Prague Czech Republic

Lausanne Switzerland

Fall academic travel was spent with the 8th graders in and around Lausanne.

After a brutal 6 hour drive due to poor navigation of our bus driver, we arrived at the Bex salt mines.

Anyone claustrophobic? .....Good let's go!

A 100 meter well and no salt. That's a years worth of digging for nothing.

Riding the crazy train to the center of the mine.

Salt lick.

Next days stop was the Olympic Museum.

Every Olympic torch

On top of the museum looking at Lake Geneva.

Fall is on fire.

Stroll by the lake.

Blondies.

City Tour.

Chateau de Chillon.

An epicenter for witch-hunts in the middle ages, where 3,500 people were put to death, mainly by fire.

Ropes course for the monkeys and me.

Pre-500ft zip line.

Post zip line.

Vino land.

Our disgruntled driver.

Dusk over Lake Geneva.

Learning about energy and electricity at the Broc hydro plant.

Callier chocolate factory tour.

Like a kid in a candy store.

Drive home.

Stockholm Sweden and Helsinki Finland

First trip of the fall semester we headed to Scandanavia. Stockholm and then an overnight cruise to Helsinki.

Peter and Kaycee starting the trip off with a shotgun....BANG!

Old town Stockholm from our ship/hotel.

Our hotel.

Peter and Emily storming Stockholm.

Party Rockin'

Chaquita or Osama?

Late night pic with a random peace maker.

Goodmorning Sweden.

Always surrounded by water.

Shout out to CO.

Pretty girl.

This ship (Vasa) sank on it's maiden voyage in 1628 not even traveling a nautical mile. It was brought up in the 1960's still in very good shape and restored.

On our cruise ship to Helsinki.

Masa's best Helicopter imitation.

Finland flag

See you in two days Stockholm.

Peter always ruining pictures.

After a long night dancing on a swaying ship we were happy to put our feet on solid ground in Helsinki.

Scandinavian mannequin.

This guy is from Viking descendent.

In case you need to know the names of these veggies in Finnish.

*Finnish word of the day. Hey = Hello*

Market munchies.

The Cathedral.

Peter and I giving our Bert and Ernie tour of Helsinki.

I wonder what kind of backpack he puts that in.

Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral

Nice waterfront.

The black and white to color shift.

Back in Sweden.

Sunday stroll.

Nobel Museum square.

Changing of the guards.

I wonder if they ever say...."sucker" as they pass each other.

I can't tell from here, but this guy must have some balls.