19. Glasgow, Barcelona, Lisbon, Brussels, Bruges, Copenhagen, Amsterdam - Travel Extravaganza!

Travel recap time! What a lucky girl I am to have gotten to go to all these cool places. I'm trying to work out a last-minute mini tour of Italy, as well. Remember the Tour of Italy at Olive Garden? You got something like 3 entrees all on one plate. Lasagna, chicken parmigiana and fettuccine alfredo, for my dinner, please... Gross. Great bread sticks, though.

Anyway, the photo tour begins, now! First up, Glasgow:

 

I had a lovely time, here. Before I left, people in Dublin kept saying that I should go to Edinburgh, instead, but I liked Glasgow. I went to the Williams Brothers brewery and tried this seaweed beer, Kelpi. I love it! Also, I went to the art museum where I walked in just as a little organ concert was starting. I think more museums should play music. It really added to the perusing experience.

Moving on! So, then I went to Barcelona and went to my first beer festival, among other things.

Next! Here's Lisbon:

A tree in a cage.

My first roasted chestnuts. They taste like a potato.

The coolest puppet museum

The evidence - gotta love that Fernet!

Like all pictures of nice views, this was a lot prettier in person.

Then, my mom came to visit! It's strange when my family comes to visit because they finally get to see where I've been living and walking around and where I eat and what I've been doing for year. Otherwise, they wouldn't really know what it's like. There's something so mysterious about that!

I was on TV!

The train to Bruges

It's amazing how many people reference the movie, In Bruges, when you say you're going to go to Bruges.

Sometimes my mother and I like to take time to appreciate the finer things in life - like a lovely dinner at ChiChis.

Twins - so, we use the exact same shade of hair color. That way, I can say, "Yes, I get my naturally red hair from my mom."

Traveling together was "great" (see post #4). We realized that when you travel with someone else you start pointing things out to each other. After a while, I was pointing to stuff just to say, "Hey, look at that." I didn't even think it was that cool or pretty. I just couldn't stop saying, "Oh, wow, look at that wall." or "Look at that building,"regardless of whether or not it was anything special.

Next! I met up with Hayley and Stephen in Copenhagen:

A jail-themed bar.

Hayley's friends from London, Brad and Ant.

I loved that little butter tile plate.

You could walk up those stairs.

At Christiania

The view from the picture above.

I tried another theme park. I keep trying and I just don't like rollercoasters!

This was in Tivoli.

And then these little guys came out and did a little show.

And then they did a kick-line at one point.

Then, we all went to Amsterdam and stayed in a house boat:

The view from the living room.

I wasn't trying to take a picture of this guy, just the fast food place.

Old Guinness!

The owner of Beer Temple, where we did a beer tasting.

Crooked building

This thing

"Look who showed up to the party!" - I think this thing saved my life.

I'll just say we were definitely pushing ourselves to the limits on this trip. So much fun. Thanks, Hayley and Stephen!