Day 38: Home

This sunset has somewhat of a significance.  The picture was taken about the that my high school experience was ending.  We had a pool party.  It was pretty legit!

Diving Included!

Day 37: Branson

 

I went to Branson, Missouri.  It was a lot of fun!  We went to a ton of shows and had fun in the amusement park.  One of those shows was with all of these live animals.  I thought it was the coolest thing ever because, unlike the zoo, these animals were not in cages and were relatively close.  They were close because we got there early and so had fantastic seats. I showed the tiger first because it is my favorite.



 Then I thought that this parrot was pretty awesome.  I mean it is riding a freaking bike!  It did a bunch of other things also like: shopping, basketball and riding a scooter

Then, of course, you have to have something to freak everybody out by.  Yep.  That is a tarantula.  It was huge!

Moral of the story:  Things at a zoo are cool but nothing beats having them in a big auditorium where you can see better,

Day 36: Logan

Old Main

Logan, Utah is home to Utah State University.  I really like USU.  These pictures were taken September 2008.  September is a good time in Logan because it isn't too warm but it isn't too cold.  If you stick around for the winter you wonder why because it can get pretty cold.  But late summer is great!

"A" Rock

In order to become a "True Aggie"  you have a couple options.  One of those options is getting kissed by a true Aggie on the "A" at midnight when there is a full moon.

Day 35: Helsinki

This is the Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki, Finland.  Unlike the other cathedrals that I have been going to and taking pictures this one was not Russian Orthodox.  It was actually a Lutheran church.  I am still curious as to what the church looked like inside but it wasn't open when we went.
This was one of the two distinct buildings that we could see as our cruise ship was coming into Helsinki.  I personally like the snow that is covering part of the roof.  I think it looks cool.

Day 34: Trakai

 

These pictures were taken November 2012.  There is a little city, Trakai, that is a (relatively) short bus ride away from Vilnius, Lithuania.  It was really cool to see this castle there.   It was unfortunate that we didn't get to go when it was light but at least I got a couple pictures.  The picture below kind of showed the pathway we went on.  But then we realized that that pathway went the wrong way so then we turned around.
When we first got to the castle it was all dark and hadn't been lit up yet.  We were very disappointed then.  But then as we were walking away the lights turned on and we saw the majesty that was this castle.  We weren't able to go inside because there was no one there that we could see.  But the castle has probably been there since the 1500's.

Day 33: Tallinn

This picture was also taken November 2012.  While on a tour of Old Town Tallinn we saw this Russian Orthodox cathedral.  These kind of cathedrals are all over Russia.  Our tour guide, who was hands-down the most sarcastic person that I have ever met, told us about the top the cathedral.  You see that there is the 3 part cross?  That is normal.  It is on every cathedral.  But what is rare is the half moon that the cross is going through.  As Helly (tour guide) said to show those Muslim dogs that Russian Orthodox is superior because we are such douches.  That is not a direct quote (hence the lack of quotation marks) but it was pretty harsh.

Day 32: Riga

This picture was taken November 2012.  I did a lot of traveling in November.  This was a little display thing in the middle of Old Town in Riga.  It was really powerful with its content (tragedy in Latvia during WWII) and its color and contrast.  The messages were written in Latvian, English, Russian, German and Hebrew.

Unfortunately when I went they were actually moving the exhibit and so there was very much available to see.  There were two walls pretty much.  But it was really cool.

You have to be careful where you park though.  There is a boot on that car.  Oops.