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