Barcelona

Here's a 2 for 1....a police car and metro stop in Barcelona, Spain.

London Metro (Underground)

Here is the famous logo of the London Underground.

Some of the Underground stations in London, like the one here, look just like storefronts or shops from the outside. But only you'd get on an escalator, go down below, and pay like $6 for a ride.

Vatican City, Rome, etc.

In honor of Easter Sunday, I thought I'd put up some pics of Vatican City from our visit to Rome. When I was hunting for them in my Italy folder, I came across some other Italy pics I don't think I ever posted...so consider this a sort of Rome grab-bag.

St. Peter's Basilica...it was rainy and at night, so my pictures of Vatican City didn't turn out all that great. And by the time we made it up to the door, visiting hours were over.

I think that the pope's apartment is the lighted couple of windows on the top floor on the far right.

Caught in the rain.

Caught in the rain again. You can see 2 street vendors trying to sell us roses behind the guy in blue.

In our hostel's tiny euro elevator.

Rome Metro (subway) sign.

In the Termini metro station, waiting for the train. It's Halloween, hence the ladies are wearing masks.

The Colosseo metro stop.

Random street protest. I think they were protesting something about higher university tuition costs or school fees. We also saw protests in Istanbul and I think a few in Ireland. Maybe I'll have to start another category...

Paris Metro

Along with lifeguard shacks and police cars, I also find myself taking alot of pictures of big city transport-related things whenever I travel: subway signs, buses, trains, etc. Here are a few pictures of Metro entrances around Paris.

This stop is near the Champs-Élysées.

This stop is near Hotel de Ville and Claire's Accessories. Coincidentally, Claire's Accessories loses more merchandise to shoplifting than any other store (in Cork, Ireland) according to a probabtion officer who spoke in our Criminal Justice clinic. I guess pre-teen girls just can't keep their hands off that awesome costume jewelry from China.

The sign/Metro stop (pictured above and below) is famous. It's on several of the stops near Pigalle (the red light district) and Montmartre. I think this particular stop is Anvers.