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