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Various selection of pictures from 2002 in Eurotripping for UCI MBA and some work. Click on pictures for medium view. Right-click/save to save and/or view different resolutions.

   They don't screw around with security at the football fixtures...
Stamford Bridge, London, England

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   Go Blues! The won 4-nil.
Stamford Bridge, London, England

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   In case you can't figure out moving trains are dangerous...
London, England

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   Site of much history
Westminster Palace, London, England

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   Not what i thought i was... oh well..
London, England

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   A cop is a cop no matter where!
London, England

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   I must admit their signs look different than ours. I bet they can read maps better than we can.
London, England

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   Another site of much history.
Trafalgar Square, London, England

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   Sometimes when you pick random streets to walk down you end up at a dead end. With piss and used rubbers.
London, England

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   The street scene in Camden Town. Lots of funky stuff here.
Camden Town, England

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   Kate Winslet came here a few years later to shoot an amex commercial (go wiki)
Camden Town, England

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   I was looking for the college Simon went to but this definitely was not it. Some sort of community college or something.
London, England

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   Does this even need a description?
Tower Bridge, London, England

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   There was a time when you saw this it meant you were dead. Or worked there.
Traitors Gate, London

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   errr... church near/at kensington
Kensington area, London

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   Um... tall tower at/near kensington. I was just walking around at night and took pictures of neat stuff...
Kensington area, London

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   So now do you see why they call it what they do?
The tube, London

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   The DLR. Most of the time it was only lightly used.
Docklands Light Rail, London

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   Flying over Belgium for the next leg of the trip.
Antwerpen, Belgium

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   Downtown. No mega stores, everyone walking. And in shape.
Antwerp, Belgium

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   The outdoor euro restaurants are great! I love them. Cathedral in the background.
Antwerp, Belgium

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   Downtown pedestrian shopping area. Real nice place to shop and people wathc.
Antwerp, Belgium

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   Restaurants in the Hilton square (where i stayed). BTW kip is chicken : )
Antwerp, Belgium

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   Guess where?
Netherlands

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   Contract programmer room for Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Beerse, Belgium

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   Outside the IT building, Janssen
Beerse, Belgium

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   This fellow cut off the hand of some bad guy to save himself/city and thus the city became known as (h)andwerpen (sorta)
Antwerpen, Belgium

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   Nicely laid out city with zones for pedestrians, cars, and mass transit.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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   Brad kicking it waiting for everyone to arrive.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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   I'm not sure if these folks are gawking or ...
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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   Nighttime view of one of the famous canals. Along the edge are lots of dudes inviting you see "fuck show, very nice", or buy herb, etc.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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   Damm... a few seconds earlier i got everyone to pose on the outdoor pissers.... marnie is a good sport!
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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   A cultured football supporter? Isn't that an oxymoron?
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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   What i really went to europe for, UCI's MBA residential #2. The last few days was nice, but now it's time to start studying...ack.
Maastricht, Netherlands

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   The class walking to class in the morning. They put us up in the dorms and we went to class early to about 5-ish, then we had tours, etc. Intense but rewarding time.
Maastricht, Netherlands

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   The lecture hall we had our butts planted in. It's hard to get up early for class (problems with agriculture ppt) with jet lag. Staying up late drinking didn't help.
Maastricht, Netherlands

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   Touring and learning about the EU
Brussels, Belgium

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   The famous pissing boy statue. His costume gets changed periodically.
Brussels, Belgium

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   EU parliament building
Brussels, Belgium

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   Inside the EU
Brussels, Belgium

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   Me with a dutch(?) parliament member. She's slick, total politician. Nice person, but i wouldn't trust her...
Brussels, Belgium

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   Next stop Deutschland!
Aachen, Germany

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   French fries aren't really french (belgium) but everyone in the general region eats them. With mayo, curry, whatever...
Aachen, Deutschland

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   Here's the class getting their learn on at a ? company in Germany.
Aachen, Germany

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   Touring an electronics mfg company
Aachen, Germany

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   Classmates with some coffee euro style. Well.. i guess the germans aren't known for their coffee... but they still have coffee shops...
Aachen, Germany

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   So i of course had to wander off as usual. I found this farmers market and had to try out my german. I bought a bag of apples just to do so... one does not just get rid of a bag of apples btw...
Aachen, Germany

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   Darn it, the 10th century pinecone was lent out (i think)...
Kaiserdom, Aachen, Germany

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   Eating in style, underground in a wine cellar.
Aachen, Germany

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   I'm in a dutch vineyard and across the valley is Belgium. No fences or anything.
Apostelhoeve Wijngaard, Maastricth, Netherlands

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   Timmy "Guns" Yuen inspecting the booze making facilities. We were bummed that they stopped using aesbestos to filter the wine... they said they still do in russia, esp for the vodka. Oh really...
Apostelhoeve Winery, Maastricht, Netherlands

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   Now this is what we need on our side of the pond! A company bar with free drinks! And 6 weeks of vacation to start!
Sphinx toilet factory, Netherlands

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   Whoa, this is so euro. Sooo cool. The restaurants are packed, everyone's have a good time... i wish i was back there...
Maastricht, Netherlands

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   Group San Diego in dutchland! Our last night incountry... our adopted member (marnie) isnt with us becuase she's off getting lucky with the wait staff : )
Maastricht, Netherlands

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   WTF, it seems like all the ethnic people in our MBA class got into this photo. Mostly a white crowd : )
Maastricht, Netherlands

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   Hehehe... waiting for the plane to take us home. It was a long week!
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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