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