened to be there during the famous film festival. Didn't see anyone famous, but who would I know. I guess we say the red carpet of a film and saw famous directors!
So then we headed to Italy. I love visiting Italia. Too bad I don't speak Italian, I could fit right in! Well we went to Genova first and then went to Pisa. (Dan has all our cool pictures holding up the tour).
We then continued to Firenze. Which has so many wonderful things to see. We first went to the Uffizi. We saw David in the square and did lots of other sites.
We then shared a rental car and went to tour Tuscany. Tuscany is so pretty, we will have to come back and spend a whole week in Tuscany!
A view of Firenze.
Then we went to my favorite city. ROMA. I love everything about Rome. It is full of old roman architecture and lots of things to see. Here is the Trevi Fountain.
We also visited the Vatican and St Peter's Basilica. We actually even went to mass there with a Cardinal.
Dan loved seeing the Colosseum.
That conclude our trip. We flew out of Rome and we were sad to leave. We had tons of fun and hopefully will make it back again. But we will travel the rest of the world first. My next trip is to Asia, maybe China or Singapore. 
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