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