another post of pictures!

Hi everyone! Sorry for the delay in posting (again) but hopefully you'll enjoy these pictures from the last month or so...


here were out couchsurfing friends (and Russell)from Melun (in France), Jerome and Annick. They were so kind to let us stay on their couch for 3 nights! Couch surfing is a great way to get around!





And while we're talking about helpful people in France, this is a picture of Bob and Corey, the owners of the lavender farm where we worked in Normandy. Work Away is another great way to travel around!!





After France, you'll remember, we took a loooooong trip down the Italian coast to Capri. There we spent time with family,




more family,





and our friends, Josh and Chrisinda! This picture was taken on a hike around the side of the island, on the ocean the entire way, up and down cliffs, beautiful!!





and Josh and Russell had fun boy time climbing rocks and jumping from them.





After a quick stop in Zurich (just long enough to let us know that even with a better exchange rate, it was still way way too expensive for us),




(in Zurich in front of the cathedral)


we made our way over the Bodensee to Langenargen to meet Andi's sweet sweet parents who have helped us out so much this trip,





and Mr. and Mrs. Gonner, neighbors who have also been a huge help, showing us around, driving us around, and checking on us now and then.





Germany has been great so far, here is us on our bikes that we have loved so much and the apple fields that we keep talking about (but picture this hundreds of times over)







and a few other pictures from the Bodensee area of Germany...



-all of the churches in the area had up harvest displays at the altar, full of fruits, vegetables, plants, flowers, grains, etc etc....very neat to see all of the different takes on it, and very colorful. This one is from Tettnang, where one of the main crops is hops, so you can see the hops and the beer in this display.




yes. it is this cold. and I love it.






One of the many beautiful sunsets over the lake.





Langenargen. One of our favorite pictures thus far.


This is one of Russell's sunset pictures...another favorite of the trip.



and one more picture from the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. Just to remind you how big they actually are...those little dots up on the cliffs? Yeah..those are people.

Thanks again for reading and keeping up with us over here! We miss you all, and it is nice to feel like we're not forgotten even though we've been gone for quite some time :)
More soon,
Maria and Russell