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