Pics from my trip to Europe (Beatles and Floyd fans take note!) (1 Viewer)

[Gary->dee]

I recently travelled to certain parts of Europe and I took many pictures along the way. I'm not going to bore you(hopefully) with the more mundane pics of London, Paris, etc, so I thought I'd just post the pics that most of you might be interested in. Keep in mind these pics are very large files between 300-600kb. Enjoy!

London

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View from Trafalgar Square looking towards Big Ben & buses

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YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRAZY.. Battersea Powerstation(can almost see
the piggy in the sky)
-cover of Pink Floyd's "Animals" album cover
-taken on one of the rare sunny days I experience
while travelling around London

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Another view of the old Battersea Powerstation
-the knarly-toothed guard said no I cannot enter to
take pics!

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In front of Abbey Road sign

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At the door of world-famous Abbey Road Studios in St.
John's Wood
-Basically the musical center of the universe;
Beatles, Floyd, movie soundtracks and so on.
-For those that don't know, St. John's Wood is a very
nice and expensive part of London where...

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Paul McCartney owns a home

Paris

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View from the River Siene

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The Eiffel Tower
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Looking straight up

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Views from the top

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Ferarri store

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Arc de Triumph

Stockholm

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180 degree panoramic view of Stockholm using numerous pics

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Stockholm

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Chilling on the hotel terrace

 

[Claude M]

very nice!

 

[Haggai]

You've got to strike, when the moment is right, without thinking...


Awesome pics, Gary! The Floyd/Beatles associations are very cool indeed!

 

[Leila Dougan]

As a Floyd fan -

 

[Bill Williams]

Cool pics at Abbey Road! Of course, it's a once-in-a-lifetime dream to go there just to recreate the classic Beatles' stroll across the street.

 

[Matt Butler]

As a Beatles and Floyd fan: BASTARD!

Seriously though; thanks for sharing the pics!

 

[Seth Paxton]

London and Paris are great. I would love to go back to both. I would also love to see some other parts of Europe like Sweeden for example.

My wife has been to Spain, Ireland and Denmark as well and enjoyed them all.

Nice to see the pix, both to bring back memories and sort of share in yours. I have a great version of your Siene shot of ND, but at sunset (by luck) and coming from the other side of the island (so shifted to the left).

We never visited Battersea Powerstation but I wish we had. Great shots of that.

We had a heat wave when we were in England and the hotel rooms got a bit unbearable at times (no A/C because normally you don't need it), so don't knock the lack of sunny days.

 

[Jed M]

Wow, those Stockholm pics really took me back. Probably my favorite place I have ever been in Europe. It looks a bit more modern since I was last there in 88.

Nice work on the pics, as you can tell from my sig.

 

[Gary->dee]

Glad you guys like! I shot 12 rolls of film in all and had them developed straight to CD-Rom.
Actually out of the 3 countries I visited I would agree with you: Stockholm was my favorite. I felt comfortable there despite the 2 degree celsius temperature. I was enchanted, smitten, whatever you want to call it. I was staying in Gamla Stan(Old Town) at the very nice Rica Gamla Stan hotel. I am definitely going back during the Summer!