While in Seattle this summer I made a little visit to our storage unit. One of the items I was after was a photo album from my first trip to Europe. I loved the idea of comparing photos from then, 1996, and now.
After college Bryce and I set off with backpacks (after spending a cushy week with my parents in Tuscany) and a Eurorail pass to see the wonders of Europe. It was my first trip to Europe and Bryce's second, he went with his class in high school. I was pretty intimidated by the thought of the trip - the languages, trains, cities, and unknowns. I wanted to have every hotel pre-booked and all train reservations made before we left. Obviously, I didn't understand how easy it is to move around here. I was a bit neurotic. Bryce was very patient with me and we settled somewhere in the middle, with a fair amount of reservations set.
We started out the trip in Tuscany, seeing Florence, Sienna, San Gimiano and a handful of smaller hill top towns. We then ventured forth to Zermatt, Paris, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Brussels, Antwerp, Bonn, and Lubeck; obviously not in that order.
I thought it would be fun to share some of these pictures with you. I'm starting a series of posts called, (not quite) vintage europe where I'll share a photo or two. Maybe it'll inspire you to dust off your (not quite) vintage travel pictures and reminisce with me.
After college Bryce and I set off with backpacks (after spending a cushy week with my parents in Tuscany) and a Eurorail pass to see the wonders of Europe. It was my first trip to Europe and Bryce's second, he went with his class in high school. I was pretty intimidated by the thought of the trip - the languages, trains, cities, and unknowns. I wanted to have every hotel pre-booked and all train reservations made before we left. Obviously, I didn't understand how easy it is to move around here. I was a bit neurotic. Bryce was very patient with me and we settled somewhere in the middle, with a fair amount of reservations set.
We started out the trip in Tuscany, seeing Florence, Sienna, San Gimiano and a handful of smaller hill top towns. We then ventured forth to Zermatt, Paris, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Brussels, Antwerp, Bonn, and Lubeck; obviously not in that order.
I thought it would be fun to share some of these pictures with you. I'm starting a series of posts called, (not quite) vintage europe where I'll share a photo or two. Maybe it'll inspire you to dust off your (not quite) vintage travel pictures and reminisce with me.
8 comments:
Can't wait to see them!
I would have been scared out of my pants to set off on that kind of trip -- too much fear of the unknown & lack of control. Of course, now it's no problem. But, then again, the older I get, the fewer things scare me out of my pants . . .
okay .... enough. looking forward to the pics.
I'm looking forward to the series! My first trip to Europe sans parents started out with me as a vegetarian and ended 10 days later with me eating steak tartare...
Did you get a scanner? How are you putting text on your almost vintage photos??
Oh I love it... it's a bit of a shocker to discover our travels are getting pretty vintage too. It feels like last week we were island hopping - without kids - yup a fair while ago!!!
I am up for a good challange. How fun!
Dana - I was scared out of my pants. But I really wanted to do it!
Haute Goat - Hilarious!!
Emily - We have a scanner, but I just took a pic of the picture. As for the writing I did it on flickr. Just edit in Picnic and go to CREATE and then click TEXT. Easy peasey.
Se7en - Yes, they seem like just yesterday but also a million years ago (and vintage.) Please tell me my photos are not *really* vintage, how depressing.
Likeschocolate - Yay!
Love it!!! I can't wait to see more!!! So much fun to compare past and present.
wow, I needed 5 more pictures on this post. One shot at a time is simply not enough. I can't believe how old my travels are as well...at least you're still at it, taking a fresh look!
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