Some pictures from a friend of a friend who helped out in the South after Hurricane Katrina. This is a gator in the fellowship hall of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Gulf Port, MI. Sep. 2, 2005 For more 1st hand photos, copy and paste this link into a browser: http://www.photoworks.com/util/slideShow.jsp;jsessionid=5038E0A14967A26FD528F02BF46B5679?size=300x400&stackID=37886017&showPrints=true&showBooks=true&title=Slideshow&cb=PW&svr=web9&guest=true&startIndex=1  

I returned from my vacation to Europe about 2 weeks ago. It was a fabulous, exhausting trip. Take a look below. 

Tower Bridge, London 

Big Ben...not quite as impressive as I was expecting 

The Queen's humble abode 

In front of Buckingham Palace enjoying Starbuck's white hot chocolate and the cool weather after melting in Italy. 

In front of Buckingham Palace 

Buckingham Palace 

Grand Canal, Venice 

Where is the vaporetto? 

Venice canal 

Mark in Murano, the island of hand-blown glass 

Venice  

Piazza San Marco in Venice...full of crazy pigeons 

The "dome" of the Duomo 

The front of the Duomo in Florence 

The streets of Florence 

Rio Maggiore 

Rio Maggiore...not a postcard 

Vernazza 

Mark, my youngest brother, in front of Manarola. 

The "short" hike among the five villages of Cinque Terra took us slightly longer than we thought it would, right into sunset. 

Vernazza 

Vernazza harbor 

The picturesque fishing village of Vernazza. The peach gellatto near the beach is magical.