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