Hayley's Photo Ops! :): June 2012

After our Indian expedition our layover back home to the states was in Paris, so we decided to just get off the plane and stay for two days! It was stress free and so so wonderful! But I was completely exhausted.

The Louvre! We didn't get to go inside but at least I was there!

This is the view of Paris from the Arc de Triomphe. Their city is built in triangles- so cool and interesting!

The Eiffel Tower- daytime. :)

The Eiffel Tower- nighttime. :)

The Eiffel Tower- sunset! :)

This is the view of the city from the top of the Eiffel!

This bookstore is where the famous Hemmingway and his friends would hang out! Mrs. Schmidt told me about this. It was so cute and wonderful; I loved it!!

There were statues everywhere- this one, thank goodness, had "clothes" on!

Moulin Rouge! We didn't see a show though because it costs a ton!

This is one of the lock bridges with Notre Dame in the background! The significance of the bridge is that you write your name as well as your spouse of significant other and lock it on, and supposedly you stay together forever!

-H

I had the opportunity to spend my last few weeks of high school in four beautiful parts of India. Working for a dentist office, we went to do humanitarian acts and work on the kids there. Our first week was when we had clinic, up in Leh in the Ladakh region in the Himalayas. Our second week we were able to go down and tour Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. My experience was amazing and I cannot even fathom to describe it; it was life-changing and one of the best things ever!

This staircase was in Stok, India. I went on a walk up near our "hotel" in the Himalayas and this is one thing I came across! The fact that they build everything by hand piece by piece, just amazes me. I loved these stairs; they just look so cool to me!

Everywhere we went in the Ladakh people were building. It was really neat for me because my dad is a home builder and owns his own business. He was in the Street of Dreams in 2011, so to be able to see the differences was awesome for me!

This is the school's gymnasium, also known as our clinic. We were up on the top of the hill for lunch and when we finished we came out and there was a line waiting for us. It was great!

This is one of my coworkers, Rachele. She gave these twins anethestic and I assisted the doctor. They were the sweetest things; didn't speak or cry of pain at all!

This was near a monastery that we visted- two kids fetching water out of a well!

This is in the boys' dormitory where we would eat lunch every day after clinic, and they would just sit here in lines and eat their own food, not noisy, just minding their business and enjoying their food!