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