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