Favorite Photos

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Lucy reaches out to her hand’s reflection, Camera Obscura Museum
Canongate Tolbooth
searching for Nessie, Loch Ness
Yeah! We climbed Arthur’s Seat!
with world travelers Chuck and Kerstin in Edinburgh
American flag graffiti at Edinburgh Castle prison
ruins of abbey, Palace of Holyroodhouse
in Greyfriars Kirkyard (graveyard)
Highland cow and regular cow
Nati’s hand, Camera Obscura Museum
on the street of Inverness in celebration of Highland Games
barrels for Tomatin whiskey
Nati as magna, Camera Obscura Museum
at the top of Arthur’s Seat
Arthur’s Seat from Edinburgh Castle
rubbing nose of Greyfriars Bobby
Princes Street Gardens
Lucy, Camera Obscura Museum
in the prisons, Edinburgh Castle
barrels of Tomatin whiskey
Lucy as magna, Camera Obscura Museum
barrels of Tomatin whiskey
Highland cow
Nessie left that white trail as she swam away, Loch Ness
view from Arthur’s Seat
on the river Ness
Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
Palace of Holyroodhouse
same room, same time, Camera Obscura Museum
Nati, Camera Obscura Museum
for Harry Potter fans, by the grave of Thomas Riddle
Edinburgh Castle
Palace of Holyroodhouse
on Loch Ness
from Edinburgh Castle

United Kingdom (England)

Chipping Campden, the Cotswolds
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
Cotswolds
at last with best friend from home
Lucy is an accurate sun dial, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tower Bridge
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
reproduction of Alan Turing’s office, Bletchley Park
Christ Church, Oxford
Cotswolds
in front of Kensington Palace, London
B&B garden, Broadway, the Cotswolds
across prime meridian, Greenwich
from inside Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
finally with best friend from home
working on marble run, Mechanical Art and Design Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon
mean swans, Stratford-upon-Avon
Bletchley Park
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Lake Windermere
Stratford-upon-Avon
window with graffiti in the birthplace of Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
celebrating Alice in Wonderland in Oxford
ferret racing, Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
beautiful walk, Cotswolds
aggressive geese, Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Christ Church dining hall, Oxford
in the London Eye
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
local summer fete, Snowshill, the Cotswolds
Harrods, London
Marylebone neighborhood
“Inflatable Dreams” installation at the Melissa store, Covent Gardens
Shakespeare’s grave, Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
cottage of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife, not the actress), Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Camden market, London
war memorial, Bourton-on-the-Water
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Hawkshead
Stonehenge
medieval knocker on church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
Stratford-upon-Avon
last night with Tincho and Roger
Stratford-upon-Avon
Windsor Castle
Hogwarts Express, at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Lucy is watching an owl (the blur) fly over her head, Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Christ Church, Oxford
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
the Eye and Parliament
Lake Windermere, Ambleside
straddling the prime meridian, Greenwich
words and phrases coined by Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
Stonehenge
dock at Low Wray, Lake Windermere
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
from garden of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife–not the actress), Stratford-upon-Avon
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Broadway Tower, Broadway, Cotswolds
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
London
Photoshopped church, Cotswolds
Cyberdog store, Camden market, London
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
London Eye
the dragonfly: the reward for solving a puzzle and finding the center of a maze, Bourton-on-the-Water
tea at World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere

France Continued (Versailles and Paris)

Versailles
the Louvre
playground, Parc de la Villette
view from the MusΓ©e d’Orsay
meeting up with Yoana, a friend from last year’s vacation
catacombs
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
looking into Marie Antoinette’s recreated cell in the Conciergerie, Paris
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
Apollo taking a selfie, Louvre
sculpture at Versailles
street art
bookstore, St. Germain
bubbles at Versailles
crowds at the Louvre
Palais Garnier
a tribute to Nati’s monkey, Jojo
playing music on the sidewalk
Iceland fans in Montmartre
at the Bois de Boulogne
little chalk mice as street art
dinner with the Bonoans
fountain at Versailles
please be quiet and be respectful of the neighborhood
Marie Antoinette’s Hameau, Versailles
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
flame “fountains” at Versialles
giant cinnamon at perfume class
crowds at the Mona Lisa, Louvre
through a window at Versailles
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
myrrh at perfume class
pastries
modern art installation at Versailles
street art
the Phantom’s box (box 5) in the Palais Garnier
heading into Versailles
MusΓ©e d’Orsay
fountain at Versailles
Versailles at night
locks on the Pont Neuf

France, Part Deux

Maison de la Magie, Blois
silk worms at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
fencing lesson, MuseΓ© Van Oeveren
Chateau de Cheverny
silk worms at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Chateau de Cheverny
snail
Blois with Carolina
Blois, Son et Lumière show
swing in Leonardo’s Clos LucΓ©
Chateau de Cheverny
gargoyle, Blois
graves of van Gogh brothers, Auvers-sur-Oise
Blois
cat sleeping in Renaissance bed in Leonardo’s bedroom, Clos LucΓ©
Natalie holding a silk worm at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
double-helix staircase, Chambord
Chambord
Monet’s kitchen, Giverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Jun 13: finishing fencing lesson
Monet’s garden, Giverny
rose bush in Leonardo’s Clos LucΓ©
MuseΓ© Van Oeveren
Chateau de Cheverny
dogs at Chateau de Cheverny
ladder leading to tunnels in rock quarry
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Chateau de Cheverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
at Clos LucΓ©
cave dwelling in Loire Valley
dog kibble, Chateau de Cheverny
Les Alicourts
center of double-helix staircase, Chambered
Carolina holding silk worm at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
12th century stained glass in cathedral of Chartres
steps to our tree house, Les Alicourts
church in van Gogh painting, Auvers-sur-Oise
in our stylish accommodations

Belgium

Jun 2: The Atomium! Brussels
“Dinner in the Sky” tables hoisted on cranes in front of the Atomium
chocolate workshop, Brussels
elevator in the Atomium
chocolate workshop, Brussels
comic strip mural, Brussels
chocolate workshop, Brussels
truffles from Mary chocolate shop
chocolate store, Brussels

The Netherlands

crazy chicken, near Zaanse Schans
cheese market
view from houseboat, Amsterdam
seven bridges, Amsterdam
hanging from ceiling in a restaurant
Zaanse Schans
lunch
unicorn, near Zaanse Schans
multi-colored cheese, Alkmaar
cheese on boat in canal
tulips, of course
Zaanse Schans
girls are on the “t”
symbols of the Netherlands
cheese market
mixing paint at Rembrandt’s house
cheese vendor
Zaanse Schans
soon-to-be fries
our houseboat is on the left
street in Amsterdam
Alida Hoeven Cheese Farm, Volendam

 

Germany

dusk in Rothenburg
in Hamelin
with Richter family, Munnerstadt
WilhelmshΓΆhe park
watch tower at old East/West German border
night watchman, Rothenburg
in a rapeseed field
Briar Rose’s castle (Sleeping Beauty)
flowers, Kassel
Hohenschwangau
stork nest, Rothenburg
Meistertrunk festival, Rothenburg
When you throw money down the drain, you hear the voices of the Bremen Town Musicians.
Valais blackneck goats
art showing West and East German cars and walk signals and watchtower
Venus the dog at Briar Rose’s castle
rose lemonade at Briar Rose’s castle
up Rapunzel’s tower
Rothenburg
Don’t try this at home.
old border crossing between East and West Germany
birds of prey show, Sababurg
didn’t taste as good as it looked
Bashful and Snow White
WilhelmshΓΆhe park
Did she or didn’t she?
town hall in Bremen
Aqueduct Fountain, Bergpark WilhelmshΓΆhe, Kassel
showing slanted floor in restaurant from 1620, Hamelin
Aqueduct Fountain, Bergpark WilhelmshΓΆhe, Kassel
Rothenburg
Neuschwanstein
with Gundula and Werner, Rothenburg
sculpture commemorating “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” Grimm fairy tale, Wolfhagen
Bremen
old border crossing between East and West Germany
plugging leak in Hercules fountain, Kassel
Neuschwanstein
Mercedes factory
Rothenburg
FΓΌssen
roses and thorns outside Briar Rose’s castle (Sleeping Beauty)
art installation, Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel
water park near Stuttgart
screaming for Ray to hurry and get in photo before timer goes off–he didn’t make it
Rapunzel’s castle courtyard
cookout with Bonoan family and their friends
Rapunzel’s tower
“Little Red Riding Hood,” art installation, Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel
LΓΆwenburg castle, built to look like ruins, Kassel
artwork at old East/West German border

 

Austria

Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
cemetery, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Austrian pretzels
Swarovski Crystal World
Peace Bell, Mosern
loving Sound of Music bike tour
stuck in cable car, Innsbruck
Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Sound of Music bike tour, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!, Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
with Camila in Salzburg
Salzburg cemetery
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
trick fountains, Hellbrunn Palace
Swarovski Crystal World
Salzburg
Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Himmler escape tunnel, Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
salt mie, near Salzburg
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Swarovski Crystal World
salt mine, near Salzburg
Sound of Music bike tour, Salzburg
outside Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Mozart silhouette in cocoa powder
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Leopoldskron Palace, used as the rear of the von Trapp home in Sound of Music, Salzburg
Innsbruck
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Swarovski Crystal World
I Have Confidence in Me, Sound of Music tour
Doe, a Deer, Mirabell Gardens
evacuating cable car, Innsbruck
Swarovski Crystal World
nest in crown
sharing is caring, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
walking toward emergency exit, Innsbruck
Swarovski Crystal World

Italy, Part II

Klibansky sculpture taken apart and being shipped away, Venice
night, Venice
pots matching house, Burano, Venice
Murano: making glass horse
Miami does not like the gondola ride (with Lucy and our guide Giorgia)
Burano, Venice
Murano: inside of a glass kiln
sculpture by Joseph Klibansky, Venice
rowing with Bucintoro club, Venice
ambulances in Venice
on water taxi, Venice
night, Venice
rowing with Bucintoro club, Venice
canal, Venice
singing opera from gondola, Venice
sun setting over Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
where gondolas are built and repaired, Venice
gondola traffic, Venice
gondola ride, Venice
on water taxi, Venice
Burano, Venice

Adriatic Cruise

Santorini
delicious gyros, Santorini
Santorini
“reading” Todd’s coffee, Turkey
Santorini
graffiti in prison, Doge’s Palace, Venice
from kids’ club (Lucy)
spring in Pompeii
professional dancers in Olympia
crossing the finish line in ancient Olympian stadium
Santorini
monastery in Corfu, Greece
national park near Split, Croatia
transfer from ship to hotel, Venice
Santorini
Todd dancing in Olympia
library in Ephesus, Turkey
lending hand for a priest, Cavtat, Croatia
delicious apple tea, Turkey
Naples
from kids’ club (Nati)
modern statue amidst ruins of Pompeii
monastery in Corfu, Greece
Santorini
starting the race in ancient Olympian stadium
through window in Doge’s Palace, Venice
Dubrovnik, Croatia
at Virgin Mary’s house, Turkey
Watch out, pigeon! (Venice)
cat resting in Ephesus, Turkey
St. Mark’s Square, Venice
national park near Split, Croatia
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Santorini
lunch in Naples
Virgin Mary’s house, Turkey
arriving in Venice
Oosterdam ship
Dubrovnik, Croatia
tour guide’s wine production, Trogir, Croatia
čevapi for lunch, Trogir, Croatia
tired of ruins, Athens
outdoor seating with blankets, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Italy

Apr 14: BEST NOON PHOTO EVER! (enlarge to see the flame of the noon cannon)
my birthday as documented by Panerai clock at Galileo Museum, Florence
artist on the banks of the Arno
despite all the bickering…
mosaic workshop in Florence
oculus of Pantheon, Rome
Bocca della VeritΓ , Rome (with guide’s finger)
Roman countryside
restaurant in Rome
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
Duomo, Florence
marbling paper in Florence
Rome
Neptune and his pet crane, Boboli Gardens
Lucy’s fresco
ceiling in the Uffizi
missing stream of water altogether
spring in Florence
mosaic workshop in Florence
in Boboli Gardens
through a keyhole, Rome
dusk in Florence
marbling paper in Florence

Fun with Panoramas

France

up a tree in Nice
Nice
lion and his pets in Arles
children tell street artist what to paint
Lulu, mean French dog
three French men
Aix-en-Provence
dusk in Nice
market in Aix-en-Provence
Arles: ancient Roman arena currently used for bullfights

Spain, Part II

Cuenca at night
Holy Week procession
“paella” swing, Ciutadella Park, Barcelona
Casa MilΓ , Barcelona
thorn from crown of Jesus
Nazarenos
Plaza de EspaΓ±a, Sevilla
in a restaurant
Sevilla
making crema Catalana at Le Meridien, Barcelona
Jesus
balcony view of Roman centurions
making paella, Le Meridien, Barcelona
ham, Sevilla
Casa BatllΓ³, Barcelona
getting wax from Nazareno
with friends
market, Barcelona
chimneys of Palau GΓΌell, Barcelona
Parque de Maria Luisa, Sevilla
tree, Sevilla
balcony view
Park GΓΌell, Barcelona
ceiling, Park GΓΌell, Barcelona
Cuenca parador with bridge in front
contrast: view out of back window, Palau GΓΌell, Barcelona
staircase, Casa BattlΓ³, Barcelona
rousing game of foosball
random vintage car parade, Barcelona
Lucy’s drawing of Holy Week processions
Setas de Sevilla (Mushrooms–not the official name)
souvenirs in Plaza de EspaΓ±a, Sevilla

Gibraltar

caves with interesting lighting
munching Doritos, Gibraltar
hanging out
loving mama

Spain

Granada
Sacromonte, Granada
remnants of a falla
Parque del Retiro
falleras in Valencia
Valencia oranges!
Nati in Madrid market
Granada
tasting horchata de chufa (they didn’t like it)
falla on fire
Torres de Quart
pigs on balcony of ham store
Nati miraculously turns on a fountain
falla in Valencia
narrow street in Granada
Iglesia San Juan del Hospital, Valencia

Japan

playing dress-up, Kyoto
samurai class, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima
Ghibli Museum
fish interested in out “Girls’ Day” offering
WWII memorial with eternal flame from Hiroshima bombing and paper cranes
Todd and Lucy, boat on Lake Ashi
Miyajima Island, Hiroshima
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Nagano snow monkey
in Maruyama Park, Kyoto
Mt. Fuji as viewed from our room
Ueno Park, Tokyo
Tokyo playground
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
straw-wrapped sake barrels at Meiji Shrine
street in Kyoto
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
origami class, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
Nagano snow monkey
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
prayer tablets outside a temple, Tokyo
street crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
clock made from old toys
in Maruyama Park, Kyoto
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
view from our room
Ghibli Museum
A-bomb Dome as seen through memorial, Hiroshima
Nati with Alto
two partial Todds at Little Prince Museum, Hakone
selfie with Nati and Wayne
Sadako’s paper cranes, Hiroshima
playing dress-up, Kyoto

China, part 2

what I look like when I’m yelling at the girls
ice sculptures–warmer than outside
canals in Suzhou
Olympic Green
canals in Suzhou
Mandarin duck
Todd plays mahjong with icy friends
ice slide
glass floor, TV Tower observation deck
ropes course in mall
light tunnel in Shanghai
washing in Suzhou canal
Tiger Hill Park, Suzhou
fresh orange juice from vending machine
Beijing Forbidden City
view from TV Tower observation area
from inside Water Cube
Bird’s Nest
dog with dyed ears and tail
Shanghai Oriental Pear Television Tower
everyone has a selfie stick
on my dinner plate
feeding koi
Temple of Heaven
Tiger Hill, leaning tower
stretching silk for comforter stuffing
Olympic Green
Natalie learning from calligraphy master
path lights outside Bird’s Nest
Water Cube water park–closed for winter!!
Temple of Heaven, retirees working out
Mongolian temple through smog in Beijing
after our Peking duck dinner
arriving in Beijing, from train
canals in Suzhou
Olympic Green, Beijing

China, part 1

countryside in Yangshuo
drying vegetables in Yangshuo
Yangshuo Cooking School
Yangshuo meat market
Yangshuo market
Yangshuo street market
Yangshuo park
Yangshuo cormorant fishing
along Li River
along Li River
Nati learning to make hand-shadow wolf in Chengdu
Helen, our guide in Yangshuo
restaurant wall in Yangshuo
Chengdu
Xian
making dumplings in Xian
grinding corn in Xian
Nati’s foot compared to shoes of adult woman with bound feet
girls with painter-farmer in Xian
warm welcome by painter-farmer in Xian
participating in welcome ceremony in Xian
Xian lantern festival
painter-farmer’s home in Xian
Xian lantern festival
lanterns in Chengdu
Xian
Beijing drum tower
Beijing outside Chairman Mao’s mausoleum
Beijing, tires protected from dog pee
Beijing, Forbidden City, roof
Beijing, Forbidden City, for good luck

Hong Kong

CNY parade
Aberdeen sampan
vegetable packet for New Year offering
CNY parade
Big Buddha in Ngong Ping village
Kowloon bird park
view from Victoria Peak
Tai O fishing village
CNY parade
Tai O fishing village
goldfish store
CNY parade
Kowloon flower market
Big Buddha in Ngong Ping village
CNY dinner, chicken course
incense spirals in a temple
view from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

Cambodia

Siem Reap: Ta Prong Temple
Siem Reap: Bayon Temple
Siem Reap countryside
Siem Reap: Bayon Temple
Siem Reap: on their way to school
Siem Reap: tuk tuk
Siem Reap: driver takes a nap between fares
Siem Reap: Svay Chek village school
Siem Reap
gate to Angkor Thom
Ta Prong temple ruins
Angkor Wat relief
Angkor Wat
Ta Prong temple

Thailand

with Menoy and her baby
Maya Beach
macaque
macaque with an itch
loi kratong
Andaman Sea
eel Andaman Sea
Andaman Sea
at the market
Chinese tourist taking picture with Lucy and Natalie
macaque
street food as good as Anthony Bourdain promised
small bats in a cave
sunrise Andaman Sea
Lucy’s soup ingredients
Nati with Chompu
balancing on kayak with guide
pretty altar
happy with a cleaver
waterfall outside Chiang Mai
Nati’s noodles
Todd making drunken noodles
in streets of Chiang Mai
Maya Beach off Phuket
Phanak Island
Maya Beach off Phuket
view from room in Chiang Mai
at Patara Elephant Farm
even Lucy is tired of rice
bird
guide falling off kayak
mudskipper
Maya Beach
bird
Bangkok Royal Palace
Reclining Buddha
at Patara Elephant Farm
Le Meridien Phuket
lots of cables
mudskipper

Singapore

orchid from botanical garden
Singapore is hot
Supertree Grove
in Chinatown
Singapore Botanic Garden
in Chinatown
Chinatown
eels in Chinatown
orchid from botanical garden
temple in Chinatown

Australia

Fraser Island
Noosa Heads
ATVs on sand dunes
tasting sugar cane juice
rock sculpture north of Cairns
emu drinking out of fountain
on Derwent Hunter
rainbow lorikeet feeding
sand boarding
bats in Cairns
Sydney Opera House
bird drinking from fountain
kangaroos on side of road
Bondi Beach
Sydney Opera House
camels waiting for riders
Blue Mountains
Tasmanian devil
Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
bats in Cairns
koala at Currumbin
lunch at zoo
Whitehaven Beach
bats taking off in Cairns
Uluru
Lake Mackenzie, Fraser Island
sunrise at Uluru
which foot is longer?

3 comments

  2. Hi This is Eva , this is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!
    I am learning a lot!!!!!!! My favorite one was the one about the super cute ELEPHANTS πŸ˜±πŸ™Š!!!!!!!πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’• loved the wall of China as well, and all of your pictures.
    I hope you guys are having fun, I miss you guys so much😒

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