United Kingdom (Scotland)
on the street of Inverness in celebration of Highland Games
on the river Ness
Princes Street Gardens
at the top of Arthur’s Seat
Lucy as magna, Camera Obscura Museum
barrels of Tomatin whiskey
Yeah! We climbed Arthur’s Seat!
searching for Nessie, Loch Ness
Nati as magna, Camera Obscura Museum
on Loch Ness
rubbing nose of Greyfriars Bobby
Edinburgh Castle
Lucy, Camera Obscura Museum
Highland cow and regular cow
Nati, Camera Obscura Museum
barrels of Tomatin whiskey
Palace of Holyroodhouse
in Greyfriars Kirkyard (graveyard)
American flag graffiti at Edinburgh Castle prison
Nati’s hand, Camera Obscura Museum
Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
Lucy reaches out to her hand’s reflection, Camera Obscura Museum
view from Arthur’s Seat
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Canongate Tolbooth
for Harry Potter fans, by the grave of Thomas Riddle
Highland cow
ruins of abbey, Palace of Holyroodhouse
Nessie left that white trail as she swam away, Loch Ness
from Edinburgh Castle
in the prisons, Edinburgh Castle
Arthur’s Seat from Edinburgh Castle
same room, same time, Camera Obscura Museum
barrels for Tomatin whiskey
with world travelers Chuck and Kerstin in Edinburgh
United Kingdom (England)
“Inflatable Dreams” installation at the Melissa store, Covent Gardens
celebrating Alice in Wonderland in Oxford
Lake Windermere, Ambleside
Broadway Tower, Broadway, Cotswolds
medieval knocker on church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Photoshopped church, Cotswolds
reproduction of Alan Turing’s office, Bletchley Park
the Eye and Parliament
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
at last with best friend from home
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
cottage of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife, not the actress), Stratford-upon-Avon
from inside Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Cotswolds
from garden of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife–not the actress), Stratford-upon-Avon
across prime meridian, Greenwich
Christ Church, Oxford
the dragonfly: the reward for solving a puzzle and finding the center of a maze, Bourton-on-the-Water
Camden market, London
mean swans, Stratford-upon-Avon
words and phrases coined by Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Cotswolds
Stratford-upon-Avon
window with graffiti in the birthplace of Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Shakespeare’s grave, Stratford-upon-Avon
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
London Eye
tea at World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
finally with best friend from home
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
in the London Eye
straddling the prime meridian, Greenwich
local summer fete, Snowshill, the Cotswolds
Marylebone neighborhood
Chipping Campden, the Cotswolds
Christ Church, Oxford
Lake Windermere
war memorial, Bourton-on-the-Water
last night with Tincho and Roger
Tower Bridge
Cyberdog store, Camden market, London
Lucy is watching an owl (the blur) fly over her head, Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
Stratford-upon-Avon
Hawkshead
ferret racing, Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Stratford-upon-Avon
in front of Kensington Palace, London
dock at Low Wray, Lake Windermere
aggressive geese, Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Bletchley Park
B&B garden, Broadway, the Cotswolds
Harrods, London
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
beautiful walk, Cotswolds
Windsor Castle
Stonehenge
working on marble run, Mechanical Art and Design Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon
Stonehenge
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
London
Lucy is an accurate sun dial, Stratford-upon-Avon
Christ Church dining hall, Oxford
Hogwarts Express, at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
Stratford-upon-Avon
France Continued (Versailles and Paris)
playground, Parc de la Villette
Versailles at night
fountain at Versailles
meeting up with Yoana, a friend from last year’s vacation
fountain at Versailles
sculpture at Versailles
little chalk mice as street art
myrrh at perfume class
the Phantom’s box (box 5) in the Palais Garnier
flame “fountains” at Versialles
please be quiet and be respectful of the neighborhood
Marie Antoinette’s Hameau, Versailles
street art
at the Bois de Boulogne
the Louvre
dinner with the Bonoans
Palais Garnier
Iceland fans in Montmartre
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
crowds at the Mona Lisa, Louvre
crowds at the Louvre
bubbles at Versailles
pastries
locks on the Pont Neuf
Musée d’Orsay
street art
looking into Marie Antoinette’s recreated cell in the Conciergerie, Paris
playing music on the sidewalk
catacombs
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
a tribute to Nati’s monkey, Jojo
through a window at Versailles
view from the Musée d’Orsay
modern art installation at Versailles
Versailles
heading into Versailles
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
Apollo taking a selfie, Louvre
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
bookstore, St. Germain
giant cinnamon at perfume class
France, Part Deux
gargoyle, Blois
dogs at Chateau de Cheverny
Chateau de Cheverny
steps to our tree house, Les Alicourts
Blois, Son et Lumière show
Chateau de Cheverny
ladder leading to tunnels in rock quarry
Chateau de Cheverny
at Clos Lucé
Natalie holding a silk worm at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
center of double-helix staircase, Chambered
silk worms at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
Jun 13: finishing fencing lesson
dog kibble, Chateau de Cheverny
Carolina holding silk worm at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
snail
12th century stained glass in cathedral of Chartres
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Les Alicourts
Blois with Carolina
Chateau de Cheverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
fencing lesson, Museé Van Oeveren
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
graves of van Gogh brothers, Auvers-sur-Oise
Blois
rose bush in Leonardo’s Clos Lucé
Chateau de Cheverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Maison de la Magie, Blois
silk worms at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
Chambord
church in van Gogh painting, Auvers-sur-Oise
cave dwelling in Loire Valley
cat sleeping in Renaissance bed in Leonardo’s bedroom, Clos Lucé
double-helix staircase, Chambord
Monet’s kitchen, Giverny
in our stylish accommodations
Museé Van Oeveren
swing in Leonardo’s Clos Lucé
Belgium
“Dinner in the Sky” tables hoisted on cranes in front of the Atomium
chocolate workshop, Brussels
chocolate workshop, Brussels
truffles from Mary chocolate shop
comic strip mural, Brussels
chocolate workshop, Brussels
chocolate store, Brussels
Jun 2: The Atomium! Brussels
elevator in the Atomium
The Netherlands
crazy chicken, near Zaanse Schans
cheese on boat in canal
lunch
multi-colored cheese, Alkmaar
unicorn, near Zaanse Schans
our houseboat is on the left
Alida Hoeven Cheese Farm, Volendam
symbols of the Netherlands
Zaanse Schans
soon-to-be fries
girls are on the “t”
seven bridges, Amsterdam
cheese vendor
tulips, of course
street in Amsterdam
cheese market
Zaanse Schans
cheese market
mixing paint at Rembrandt’s house
Zaanse Schans
hanging from ceiling in a restaurant
view from houseboat, Amsterdam
Germany
Wilhelmshöhe park
“Little Red Riding Hood,” art installation, Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel
When you throw money down the drain, you hear the voices of the Bremen Town Musicians.
Rothenburg
water park near Stuttgart
Füssen
Meistertrunk festival, Rothenburg
sculpture commemorating “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” Grimm fairy tale, Wolfhagen
screaming for Ray to hurry and get in photo before timer goes off–he didn’t make it
Aqueduct Fountain, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel
Aqueduct Fountain, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel
watch tower at old East/West German border
Bremen
art showing West and East German cars and walk signals and watchtower
flowers, Kassel
Wilhelmshöhe park
Mercedes factory
rose lemonade at Briar Rose’s castle
up Rapunzel’s tower
Neuschwanstein
artwork at old East/West German border
Bashful and Snow White
Valais blackneck goats
Neuschwanstein
Rapunzel’s tower
plugging leak in Hercules fountain, Kassel
Rothenburg
Hohenschwangau
didn’t taste as good as it looked
stork nest, Rothenburg
Löwenburg castle, built to look like ruins, Kassel
in a rapeseed field
old border crossing between East and West Germany
Did she or didn’t she?
birds of prey show, Sababurg
showing slanted floor in restaurant from 1620, Hamelin
old border crossing between East and West Germany
roses and thorns outside Briar Rose’s castle (Sleeping Beauty)
Venus the dog at Briar Rose’s castle
cookout with Bonoan family and their friends
in Hamelin
Rothenburg
Briar Rose’s castle (Sleeping Beauty)
with Gundula and Werner, Rothenburg
Rapunzel’s castle courtyard
dusk in Rothenburg
town hall in Bremen
with Richter family, Munnerstadt
Don’t try this at home.
art installation, Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel
night watchman, Rothenburg
Austria
evacuating cable car, Innsbruck
Swarovski Crystal World
Doe, a Deer, Mirabell Gardens
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Sound of Music bike tour, Salzburg
loving Sound of Music bike tour
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Sound of Music bike tour, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
with Camila in Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Austrian pretzels
Swarovski Crystal World
Leopoldskron Palace, used as the rear of the von Trapp home in Sound of Music, Salzburg
outside Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
trick fountains, Hellbrunn Palace
salt mie, near Salzburg
stuck in cable car, Innsbruck
walking toward emergency exit, Innsbruck
Innsbruck
Salzburg cemetery
Swarovski Crystal World
Peace Bell, Mosern
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
nest in crown
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Swarovski Crystal World
Mozart silhouette in cocoa powder
sharing is caring, Salzburg
Salzburg
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!, Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
cemetery, Salzburg
salt mine, near Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Himmler escape tunnel, Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
I Have Confidence in Me, Sound of Music tour
Italy, Part II
sun setting over Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
where gondolas are built and repaired, Venice
on water taxi, Venice
on water taxi, Venice
sculpture by Joseph Klibansky, Venice
Burano, Venice
gondola traffic, Venice
canal, Venice
night, Venice
night, Venice
pots matching house, Burano, Venice
gondola ride, Venice
ambulances in Venice
rowing with Bucintoro club, Venice
singing opera from gondola, Venice
Burano, Venice
rowing with Bucintoro club, Venice
Murano: making glass horse
Murano: inside of a glass kiln
Miami does not like the gondola ride (with Lucy and our guide Giorgia)
Klibansky sculpture taken apart and being shipped away, Venice
Adriatic Cruise
Todd dancing in Olympia
lunch in Naples
cat resting in Ephesus, Turkey
Santorini
starting the race in ancient Olympian stadium
Dubrovnik, Croatia
outdoor seating with blankets, Dubrovnik, Croatia
professional dancers in Olympia
Santorini
Santorini
Watch out, pigeon! (Venice)
through window in Doge’s Palace, Venice
crossing the finish line in ancient Olympian stadium
national park near Split, Croatia
delicious apple tea, Turkey
Virgin Mary’s house, Turkey
at Virgin Mary’s house, Turkey
tour guide’s wine production, Trogir, Croatia
čevapi for lunch, Trogir, Croatia
Santorini
from kids’ club (Nati)
St. Mark’s Square, Venice
Santorini
Santorini
“reading” Todd’s coffee, Turkey
Dubrovnik, Croatia
transfer from ship to hotel, Venice
monastery in Corfu, Greece
Oosterdam ship
graffiti in prison, Doge’s Palace, Venice
arriving in Venice
library in Ephesus, Turkey
delicious gyros, Santorini
tired of ruins, Athens
modern statue amidst ruins of Pompeii
monastery in Corfu, Greece
from kids’ club (Lucy)
lending hand for a priest, Cavtat, Croatia
spring in Pompeii
national park near Split, Croatia
Naples
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Santorini
Italy
Neptune and his pet crane, Boboli Gardens
Apr 14: BEST NOON PHOTO EVER! (enlarge to see the flame of the noon cannon)
mosaic workshop in Florence
in Boboli Gardens
restaurant in Rome
artist on the banks of the Arno
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
spring in Florence
my birthday as documented by Panerai clock at Galileo Museum, Florence
Rome
Roman countryside
despite all the bickering…
through a keyhole, Rome
Duomo, Florence
dusk in Florence
Lucy’s fresco
missing stream of water altogether
oculus of Pantheon, Rome
marbling paper in Florence
Bocca della Verità, Rome (with guide’s finger)
marbling paper in Florence
mosaic workshop in Florence
ceiling in the Uffizi
Fun with Panoramas
France
Nice
Aix-en-Provence
market in Aix-en-Provence
Arles: ancient Roman arena currently used for bullfights
Lulu, mean French dog
three French men
lion and his pets in Arles
up a tree in Nice
dusk in Nice
children tell street artist what to paint
Spain, Part II
Setas de Sevilla (Mushrooms–not the official name)
ham, Sevilla
Casa Milà, Barcelona
getting wax from Nazareno
Holy Week procession
chimneys of Palau Güell, Barcelona
Parque de Maria Luisa, Sevilla
Nazarenos
Casa Batlló, Barcelona
thorn from crown of Jesus
Cuenca parador with bridge in front
balcony view of Roman centurions
making paella, Le Meridien, Barcelona
souvenirs in Plaza de España, Sevilla
tree, Sevilla
making crema Catalana at Le Meridien, Barcelona
in a restaurant
with friends
“paella” swing, Ciutadella Park, Barcelona
Jesus
rousing game of foosball
Park Güell, Barcelona
Lucy’s drawing of Holy Week processions
Cuenca at night
ceiling, Park Güell, Barcelona
market, Barcelona
balcony view
random vintage car parade, Barcelona
Sevilla
Plaza de España, Sevilla
staircase, Casa Battló, Barcelona
contrast: view out of back window, Palau Güell, Barcelona
Gibraltar
caves with interesting lighting
munching Doritos, Gibraltar
hanging out
loving mama
Spain
Nati miraculously turns on a fountain
Sacromonte, Granada
falleras in Valencia
pigs on balcony of ham store
falla on fire
remnants of a falla
Parque del Retiro
narrow street in Granada
falla in Valencia
Iglesia San Juan del Hospital, Valencia
Granada
tasting horchata de chufa (they didn’t like it)
Torres de Quart
Valencia oranges!
Nati in Madrid market
Granada
Japan
samurai class, Kyoto
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
straw-wrapped sake barrels at Meiji Shrine
playing dress-up, Kyoto
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
view from our room
playing dress-up, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
in Maruyama Park, Kyoto
Mt. Fuji as viewed from our room
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
fish interested in out “Girls’ Day” offering
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Nagano snow monkey
street in Kyoto
Ghibli Museum
in Maruyama Park, Kyoto
two partial Todds at Little Prince Museum, Hakone
Nagano snow monkey
clock made from old toys
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima
origami class, Kyoto
Ghibli Museum
WWII memorial with eternal flame from Hiroshima bombing and paper cranes
Sadako’s paper cranes, Hiroshima
Tokyo playground
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
Todd and Lucy, boat on Lake Ashi
A-bomb Dome as seen through memorial, Hiroshima