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