United Kingdom (Scotland)
on the river Ness
Lucy as magna, Camera Obscura Museum
with world travelers Chuck and Kerstin in Edinburgh
at the top of Arthur’s Seat
Yeah! We climbed Arthur’s Seat!
same room, same time, Camera Obscura Museum
barrels for Tomatin whiskey
Edinburgh Castle
ruins of abbey, Palace of Holyroodhouse
Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
Princes Street Gardens
barrels of Tomatin whiskey
Nati, Camera Obscura Museum
Highland cow
Palace of Holyroodhouse
searching for Nessie, Loch Ness
on the street of Inverness in celebration of Highland Games
American flag graffiti at Edinburgh Castle prison
from Edinburgh Castle
view from Arthur’s Seat
Nessie left that white trail as she swam away, Loch Ness
Nati as magna, Camera Obscura Museum
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Lucy, Camera Obscura Museum
in the prisons, Edinburgh Castle
Arthur’s Seat from Edinburgh Castle
Lucy reaches out to her hand’s reflection, Camera Obscura Museum
Highland cow and regular cow
Nati’s hand, Camera Obscura Museum
Canongate Tolbooth
on Loch Ness
rubbing nose of Greyfriars Bobby
for Harry Potter fans, by the grave of Thomas Riddle
barrels of Tomatin whiskey
in Greyfriars Kirkyard (graveyard)
United Kingdom (England)
last night with Tincho and Roger
straddling the prime meridian, Greenwich
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Camden market, London
Christ Church, Oxford
Lucy is an accurate sun dial, Stratford-upon-Avon
mean swans, Stratford-upon-Avon
Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
the Eye and Parliament
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
words and phrases coined by Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
war memorial, Bourton-on-the-Water
aggressive geese, Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Stonehenge
Stratford-upon-Avon
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
from garden of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife–not the actress), Stratford-upon-Avon
reproduction of Alan Turing’s office, Bletchley Park
dock at Low Wray, Lake Windermere
Hawkshead
finally with best friend from home
at last with best friend from home
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
medieval knocker on church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Hogwarts Express, at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Harrods, London
B&B garden, Broadway, the Cotswolds
Shakespeare’s grave, Stratford-upon-Avon
beautiful walk, Cotswolds
Windsor Castle
in the London Eye
Tower Bridge
Stratford-upon-Avon
Cotswolds
“Inflatable Dreams” installation at the Melissa store, Covent Gardens
Lake Windermere
Marylebone neighborhood
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
London
Photoshopped church, Cotswolds
working on marble run, Mechanical Art and Design Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
cottage of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife, not the actress), Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Cotswolds
Broadway Tower, Broadway, Cotswolds
ferret racing, Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
Stonehenge
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
celebrating Alice in Wonderland in Oxford
Chipping Campden, the Cotswolds
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
Lucy is watching an owl (the blur) fly over her head, Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
across prime meridian, Greenwich
Stratford-upon-Avon
Lake Windermere, Ambleside
tea at World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
window with graffiti in the birthplace of Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
London Eye
the dragonfly: the reward for solving a puzzle and finding the center of a maze, Bourton-on-the-Water
Christ Church, Oxford
Cyberdog store, Camden market, London
in front of Kensington Palace, London
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Bletchley Park
local summer fete, Snowshill, the Cotswolds
from inside Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Christ Church dining hall, Oxford
France Continued (Versailles and Paris)
playing music on the sidewalk
Versailles
crowds at the Louvre
crowds at the Mona Lisa, Louvre
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
modern art installation at Versailles
sculpture at Versailles
meeting up with Yoana, a friend from last year’s vacation
playground, Parc de la Villette
please be quiet and be respectful of the neighborhood
street art
through a window at Versailles
myrrh at perfume class
looking into Marie Antoinette’s recreated cell in the Conciergerie, Paris
dinner with the Bonoans
Palais Garnier
giant cinnamon at perfume class
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
Versailles at night
locks on the Pont Neuf
Apollo taking a selfie, Louvre
view from the MusΓ©e d’Orsay
pastries
bubbles at Versailles
street art
fountain at Versailles
Iceland fans in Montmartre
fountain at Versailles
the Louvre
catacombs
a tribute to Nati’s monkey, Jojo
at the Bois de Boulogne
flame “fountains” at Versialles
Marie Antoinette’s Hameau, Versailles
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
bookstore, St. Germain
heading into Versailles
MusΓ©e d’Orsay
little chalk mice as street art
the Phantom’s box (box 5) in the Palais Garnier
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
France, Part Deux
Blois, Son et Lumière show
at Clos LucΓ©
Monet’s garden, Giverny
swing in Leonardo’s Clos LucΓ©
ladder leading to tunnels in rock quarry
in our stylish accommodations
rose bush in Leonardo’s Clos LucΓ©
graves of van Gogh brothers, Auvers-sur-Oise
center of double-helix staircase, Chambered
cave dwelling in Loire Valley
dogs at Chateau de Cheverny
Chateau de Cheverny
Carolina holding silk worm at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
Chateau de Cheverny
Chateau de Cheverny
fencing lesson, MuseΓ© Van Oeveren
snail
Monet’s garden, Giverny
steps to our tree house, Les Alicourts
Chambord
12th century stained glass in cathedral of Chartres
Natalie holding a silk worm at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
silk worms at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
Chateau de Cheverny
church in van Gogh painting, Auvers-sur-Oise
Monet’s garden, Giverny
cat sleeping in Renaissance bed in Leonardo’s bedroom, Clos LucΓ©
Jun 13: finishing fencing lesson
Chateau de Cheverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Blois with Carolina
Monet’s kitchen, Giverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
double-helix staircase, Chambord
dog kibble, Chateau de Cheverny
Les Alicourts
Blois
MuseΓ© Van Oeveren
silk worms at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
Maison de la Magie, Blois
gargoyle, Blois
Belgium
comic strip mural, Brussels
chocolate store, Brussels
truffles from Mary chocolate shop
chocolate workshop, Brussels
“Dinner in the Sky” tables hoisted on cranes in front of the Atomium
chocolate workshop, Brussels
chocolate workshop, Brussels
Jun 2: The Atomium! Brussels
elevator in the Atomium
The Netherlands
symbols of the Netherlands
crazy chicken, near Zaanse Schans
soon-to-be fries
hanging from ceiling in a restaurant
cheese on boat in canal
cheese vendor
multi-colored cheese, Alkmaar
unicorn, near Zaanse Schans
view from houseboat, Amsterdam
our houseboat is on the left
Zaanse Schans
Alida Hoeven Cheese Farm, Volendam
girls are on the “t”
lunch
street in Amsterdam
seven bridges, Amsterdam
Zaanse Schans
cheese market
mixing paint at Rembrandt’s house
Zaanse Schans
tulips, of course
cheese market
Germany
Mercedes factory
cookout with Bonoan family and their friends
WilhelmshΓΆhe park
stork nest, Rothenburg
Neuschwanstein
dusk in Rothenburg
with Gundula and Werner, Rothenburg
artwork at old East/West German border
Valais blackneck goats
art showing West and East German cars and walk signals and watchtower
in Hamelin
When you throw money down the drain, you hear the voices of the Bremen Town Musicians.
Did she or didn’t she?
didn’t taste as good as it looked
art installation, Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel
screaming for Ray to hurry and get in photo before timer goes off–he didn’t make it
Briar Rose’s castle (Sleeping Beauty)
Rothenburg
Bashful and Snow White
watch tower at old East/West German border
birds of prey show, Sababurg
flowers, Kassel
“Little Red Riding Hood,” art installation, Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel
Rapunzel’s tower
Bremen
night watchman, Rothenburg
water park near Stuttgart
showing slanted floor in restaurant from 1620, Hamelin
Venus the dog at Briar Rose’s castle
rose lemonade at Briar Rose’s castle
roses and thorns outside Briar Rose’s castle (Sleeping Beauty)
town hall in Bremen
Hohenschwangau
Meistertrunk festival, Rothenburg
LΓΆwenburg castle, built to look like ruins, Kassel
Aqueduct Fountain, Bergpark WilhelmshΓΆhe, Kassel
sculpture commemorating “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” Grimm fairy tale, Wolfhagen
Rothenburg
Don’t try this at home.
Rapunzel’s castle courtyard
old border crossing between East and West Germany
up Rapunzel’s tower
plugging leak in Hercules fountain, Kassel
Rothenburg
Aqueduct Fountain, Bergpark WilhelmshΓΆhe, Kassel
in a rapeseed field
old border crossing between East and West Germany
FΓΌssen
Neuschwanstein
with Richter family, Munnerstadt
WilhelmshΓΆhe park
Austria
Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
I Have Confidence in Me, Sound of Music tour
trick fountains, Hellbrunn Palace
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Mozart silhouette in cocoa powder
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
nest in crown
Swarovski Crystal World
Austrian pretzels
Himmler escape tunnel, Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Swarovski Crystal World
Leopoldskron Palace, used as the rear of the von Trapp home in Sound of Music, Salzburg
salt mie, near Salzburg
walking toward emergency exit, Innsbruck
Swarovski Crystal World
Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
stuck in cable car, Innsbruck
Peace Bell, Mosern
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Salzburg cemetery
Innsbruck
Swarovski Crystal World
cemetery, Salzburg
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!, Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
sharing is caring, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
outside Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
salt mine, near Salzburg
loving Sound of Music bike tour
Doe, a Deer, Mirabell Gardens
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
evacuating cable car, Innsbruck
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
with Camila in Salzburg
Sound of Music bike tour, Salzburg
Sound of Music bike tour, Salzburg
Italy, Part II
Murano: making glass horse
night, Venice
where gondolas are built and repaired, Venice
on water taxi, Venice
ambulances in Venice
night, Venice
Burano, Venice
Miami does not like the gondola ride (with Lucy and our guide Giorgia)
gondola traffic, Venice
Burano, Venice
pots matching house, Burano, Venice
canal, Venice
sculpture by Joseph Klibansky, Venice
Klibansky sculpture taken apart and being shipped away, Venice
rowing with Bucintoro club, Venice
Murano: inside of a glass kiln
singing opera from gondola, Venice
on water taxi, Venice
gondola ride, Venice
sun setting over Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
rowing with Bucintoro club, Venice
Adriatic Cruise
Santorini
Santorini
professional dancers in Olympia
lending hand for a priest, Cavtat, Croatia
monastery in Corfu, Greece
Watch out, pigeon! (Venice)
Santorini
Oosterdam ship
tired of ruins, Athens
national park near Split, Croatia
Naples
Dubrovnik, Croatia
delicious gyros, Santorini
arriving in Venice
graffiti in prison, Doge’s Palace, Venice
Santorini
modern statue amidst ruins of Pompeii
Δevapi for lunch, Trogir, Croatia
delicious apple tea, Turkey
from kids’ club (Lucy)
spring in Pompeii
starting the race in ancient Olympian stadium
Virgin Mary’s house, Turkey
“reading” Todd’s coffee, Turkey
tour guide’s wine production, Trogir, Croatia
library in Ephesus, Turkey
St. Mark’s Square, Venice
outdoor seating with blankets, Dubrovnik, Croatia
at Virgin Mary’s house, Turkey
Santorini
Santorini
Todd dancing in Olympia
Santorini
cat resting in Ephesus, Turkey
monastery in Corfu, Greece
Dubrovnik, Croatia
through window in Doge’s Palace, Venice
Dubrovnik, Croatia
lunch in Naples
from kids’ club (Nati)
transfer from ship to hotel, Venice
national park near Split, Croatia
crossing the finish line in ancient Olympian stadium
Italy
dusk in Florence
through a keyhole, Rome
Rome
in Boboli Gardens
missing stream of water altogether
marbling paper in Florence
ceiling in the Uffizi
Neptune and his pet crane, Boboli Gardens
mosaic workshop in Florence
my birthday as documented by Panerai clock at Galileo Museum, Florence
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
oculus of Pantheon, Rome
Roman countryside
Lucy’s fresco
Bocca della VeritΓ , Rome (with guide’s finger)
despite all the bickering…
marbling paper in Florence
artist on the banks of the Arno
spring in Florence
mosaic workshop in Florence
restaurant in Rome
Apr 14: BEST NOON PHOTO EVER! (enlarge to see the flame of the noon cannon)
Duomo, Florence
Fun with Panoramas
France
three French men
up a tree in Nice
Lulu, mean French dog
lion and his pets in Arles
children tell street artist what to paint
market in Aix-en-Provence
dusk in Nice
Arles: ancient Roman arena currently used for bullfights
Nice
Aix-en-Provence
Spain, Part II
“paella” swing, Ciutadella Park, Barcelona
making crema Catalana at Le Meridien, Barcelona
Parque de Maria Luisa, Sevilla
contrast: view out of back window, Palau GΓΌell, Barcelona
balcony view of Roman centurions
chimneys of Palau GΓΌell, Barcelona
Sevilla
Cuenca at night
souvenirs in Plaza de EspaΓ±a, Sevilla
Cuenca parador with bridge in front
Park GΓΌell, Barcelona
Casa BatllΓ³, Barcelona
Jesus
Setas de Sevilla (Mushrooms–not the official name)
ceiling, Park GΓΌell, Barcelona
thorn from crown of Jesus
in a restaurant
staircase, Casa BattlΓ³, Barcelona
Holy Week procession
Nazarenos
Plaza de EspaΓ±a, Sevilla
market, Barcelona
ham, Sevilla
making paella, Le Meridien, Barcelona
Casa MilΓ , Barcelona
balcony view
with friends
getting wax from Nazareno
tree, Sevilla
Lucy’s drawing of Holy Week processions
random vintage car parade, Barcelona
rousing game of foosball
Gibraltar
caves with interesting lighting
munching Doritos, Gibraltar
hanging out
loving mama
Spain
Parque del Retiro
Granada
falleras in Valencia
tasting horchata de chufa (they didn’t like it)
Iglesia San Juan del Hospital, Valencia
narrow street in Granada
remnants of a falla
Granada
pigs on balcony of ham store
Sacromonte, Granada
Nati miraculously turns on a fountain
Torres de Quart
falla on fire
Nati in Madrid market
Valencia oranges!
falla in Valencia
Japan
playing dress-up, Kyoto
on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima
Todd and Lucy, boat on Lake Ashi
fish interested in out “Girls’ Day” offering
playing dress-up, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
in Maruyama Park, Kyoto
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
prayer tablets outside a temple, Tokyo
Ueno Park, Tokyo
in Maruyama Park, Kyoto
Mt. Fuji as viewed from our room
playing dress-up, Kyoto
street crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Ghibli Museum
samurai class, Kyoto
Nagano snow monkey
WWII memorial with eternal flame from Hiroshima bombing and paper cranes
origami class, Kyoto
street in Kyoto
Miyajima Island, Hiroshima
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Nati with Alto
straw-wrapped sake barrels at Meiji Shrine
playing dress-up, Kyoto
Nagano snow monkey
selfie with Nati and Wayne
two partial Todds at Little Prince Museum, Hakone
Sadako’s paper cranes, Hiroshima
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
A-bomb Dome as seen through memorial, Hiroshima
view from our room
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Tokyo playground
Ghibli Museum
clock made from old toys
China, part 2
Shanghai Oriental Pear Television Tower
Mongolian temple through smog in Beijing
Bird’s Nest
what I look like when I’m yelling at the girls
path lights outside Bird’s Nest
ropes course in mall
Olympic Green
on my dinner plate
Olympic Green
fresh orange juice from vending machine
Natalie learning from calligraphy master
Tiger Hill Park, Suzhou
after our Peking duck dinner
glass floor, TV Tower observation deck
Mandarin duck
Temple of Heaven
canals in Suzhou
ice slide
everyone has a selfie stick
view from TV Tower observation area
stretching silk for comforter stuffing
arriving in Beijing, from train
canals in Suzhou
Temple of Heaven, retirees working out
Todd plays mahjong with icy friends
ice sculptures–warmer than outside
canals in Suzhou
Water Cube water park–closed for winter!!
Tiger Hill, leaning tower
feeding koi
from inside Water Cube
washing in Suzhou canal
light tunnel in Shanghai
Beijing Forbidden City
dog with dyed ears and tail
Olympic Green, Beijing
China, part 1
countryside in Yangshuo
drying vegetables in Yangshuo
Yangshuo Cooking School
Yangshuo meat market
Yangshuo market
Yangshuo street market
Yangshuo park
Yangshuo cormorant fishing
along Li River
along Li River
Nati learning to make hand-shadow wolf in Chengdu
Helen, our guide in Yangshuo
restaurant wall in Yangshuo
Chengdu
Xian
making dumplings in Xian
grinding corn in Xian
Nati’s foot compared to shoes of adult woman with bound feet
girls with painter-farmer in Xian
warm welcome by painter-farmer in Xian
participating in welcome ceremony in Xian
Xian lantern festival
painter-farmer’s home in Xian
Xian lantern festival
lanterns in Chengdu
Xian
Beijing drum tower
Beijing outside Chairman Mao’s mausoleum
Beijing, tires protected from dog pee
Beijing, Forbidden City, roof
Beijing, Forbidden City, for good luck
Hong Kong
incense spirals in a temple
CNY dinner, chicken course
vegetable packet for New Year offering
Big Buddha in Ngong Ping village
Aberdeen sampan
Kowloon flower market
Big Buddha in Ngong Ping village
CNY parade
CNY parade
CNY parade
Tai O fishing village
view from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Kowloon bird park
Tai O fishing village
view from Victoria Peak
CNY parade
goldfish store
Cambodia
Siem Reap: Ta Prong Temple
Siem Reap: Bayon Temple
Siem Reap countryside
Siem Reap: Bayon Temple
Siem Reap: on their way to school
Siem Reap: tuk tuk
Siem Reap: driver takes a nap between fares
Siem Reap: Svay Chek village school
Siem Reap
gate to Angkor Thom
Ta Prong temple ruins
Angkor Wat relief
Angkor Wat
Ta Prong temple
Thailand
macaque
at Patara Elephant Farm
Andaman Sea
Maya Beach
at the market
Bangkok Royal Palace
view from room in Chiang Mai
Chinese tourist taking picture with Lucy and Natalie
macaque with an itch
in streets of Chiang Mai
waterfall outside Chiang Mai
eel Andaman Sea
Nati with Chompu
loi kratong
sunrise Andaman Sea
Todd making drunken noodles
small bats in a cave
macaque
guide falling off kayak
balancing on kayak with guide
Maya Beach off Phuket
Maya Beach
even Lucy is tired of rice
mudskipper
happy with a cleaver
bird
Le Meridien Phuket
lots of cables
Andaman Sea
pretty altar
street food as good as Anthony Bourdain promised
Maya Beach off Phuket
at Patara Elephant Farm
Nati’s noodles
mudskipper
with Menoy and her baby
Phanak Island
Reclining Buddha
Lucy’s soup ingredients
bird
Singapore
Singapore is hot
Supertree Grove
eels in Chinatown
in Chinatown
orchid from botanical garden
Chinatown
temple in Chinatown
Singapore Botanic Garden
in Chinatown
orchid from botanical garden
Australia
Whitehaven Beach
ATVs on sand dunes
tasting sugar cane juice
Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
Bondi Beach
rainbow lorikeet feeding
kangaroos on side of road
Sydney Opera House
emu drinking out of fountain
bats taking off in Cairns
on Derwent Hunter
sunrise at Uluru
Fraser Island
bats in Cairns
Lake Mackenzie, Fraser Island
lunch at zoo
koala at Currumbin
Noosa Heads
bats in Cairns
bird drinking from fountain
sand boarding
which foot is longer?
Uluru
Blue Mountains
camels waiting for riders
rock sculpture north of Cairns
Tasmanian devil
Sydney Opera House
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Hi This is Eva , this is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!
I am learning a lot!!!!!!! My favorite one was the one about the super cute ELEPHANTS π±π!!!!!!!ππππππππππ loved the wall of China as well, and all of your pictures.
I hope you guys are having fun, I miss you guys so muchπ’
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wonderful pictures, neighbors! getting ready for Las Fallas???
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