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