This is the view down the street where my parents lived.

This was a fun little slide they had in a park nearby. It seems like they came up with all the cool playground toys in other countries and after I got too old to be socially acceptable at using them, but I did fully enjoy this one.

Boys will be boys. This was at a mideval fest in Germany. They have tons of these events around. They are quite fun.

At these fests, they often have yummy food - in this case, yummy pig.

Seeing as how I just got back from China, I kept noticing Chinese restaurants all over.

Just across from the Chinese restaurant was a nice courtyard.

Newswanstein Castle - the castle that the one in Disneyland is modeled after.

Me pretending to be an archer - I know, I'm not even close with the outfit.

Germany has a great many castles. We had a great time exploring all the knooks and crannies of this one.

A couple times, I found myself crawling up into a completely black hole not knowing where I was going. I just kept hoping that it wasn't the other end of the toilets....

My parents and me posing for a nice snapshot infront of a nice castle.

Walking away from the Moulin Rouge, we noticed a few shops that kept in the essence of the area.

Visible from quite a few points in Paris. It's hard to take a picture that hasn't already been taken of it though.

A nice view of the belly of the Eiffle Tower. Kind of fun to analyze if you are a nerd like I am.

If you analyze it too hard though, you may end up like this guy....

You just have to have a picture like this one when you visit the Thinker.

I really like this sculpture. It is "Love and Psyche" by Canova. To me, it just looks like they are so in love and fully concentrating on each other only. When(if) I get married, I hope my wife and I will look at each other in a similar way.

Everyone standing in line to see...

...the Mona Lisa. The crowd seemed a lot like the ones in China, but these were a little bit more organized.

On the outside wall of Notre Dame. There was a really good story that goes along with the headless statue, but I can't remember what it is. Bet that helps you out a lot.

Is that the famous arch in Paris?

No, it is part of the downtown district - where work actually gets done.

This is in Paris - not really what is typically imagined of Paris. They have tried (and succeeded) and keeping the old and new separate.

We gave our trip a thumbs up (three actually). Well, we gave it two and Paris gave it one also.