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