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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:37:25 MDT

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Had to get some shameless tourist photos out of the way ;)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:36:46 MDT

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Well, maybe a couple more shameless tourist photos... entrance to the Louvre

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:35:59 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:35:16 MDT

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My ride! Leaving Paris and driving south to Nice and Monaco

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:34:35 MDT

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Pulled into a parking lot in Eze, France just outside of Monaco and what do I see... a casually parked vintage Ferrari 355 and a convertible Rolls Royce Phantom :O lookin at about $2-$3 million worth of car in this pic.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:33:48 MDT

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A common sight in Monaco... these girls just kept getting in my way of Ferrari shots!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:33:05 MDT

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Driving in a place with more money than God and behind a car worth more than any house in Bellingham ;)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:32:26 MDT

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Monaco at night, that's the entire country.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:31:49 MDT

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Amazing roads en route to the Col De Turini

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:31:12 MDT

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Col De Turini! ...I think... there wasn't really a clearly marked summit heh heh

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:30:37 MDT

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Arrived in Switzerland near dusk, stunning stunning landscapes and roads.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:30:10 MDT

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View from my room in Chur, Switzerland

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:29:33 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:28:54 MDT

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Time to massage my ego! :D This shot was from San Bernardino Pass in Switzerland. A British car show had featured this pass in one of their shows so I decided to go there. It did not disappoint. :)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:28:15 MDT

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Yessir!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:27:39 MDT

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Switzerland... not fair. Why do you get to have all this?!?!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:26:57 MDT

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Stelvio Pass on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Fourth highest paved road in the alps. Was also featured on the British car show Top Gear. The road is laid like spaghetti against the mountain. Endless hairpins. All along the road to the bottom are signs warning motorcyclists to slow down or face a certain death.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:26:20 MDT

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More Stelvio Pass

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:25:42 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:25:01 MDT

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On through Germany en route to Prague :)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:24:24 MDT

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This is the photo that led me to lose my car at midnight in the center of Prague for FOUR hours!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:23:49 MDT

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Moments after I took this photo my satellite navigation crapped out and I then realized I couldn't find my car! O_O

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:23:13 MDT

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My SatNav had a mind of its own sometimes and turned me on to these roads in the middle of f'ing nowhere. This is some tiny tiny Czech town a couple hours outside of Prague

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:22:33 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:21:55 MDT

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DWTV television studio I got to tour in Berlin

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:21:28 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:20:52 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:20:14 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:19:38 MDT

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Downtown Berlin

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:19:02 MDT

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Berlin Wall

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:18:19 MDT

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Do you smile in front of a wall like this? Couldn't decide so I compromised with a smirk :)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:17:36 MDT

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Brandenburg Gate

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:17:04 MDT

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One of the many giant memorials that the Soviets built for themselves in Berlin after fighting off Hitler.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:16:27 MDT

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German parliament

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:15:45 MDT

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On top of the Reichstag German capital building

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:15:13 MDT

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Inside the glass dome of the Reichstag building

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:14:38 MDT

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The German Formula 1 Grand Prix! It was INCREDIBLE to attend a race of a sport I'd before only been able to watch on TV halfway around the world with a 12 hour broadcast delay.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:13:56 MDT

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Everyone rushed the track at the end of the race for the awards and I managed to get to the front of the mob. My favorite driver Lewis Hamilton won this race :D

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:13:18 MDT

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The Nurburgring is a legendary 22km race track open to the public in southwest Germany.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:12:37 MDT

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Unfortunately it was raining VERY heavily on the day I decided to show up. No worries though, I still put my car through a half dozen laps!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:11:54 MDT

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Nurburgring... dream come true :)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:11:16 MDT

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Mmmm very nice.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:10:34 MDT

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Back to Berlin, showed up four hours early to see Obama give his speech in Berlin's Tiergarten. Was absolutely PACKED.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:09:57 MDT

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I guess this Secret Service agent was a little surprised to get his picture taken...

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:09:13 MDT

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Waiting with some buddies for the speech to start

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:08:33 MDT

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Crowds!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:07:54 MDT

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Obama!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:07:17 MDT

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So fly Obama, so fly.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:06:46 MDT

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Heading to the F1 race in Budapest, Hungary, I decided to take the long way through Poland and Slovakia.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:06:06 MDT

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My Soviet-era hotel in Krakow, Poland. Seemed more like a prison or psychiatric ward.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:05:29 MDT

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Burned out building somewhere in Krakow at night.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:04:47 MDT

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Cool Polish landscape shot. Tons of gradual rolling hills in Poland. I can see why Hitler rolled into Poland first.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:04:16 MDT

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Slovakia!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:03:35 MDT

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Some Poles celebrating the excellent F1 qualifying performance of Robert Kubica. Discovered that Polish people love Americans :)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:02:50 MDT

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Budapest, Hungary at night. Just as architecturally spectacular and beautiful as Paris but without any of the pompous Paris pricks ;)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:02:07 MDT

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Hungarian Grand Prix! My driver didn't win, but the engine of his main rival exploded with three laps to go so it was a good race.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:01:17 MDT

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Visited Amsterdam with some buddies for my 21st birthday. View from the third floor apartment I managed to snag last minute. Was almost cheaper than a hostel, apparently tourism was tanking when I was there.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:00:33 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:59:47 MDT

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PADDLE BOATS!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:59:06 MDT

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Visited the Holland coast

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:58:34 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:57:57 MDT

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The building I lived in for a couple months in Berlin. I took this picture on my last in Berlin, was beginning my road-trip adventure through Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and then back down to Paris to fly home.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:57:15 MDT

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The U-Bahn I took to school in Berlin.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:56:37 MDT

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Warsaw Old Town square.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:55:56 MDT

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Heading to Riga, Latvia there was a big car accident on the two lane highway I was on, I used to my SatNav to find a detour and got put on this crazy road through fields, farms, small towns, etc.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:55:20 MDT

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Lithuania! Didn't stay long...

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:54:42 MDT

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Latvia!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:54:09 MDT

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My hotel in Riga, Latvia.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:53:27 MDT

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An Aston Martin parked in the old centre of Riga. When someone owns an Aston Martin in far northeast Europe, you don't want to mess with its owner.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:52:45 MDT

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I had never seen a Maybach in person before. Almost nondescript from the outside. However, on the inside: http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/maybach-interior.jpg When you own this car, you don't drive it... someone drives it for you 8) Definitely don't want to mess with the Russian oligarch who owns this thing.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:52:05 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:51:25 MDT

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Main Lutheran Church in Riga

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:50:45 MDT

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St. Peters Church

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A park in Riga where married people attached a lock to the bridge.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:49:27 MDT

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Arrived in Tallinn, Estonia. View from my hotel. Would later be taking a ferry from that harbor to Helsinki, Finland.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:48:50 MDT

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Strange spelling...

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:48:07 MDT

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Some sort of government building in Tallinn, can't remember exactly what it was for.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:47:34 MDT

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:46:59 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:46:25 MDT

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Tallinn at night.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:45:53 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:45:19 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:44:51 MDT

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Waiting to board the ferry to Helsinki, Finland.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:44:19 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:43:44 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:43:04 MDT

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Leaving Tallinn.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:42:25 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:41:46 MDT

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Random photo wandering around Helsinki.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:41:05 MDT

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Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:40:24 MDT

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Some panoramic shots from the top of the Olympic Tower in Helsinki

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:39:53 MDT

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:38:42 MDT

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Stockholm!

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:38:06 MDT

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Cool looking harbor in Stockholm

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:37:26 MDT

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WHERE THE HELL AM I?!?!? ;)

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:36:50 MDT

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Cool random lake in Sweden not too far from the main highway to Oslo.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:36:15 MDT

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Oslo, Norway! The places I went to in Scandinavia looked a lot like stuff from the Pacific Northwest

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:35:32 MDT

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Olympic ski jump a couple miles away from my hotel.

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ebradsha — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:34:55 MDT

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Parliament building in Oslo