Just a Girl in the World: October 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Ann Frank's House - and the line to get in!

Mansions along the canal

UNESCO World Heritage Sites Visited

Argentina - Iguazu National Park
Austria - Historic Centre of Salzburg
Austria - Historic Centre of Vienna
Austria - Palace of Schonbrunn
Barbados - Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
Belgium - Historic Centre of Brugge
Botswana - Okavango Delta
Brazil - Rio de Janerio, Corcovado Mountain and Christ the Redeemer
Brazil - Salvador de Bahia
Cambodia - Angkor
China - Great Wall
China - Imperial Palaces (Forbidden City)
China - Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Terracotta Army)
China - Summer Palace
Estonia - Historic Centre of Tallinn
Finland - Fortress of Suomenlinna
France - Historic Center of Avignon (Papal Palace, Avignon Bridge)
France - Historic Site of Lyons (Basilique De Fourviere)
France - Palace of Versailles
France - Paris, Banks of Seine
Germany - Cologne Cathedral
Germany - Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Holy See - Vatican City
Italy - Historic Centre of Florence
Italy - Historic Centre of Rome
Italy - Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Italy - Pompei
Italy - Venice (St. Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace, Bridge of Sighs, Canal)
Mexico - Chichen Itza
Netherlands - The Amsterdam Canal District
Norway - Bryggen
Norway - West Norwegian Fjords
Peru - City of Cuzco
Peru - Historic Centre of Lima
Peru - Machu Picchu
Portugal - Cultural Landscape of Sintra
Portugal - Tower of Belém
Russia - Historic Centre of St. Petersburg
Russia - Kremlin and Red Square
South Africa - Cape Floral Region (Table Mountain and Cape of Good Hope)
Spain - Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada
Spain - Historic City of Toledo
Spain - Old Town of Ávila
Spain - Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
Spain - Seville Cathedral and Alcazar
Spain - Works of Antoni Gaudí
Thailand - Historic Towns of Sukhothai & Si Satchanalai
UK - Bleinheim Palace
UK - Canterbury
UK - City of Bath
UK - Durham Castle and Cathedral
UK - Edinburgh
UK - Giant's Causeway
UK - Stonehenge, Avebury
UK - Tower of London
UK - Westminster Abbey
Ukraine - St. Sophia Cathedral, Kiev-Perchersk Lavra
USA - Grand Canyon National Park
USA - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
USA - San Antonio Missions National Historic Park
USA - Statue of Liberty
USA - Yosemite National Park
Zimbabwe - Victoria Falls

Cathedrals Visited

Brazil - Basilica of Salvador - Salvador de Bahia
Canada - Notre-Dame Basilica - Montreal
Estonia - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral - Tallinn
Estonia - St. Mary's Cathedral - Tallinn
Finland - Helsinki Cathedral
France - Notre Dame - Paris, France
France - Sainte-Chapelle Cathedral - Paris
Germany - Colgone Cathedral
Italy - Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore - Florence
Italy - St. Peter's Basilica - Rome
Peru - Colonial Cathedral - Cuzco
Russia - Cathedral of Christ the Saviour - Moscow
Russia - Cathedral of the Assumption - Moscow
Russia - Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood - St. Petersburg
Russia - Kazan Cathedral - St. Petersburg
Russia - Peter and Paul Cathedral - St. Petersburg
Russia - St. Basil's Cathedral - Moscow
Russia - St. Isaac's Cathedral - St. Petersburg
Spain - Barcelona Cathedral
Spain - Sagrada Familia
Spain - Seville Cathedral
Spain - Toledo Cathedral
Sweden - Storkyrkan Cathedral - Stockholm
UK - Bath Abbey - England
UK - Canterbury Cathedral - England
UK - Christ Church - Dublin, Ireland
UK - Durham Cathedral - England
UK - St. Paul - London, England
UK - Westminster Abbey - London, England
UK - York Minster - England
Ukraine - St. Sofia - Kiev
USA - St. John the Divine - New York
USA - St. Patrick's - New York

Castles and Palaces Visited

Austria - Belvedere Palace in Vienna
Austria - Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna
France - Versailles
Portugal - Palace of Sintra
Portugal - São Jorge Castle
Russia - Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg
Russia - Winter Palace and Hermitage in St. Petersburg
Spain - Alhambra Palace in Granada
Thailand - Grand Palace in Bangkok
UK - Bleinheim Palace in Woodstock, England
UK - Buckingham Palace in London, England
UK - Durham Castle in England
UK - Edinburgh Castle in Scotland
UK - Leeds Castle in Kent, England
UK - Stirling Castle in Scotland
UK - Tower of London in England
UK - Warwick Castle - England

Favorite Museums Visited

Amsterdam - Van Gogh Museum
France - Louvre - Paris
France - Musee de l'Hotel-Dieu - Beaune
France - Musee de l'Orangerie - Paris
France - Musee de Orsay - Paris
France - Rodin Museum - Paris
Russia - Pushkin Museum - Moscow
Russia - State Hermitage - St. Petersburg
Russia - Tretyakov Gallery - Moscow
Spain - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Spain - Museu Picasso
Spain - Prado - Madrid
Sweden - Vasa Museum - Stockholm
UK - British Museum - London, England
UK - Tate Modern - London, England
USA - Art Institute of Chicago - IL
USA - J. Paul Getty - Los Angeles, CA
USA - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York
USA - Museum of Modern Art - New York
USA - National Gallery - Washington D.C.
USA - Smithsonian National Museum of American History - Washington D.C.

Just a Girl in the World

Where I've Been

Monday, October 31, 2011

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Brugges, Belgium