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