The End....for now

This is Rhett this time and for me, the world trip is finally over, but there are plenty of photos yet to share. After Austin and I left Switzerland we headed to Barcelona, Spain. It was Saturday, so the first thing we wanted to do was find where the church was. Upon our arrival we found the local members were having a party for a couple that would be getting married in the coming. We were warmly welcomed and well fed. After church the next day, we enjoyed some of the sights of the city before taking a night train to Bilbao in the Basque part of Spain (also where Mundaka, a famous surf spot, is. Sadly, there was no surf while we were there). After spending an entire day at the beach and sleeping under a bridge by the beach, Tuesday morning Austin and I parted ways. I got to take the camera, and I left Austin in Spain to go up to Paris and haven't seen him since. In the next 9 days I went through 7 different countries on night trains, stopping for a few hours during the day to see different sights.




Lisa and Mary K. gave us quite the send-off. We were fortunate enough to get to attend the Temple in Bern, Switzerland.









Bern is a pretty neat city.









This is the view of the beach we were at all day from under the bridge we slept under. It's fun to see the sun rise.










Paris had some sweet stuff. This is me at the Arc D'Triumph










This poor guy's head must have fallen off or something...









In Munich, Germany I had the opportunity to attend Dachau, which is where the first Concentration camp was built. It was definitely an eye-opening experience and I'm glad I got to go.








In Munich they also have a big park that's bigger than New York City's Central Park. There's a river that runs through the park and at a particularly fast flowing part, some of the locals managed to create a standing wave using wooden boards and ropes. It was really neat, and no, sadly, I didn't get to try.






This is the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. It's one of my favorite buildings in Europe.








This is how I spent most of my time. I read the book sitting in front of me- October Sky- twice in about 10 days.










Zurich's a neat city as well.

It's hard to know what to say at this point. I've had the opportunity to cram a lifetime of adventure and excitement into 6 months, and I owe it all to my best friend Austin. Even with all that we've been able to show you on the blogspot over the past 6 months, there are scores more photos to be seen and stories to be told that we'd love to share with anyone willing to listen. I just want to say thank you to everyone helped us along our trip, we couldn't have made it without you. And Austin, thanks for inviting me along.