Our 2012 Trip of a Lifetime Around EuropeTumblr (3.0; @kevinmcleod)http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/<p>Google limits the number of markers so I&#8217;ve posted two maps showing both halves of the trip.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="350" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=200762743379244248546.0004c49693b8570be6619&amp;start=0&amp;num=200&amp;t=h&amp;ll=43.261206,13.842773&amp;spn=11.198784,21.972656&amp;z=4&amp;output=embed" width="500"></iframe><br/><small>View <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=200762743379244248546.0004c49693b8570be6619&amp;start=0&amp;num=200&amp;t=h&amp;ll=43.261206,13.842773&amp;spn=11.198784,21.972656&amp;z=4&amp;source=embed">Louise and Kevin&#8217;s 2012 Trip of a Lifetime</a> in a larger map</small></p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27021559932http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27021559932Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:00:00 -0700EuropeMapTravel<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="350" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=200762743379244248546.0004c49693b8570be6619&amp;start=38&amp;num=200&amp;t=h&amp;ll=46.452997,6.218262&amp;spn=5.298516,10.986328&amp;z=4&amp;output=embed" width="500"></iframe><br/><small>View <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=200762743379244248546.0004c49693b8570be6619&amp;start=38&amp;num=200&amp;t=h&amp;ll=46.452997,6.218262&amp;spn=5.298516,10.986328&amp;z=4&amp;source=embed">Louise and Kevin&#8217;s 2012 Trip of a Lifetime</a> in a larger map</small></p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27029472555http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27029472555Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:55:00 -0700EuropeTravelMap<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70ljp8eXp1rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our final stop…our last photo…and what better. The Eiffel Tower at night.Goodbye Paris. Goodbye Europe. What a wonderful adventure we’ve had which we’ll never forget.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27000929816http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27000929816Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:45:00 -0700ParisFranceEiffel Tower<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70lfoFh5C1rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Sacré-Coeur is beautiful at night. Fairwell Montmarte.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27000770305http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27000770305Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:00:00 -0700ParisFranceMontmarteSacré-Coeur<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/kevinmcleod/27000649522/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_27000649522" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>So I did a little research and the football juggler that we saw has actually been on TV a few times and has his own documentary. His name is Iya Traore and he’s quite extraordinary!</p> <p><a href="http://iya.fr/en/"><a href="http://iya.fr/en/">http://iya.fr/en/</a></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3jE0j6gsig"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3jE0j6gsig">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3jE0j6gsig</a></a></p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27000649522http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27000649522Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:00:00 -0700ParisFranceIya Traore<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kyvR0wR1rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kyvR0wR1rv92ugo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>We spent our last few hours sitting up on the hill on Montmarte watching the sunset and enjoying the young crowd and street performers. There was a guy that was juggling a soccer ball while climbing up a lamppost and walking along fences. He earned a lot of applause and plenty of coin as he was quite acrobatic.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27000093353http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/27000093353Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:00:00 -0700KevinLouiseParisFrance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kl6C4zZ1rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kl6C4zZ1rv92ugo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Louise dragged me into the capital store of the Louis Vuitton empire. I have to say, it was a very classy place with excellent service. And obviously, Louis was totally euphoric when she got her new LV bag.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26999547324http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26999547324Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:30:00 -0700LouiseParisFrance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kh12vy31rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kh12vy31rv92ugo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kh12vy31rv92ugo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70kh12vy31rv92ugo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>After a long drive from Pamplona we made our way back to Paris in preparation for our flight home.On our last day we walked up the Champs-Élysées which is one of the main retail streets in Paris. The Bastille Day parade was taking place and we happened to catch a series of planes flying in formation right above the street to commemorate this annual holiday.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26999381327http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26999381327Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:00:00 -0700ParisFrance<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zvD034n90Xc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Some more videos that I sourced from The Running of the Bulls which I participated in on July 7, 2012. Some awesome footage taken here. Great job all!</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997464911http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997464911Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:15:00 -0700PamplonaSpain<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eoPHwyKP-xg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Some more videos that I sourced from The Running of the Bulls which I participated in on July 7, 2012. Some awesome footage taken here. Great job all!</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997432917http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997432917Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:15:00 -0700PamplonaSpain<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z_OyTAyqU4U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Some more videos that I sourced from The Running of the Bulls which I participated in on July 7, 2012. Some awesome footage taken here. Great job all!</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997388695http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997388695Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:15:00 -0700PamplonaSpain<object width="400" height="299"><param name="movie" value="http://rt.com/s/swf/player5.4.swf?file=http://rt.com/files/art-and-culture/news/bull-festival-spain-pamplona-639/i1d2ee8209e20c58b028e7aea3db264f4_bulls.dv.flv&image=http://rt.com/files/art-and-culture/news/bull-festival-spain-pamplona-639/first-run-bull-pamplona.n.jpg&skin=http://rt.com/s/css/player_skin.zip&provider=http&abouttext=Russia%20Today&aboutlink=http://rt.com&autostart=false" /><embed src="http://rt.com/s/swf/player5.4.swf?file=http://rt.com/files/art-and-culture/news/bull-festival-spain-pamplona-639/i1d2ee8209e20c58b028e7aea3db264f4_bulls.dv.flv&image=http://rt.com/files/art-and-culture/news/bull-festival-spain-pamplona-639/first-run-bull-pamplona.n.jpg&skin=http://rt.com/s/css/player_skin.zip&provider=http&abouttext=Russia%20Today&aboutlink=http://rt.com&autostart=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="299"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Some more videos that I sourced from The Running of the Bulls which I participated in on July 7, 2012. Some awesome footage taken here. Great job all!</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997280166http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997280166Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:15:00 -0700PamplonaSpain<script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?video_pcode=IzcHE6tfH3QyrXt6t8LIU_rrYlNy&height=360&deepLinkEmbedCode=hrYXViNTrIukvAMDu1KdBWr6yB15bqCg&embedCode=hrYXViNTrIukvAMDu1KdBWr6yB15bqCg&width=500"></script><br/><br/><p>Some more videos that I sourced from The Running of the Bulls which I participated in on July 7, 2012. Some awesome footage taken here. Great job all!</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997115977http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26997115977Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:15:00 -0700PamplonaSpain<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2ysJQPg1rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2ysJQPg1rv92ugo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><div class="caption"> <p>I survived The Running of The Bulls. It was one of the most exhilarating things I’ve ever done. Although, a lot of drunkards didn’t fair as well and medics were on hand to patch them up.</p> <p>P.S. - that’s someone else’s blood on my arm. Seriously, madness.</p> </div>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26713435245http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26713435245Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:00:00 -0700KevinPamplonaSpain<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2poTIcq1rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2poTIcq1rv92ugo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2poTIcq1rv92ugo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2poTIcq1rv92ugo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2poTIcq1rv92ugo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>After a good run, I made it all the way into the Plaza del Toros (aka. Bull Arena). I read a lot online so I knew that this wasn’t the end yet. So, I moved to the side rail in anticipation of the next round of madness where they release bulls into the crowd inside the arena.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26713138707http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26713138707Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:15:00 -0700KevinPamplonaSpain<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/kevinmcleod/26714148412/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_26714148412" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="300" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Made it into the Bull Arena…total adrenaline rush.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26714148412http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26714148412Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:10:00 -0700KevinPamplonaSpain<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2gz9Pu21rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2gz9Pu21rv92ugo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I moved further up the route and got myself psyched up. It really was insanity.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26712845970http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26712845970Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:50:00 -0700KevinPamplonaSpain<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t2aj1qZK1rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The scene was tense and the streets were crammed to the rafters as everyone got ready for the 8:00am sharp Running of The Bulls.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26712630938http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26712630938Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:45:00 -0700PamplonaSpain<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t263MV871rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t263MV871rv92ugo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>12 ribs for 12 Euros in the park outside the old town of Pamplona. Mmmmmm. Riiiiibs.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26712481695http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26712481695Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:00:00 -0700PamplonaSpainfood<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t20fzBOk1rv92ugo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t20fzBOk1rv92ugo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t20fzBOk1rv92ugo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t20fzBOk1rv92ugo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>And then we got some 1L grande San Miguel’s and danced in the street with the rest of the crazies.</p>http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26712302029http://kevinmcleod.tumblr.com/post/26712302029Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:00:00 -0700KevinLouisePamplonaSpain