Scenery, Sun, and Sweat in the South of France

We've been busy little bees traveling about, and I can't believe it's been over a week since our last post. We've done a lot since then.....made our way from Belgium to Southern France and then on to Italy! We've been in Italy over a week now and our having a great time.

Wanted to share some of our pictures from Southern France, though, before venturing into the stories and pics of Italy. One main change from Scandinavia and Belgium and the south of France in July . . . . the HEAT. Oh yeah, it got hot and at times I (Krista) almost had some meltdowns (no pun intended). But anyway, moving on, in Southern France we stayed in a smaller town called Arles, which is in the Provence region. The Tour de France got pretty close to where we were, but we were unable to see it. We did, however, spend an afternoon with some locals who adopted us for the day.....invited us over to their house for a great meal and took us sightseeing. It was awesome! We were in Arles for three days and then we headed east and a little south to Nice! We stayed a couple nights in Nice and had a great time exploring the French Riveria. We even met up with some of Justin's family for a day who were in the area.

Click HERE to see more pics than just this one :-)

Waffles, Chocolate, and Bikes

Belgium is amazing! We only spent four days there, but we loved every minute of it and are thinking of how we can go back. Our favorite thing in Belgium . . . the WAFFLES!!! They were incredible and we tried to make sure we got at least two a day. :-)

So, take a look at what we loved so much.

Click HERE to see the album from Bruges and Brussels, Belgium.

Right now we are finishing up our time in Southern France. We'll have some pics up soon. Next stop = Italy!! Headed to Florence tomorrow.

Summer in Scandinavia!

We had an awesome two weeks or so in Scandinavia! We spent time in Norway on the fjords, 5 days in Sweden with a former tennis teammate of mine (Krista) and her husband and two adorable girls (so fun!!), and then 4 days on an island in Denmark.

Everywhere was beautiful and we are constantly pinching ourselves to remind us that it's all real. We are so blessed and it has been amazing to see God's creation in other parts of the world.

So, here are a bunch of pictures from our time there. Lots of daylight as the sun doesn't set until like 11:00pm, which means lots of pictures :-).

Click HERE for the album! Hope you enjoy them!

We're in Belgium right now eating way too many waffles, and tomorrow we head to southern France for a week.

Pooped On In Norway!

So Norway is BEAUTIFUL! We spent 4 days there, spending most of our time on a fjord on the west coast in a little town called Aurland. We took tons of pictures, so we don't have an album yet because we haven't sifted through all of them, but for your enjoyment in the meantime . . .

So on one of our days, we decided to take a boat cruise on the fjord. It actually ended up being a means of transportation for us to get to another city we needed to go to which was a bonus. Anyway, so we're cruising on this beautiful fjord . . .

Enjoying life and feeling unbelievably blessed . . .

When a lot of people decided that it would be a good idea to try and feed the seagulls in the sky around our boat. I have to admit my judgmental heart here, because I was kinda annoyed and thought to myself, "that is so stupid, why are you attracting birds to our boat, disrupting this nice peaceful cruise?" But alas, they fed despite my internal thoughts . . .

This went on, seriously, for the whole first hour of the trip. And then, to prove that God has a sense of humor, this guy (well maybe not this exact guy but I like to think so . . .) . . . .

Did this to me . . . .

So if you needed an end of the week pick me up, I hope you enjoyed a good laugh at my expense. Justin did go get me napkins before he started recording, which was nice :-). And if you listen closely, you can here how he is trying to hold back throw up as he attempts to help me.

Ahhh, Norway, we will always have fond memories of you: your beautiful countrysides and fjords, your expensive . . . everything, your supermodel-like people, and your stupid seagulls!! :-)

Hanging with the Brits! (Photos of England, including Wimbledon!)

Oh yeah, we're on a roll now with uploading photos. Here are some pictures from our week in England. We stayed with some of my (Krista) distant family and had a great time hanging with them, sightseeing in and around London, and seeing Wimbledon!

Check it out by clicking HERE.

Beautiful Norway pictures are next. Today we arrived in Sweden and are staying with a former tennis teammate of mine from Furman and her family. We already had a great day going to the beach and trying to catch crabs with their girls!

Our Time in France

France was amazing! We spent two days outside of Paris at the Beaches of Normandy and in the Loire Valley and then 6 days in Paris itself (including the Palace of Versailles). It was unbelievable and we loved every minute of it. We could talk for days on this cool place, so instead of rambling on and on, here are a bunch of pictures from the week.

We have decided to abandon Flickr and are now trying our new Mobile Me account. Click HERE to go to the album. If you go to the slideshow mode all the captions for the pictures will be at the top. Let us know what you think.

We should have England pics up soon too!

(If the link doesn't work, type the following into your web browser: http://gallery.me.com/kochocki#100015&bgcolor=black&view=grid)