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Riley’s  first  trip  to  Europe    July  2015  

ü  UK  ü  France  ü  Switzerland  ü  Italy  ü  Croa<a  ü  Slovenia  ü  Austria  ü  Czech  Republic  ü  Germany  ü  Netherlands  ü  Belgium  

Up,  up  &  away.    Ex  Brisbane  Sunday    5  July,  2015  

Touch  down  in  London    Monday  06  July  2015  

 London.  

On  the  way  to  Buckingham  Palace  

Buckingham  Palace  has  served  as  the  official  London  residence  of  Britain's  sovereigns  since  

1837  and  today  is  the  administra<ve  headquarters  of  the  Monarch.  

 www.royal.gov.uk  

 Summer<me  in  

Paris    July  2015  

Seine  Rover  Paris.  

Arc  de  Triomphe    Place  de  l'Etoile    -­‐  at  the  top  of  the  Champs  Elysees.    

Nice.    France.  

Switzerland    July  2015  

Mount  Titlis,  Swiss  Alps  

Monaco  

Monte  Carlo  

Florence,  Italy  

Roma.  Colosseum.  

The  Colosseum  or  Coliseum,  also  known  as  the  Flavian  Amphitheatre,  is  an  ellipIcal  amphitheatre  in  the  centre  of  Rome.  

ConstrucIon  began  under  the  emperor  Vespasian  in  72  AD,[3]  and  was  completed  in  80  AD  under  his  successor  and  heir  Titus.  

Roma.  

The  Colosseum    

Va<can  City  

Va<can  City.    The  Sis<ne  Chapel  takes  its  name  from  Pope  Sixtus  IV  della  Rovere  (pon<ff  from  1471  to  1484)  who  had  the  old  Cappella  

Magna  restored  between  1477  and  1480.  

Venice  

Venice  

From  Italy  to    Croa<a    &  Slovenia  

è  

Pag  Island,  Croa<a  

Pag  Island,  Croa<a  

Croa<a  

Sammy  Bate  FB:  ‘When  Croa<a  got  the  best  of  us..  Especially  ash.  —  with  Riley  Noakes,  Madison  Wallace,  

Ashleigh  McCormack  and  Erin  McIntosh.’  

Lake  Bled,  Slovenia  

Lake  Bled,  Slovenia  

           

Austria  &    Czech  Republic  

Austria  

Salzburg    Austria  

Mauthausen  Concentra<on  Camp,  Austria  

Prague    Czech  Republic  

Prague    Czech  Republic  

Prague    

Czech  Republic  

Germany  

Germany,  or  Deutschland      Officially  the  Federal  Republic  of  Germany    or  Bundesrepublik  Deutschland  

Dresden:  Capital  city  of  the  Free  State  of  Saxony  in  Germany  -­‐  situated  in  a  valley  on  the  River  Elbe,  near  the  Czech  border  

Berlin:  Germany’s  capital  and  cultural  center,  dates  to  the  13th  century.    

Aher  World  War  II,  the  city  was  divided;  East  Berlin  became  the  capital  of  East  Germany  while  West  Berlin  became  a  de  facto  West  German  exclave,  surrounded  by  the  Berlin  Wall  (1961–1989).    End  of  the  ‘Cold  War’:  Following  German  reunifica<on  in  1990,  the  city  was  once  more  designated  as  the  capital  of  all  Germany.  

Berlin:  ‘My  fist  German  beer!  —  with  Madison  Wallace’.  

Tradi<onal  German  meal,  slow  cooked  pork  washed  down  with  beer  •  Berlin,    

Check  Point  Charlie      Berlin,  Germany  

Checkpoint  Charlie,  along  with  Glienicker  Brücke  (Glienicker  Bridge)  was  the  best  known  border-­‐crossing  of  Cold  War  days.      -­‐  became  a  symbol  of  the  division  

of  Cold  War  Berlin    -­‐  un<l  the  fall  of  the  Berlin  Wall  

on  November  9,  1989,  it  signified  the  border  between  West  and  East,  Capitalism  and  Communism,  freedom  and  confinement.  

Netherlands  &  Belgium  

         

Netherlands  

Bruges  -­‐  the  capital  of  West  Flanders  in  northwest  Belgium.  

Un<l  next  <me!