Favorite Photos

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Lucy reaches out to her hand’s reflection, Camera Obscura Museum
Nati, Camera Obscura Museum
Lucy as magna, Camera Obscura Museum
on Loch Ness
Canongate Tolbooth
Nessie left that white trail as she swam away, Loch Ness
in the prisons, Edinburgh Castle
on the river Ness
Nati as magna, Camera Obscura Museum
rubbing nose of Greyfriars Bobby
searching for Nessie, Loch Ness
for Harry Potter fans, by the grave of Thomas Riddle
Arthur’s Seat from Edinburgh Castle
American flag graffiti at Edinburgh Castle prison
Nati’s hand, Camera Obscura Museum
Highland cow
barrels of Tomatin whiskey
ruins of abbey, Palace of Holyroodhouse
Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
barrels of Tomatin whiskey
barrels for Tomatin whiskey
on the street of Inverness in celebration of Highland Games
from Edinburgh Castle
Lucy, Camera Obscura Museum
Yeah! We climbed Arthur’s Seat!
with world travelers Chuck and Kerstin in Edinburgh
same room, same time, Camera Obscura Museum
Highland cow and regular cow
Edinburgh Castle
view from Arthur’s Seat
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Princes Street Gardens
in Greyfriars Kirkyard (graveyard)
at the top of Arthur’s Seat

United Kingdom (England)

Stratford-upon-Avon
Windsor Castle
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
the dragonfly: the reward for solving a puzzle and finding the center of a maze, Bourton-on-the-Water
London Eye
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
Tower Bridge
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Lucy is an accurate sun dial, Stratford-upon-Avon
working on marble run, Mechanical Art and Design Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon
straddling the prime meridian, Greenwich
from inside Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
tea at World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Stratford-upon-Avon
mean swans, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
“Inflatable Dreams” installation at the Melissa store, Covent Gardens
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
last night with Tincho and Roger
words and phrases coined by Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
Chipping Campden, the Cotswolds
aggressive geese, Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Hogwarts Express, at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Photoshopped church, Cotswolds
window with graffiti in the birthplace of Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
ferret racing, Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
Camden market, London
Broadway Tower, Broadway, Cotswolds
Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
London
Harrods, London
B&B garden, Broadway, the Cotswolds
reproduction of Alan Turing’s office, Bletchley Park
dock at Low Wray, Lake Windermere
Shakespeare’s grave, Stratford-upon-Avon
from garden of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife–not the actress), Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
medieval knocker on church, Stratford-upon-Avon
in the London Eye
Bletchley Park
Stonehenge
Christ Church dining hall, Oxford
the Eye and Parliament
Stratford-upon-Avon
Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
cottage of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife, not the actress), Stratford-upon-Avon
in front of Kensington Palace, London
Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, Near Sawrey
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
beautiful walk, Cotswolds
Lake Windermere
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
finally with best friend from home
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Marylebone neighborhood
war memorial, Bourton-on-the-Water
at last with best friend from home
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
Hawkshead
Lake Windermere, Ambleside
Cotswolds
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Lucy is watching an owl (the blur) fly over her head, Mary Arden’s farm (Shakespeare’s mother), Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stonehenge
across prime meridian, Greenwich
local summer fete, Snowshill, the Cotswolds
celebrating Alice in Wonderland in Oxford
World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere
Cotswolds
at Warner Brother’s Studio, London
Cyberdog store, Camden market, London

France Continued (Versailles and Paris)

Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
MusΓ©e d’Orsay
heading into Versailles
Versailles at night
catacombs
through a window at Versailles
Iceland fans in Montmartre
street art
crowds at the Mona Lisa, Louvre
dinner with the Bonoans
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
bookstore, St. Germain
crowds at the Louvre
Apollo taking a selfie, Louvre
the Phantom’s box (box 5) in the Palais Garnier
at the Bois de Boulogne
Marie Antoinette’s Hameau, Versailles
fountain at Versailles
playing music on the sidewalk
please be quiet and be respectful of the neighborhood
fountain at Versailles
little chalk mice as street art
flame “fountains” at Versialles
myrrh at perfume class
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton
street art
playground, Parc de la Villette
meeting up with Yoana, a friend from last year’s vacation
pastries
the Louvre
bubbles at Versailles
looking into Marie Antoinette’s recreated cell in the Conciergerie, Paris
Versailles
Palais Garnier
view from the MusΓ©e d’Orsay
locks on the Pont Neuf
giant cinnamon at perfume class
modern art installation at Versailles
sculpture at Versailles
a tribute to Nati’s monkey, Jojo
Frank Gehry’s Fondation Luis Vuitton

France, Part Deux

Les Alicourts
Maison de la Magie, Blois
Chateau de Cheverny
silk worms at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
snail
steps to our tree house, Les Alicourts
Blois with Carolina
dog kibble, Chateau de Cheverny
graves of van Gogh brothers, Auvers-sur-Oise
Chambord
Blois
gargoyle, Blois
Jun 13: finishing fencing lesson
Chateau de Cheverny
cat sleeping in Renaissance bed in Leonardo’s bedroom, Clos LucΓ©
cave dwelling in Loire Valley
church in van Gogh painting, Auvers-sur-Oise
dogs at Chateau de Cheverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Chateau de Cheverny
Monet’s garden, Giverny
double-helix staircase, Chambord
center of double-helix staircase, Chambered
MuseΓ© Van Oeveren
in our stylish accommodations
swing in Leonardo’s Clos LucΓ©
ladder leading to tunnels in rock quarry
Monet’s garden, Giverny
fencing lesson, MuseΓ© Van Oeveren
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Natalie holding a silk worm at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
12th century stained glass in cathedral of Chartres
at Clos LucΓ©
Chateau de Cheverny
rose bush in Leonardo’s Clos LucΓ©
Carolina holding silk worm at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley
Monet’s garden, Giverny
Blois, Son et Lumière show
Monet’s kitchen, Giverny
Chateau de Cheverny
silk worms at la Magnanerie, Loire Valley

Belgium

chocolate workshop, Brussels
truffles from Mary chocolate shop
elevator in the Atomium
Jun 2: The Atomium! Brussels
“Dinner in the Sky” tables hoisted on cranes in front of the Atomium
chocolate workshop, Brussels
comic strip mural, Brussels
chocolate workshop, Brussels
chocolate store, Brussels

The Netherlands

symbols of the Netherlands
lunch
view from houseboat, Amsterdam
cheese market
cheese vendor
Zaanse Schans
girls are on the “t”
crazy chicken, near Zaanse Schans
tulips, of course
seven bridges, Amsterdam
hanging from ceiling in a restaurant
unicorn, near Zaanse Schans
street in Amsterdam
Zaanse Schans
cheese market
Alida Hoeven Cheese Farm, Volendam
soon-to-be fries
mixing paint at Rembrandt’s house
multi-colored cheese, Alkmaar
Zaanse Schans
cheese on boat in canal
our houseboat is on the left

 

Germany

showing slanted floor in restaurant from 1620, Hamelin
old border crossing between East and West Germany
rose lemonade at Briar Rose’s castle
Aqueduct Fountain, Bergpark WilhelmshΓΆhe, Kassel
with Richter family, Munnerstadt
birds of prey show, Sababurg
Meistertrunk festival, Rothenburg
Hohenschwangau
Briar Rose’s castle (Sleeping Beauty)
Mercedes factory
WilhelmshΓΆhe park
with Gundula and Werner, Rothenburg
Bashful and Snow White
in Hamelin
in a rapeseed field
plugging leak in Hercules fountain, Kassel
Bremen
Valais blackneck goats
“Little Red Riding Hood,” art installation, Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel
town hall in Bremen
didn’t taste as good as it looked
Rapunzel’s castle courtyard
sculpture commemorating “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” Grimm fairy tale, Wolfhagen
flowers, Kassel
roses and thorns outside Briar Rose’s castle (Sleeping Beauty)
dusk in Rothenburg
cookout with Bonoan family and their friends
night watchman, Rothenburg
artwork at old East/West German border
Did she or didn’t she?
LΓΆwenburg castle, built to look like ruins, Kassel
FΓΌssen
Neuschwanstein
Rothenburg
screaming for Ray to hurry and get in photo before timer goes off–he didn’t make it
water park near Stuttgart
Rothenburg
Don’t try this at home.
art showing West and East German cars and walk signals and watchtower
Neuschwanstein
Rapunzel’s tower
old border crossing between East and West Germany
Aqueduct Fountain, Bergpark WilhelmshΓΆhe, Kassel
stork nest, Rothenburg
up Rapunzel’s tower
When you throw money down the drain, you hear the voices of the Bremen Town Musicians.
Rothenburg
Venus the dog at Briar Rose’s castle
WilhelmshΓΆhe park
art installation, Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel
watch tower at old East/West German border

 

Austria

Innsbruck
loving Sound of Music bike tour
salt mie, near Salzburg
Peace Bell, Mosern
Doe, a Deer, Mirabell Gardens
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
walking toward emergency exit, Innsbruck
Swarovski Crystal World
Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Salzburg cemetery
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!, Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Leopoldskron Palace, used as the rear of the von Trapp home in Sound of Music, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Mozart silhouette in cocoa powder
sharing is caring, Salzburg
outside Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Villa von Trapp, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
stuck in cable car, Innsbruck
Swarovski Crystal World
trick fountains, Hellbrunn Palace
Sound of Music bike tour, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
salt mine, near Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
nest in crown
cemetery, Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Austrian pretzels
I Have Confidence in Me, Sound of Music tour
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
Sound of Music bike tour, Salzburg
evacuating cable car, Innsbruck
trick fountain, Hellbrunn Palace
with Camila in Salzburg
Swarovski Crystal World
Swarovski Crystal World
Himmler escape tunnel, Villa von Trapp, Salzburg

Italy, Part II

canal, Venice
pots matching house, Burano, Venice
ambulances in Venice
night, Venice
Murano: inside of a glass kiln
gondola ride, Venice
rowing with Bucintoro club, Venice
Klibansky sculpture taken apart and being shipped away, Venice
sun setting over Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
where gondolas are built and repaired, Venice
on water taxi, Venice
gondola traffic, Venice
night, Venice
on water taxi, Venice
Burano, Venice
rowing with Bucintoro club, Venice
sculpture by Joseph Klibansky, Venice
Miami does not like the gondola ride (with Lucy and our guide Giorgia)
Burano, Venice
Murano: making glass horse
singing opera from gondola, Venice

Adriatic Cruise

Santorini
Santorini
Watch out, pigeon! (Venice)
tour guide’s wine production, Trogir, Croatia
national park near Split, Croatia
spring in Pompeii
Santorini
monastery in Corfu, Greece
Santorini
St. Mark’s Square, Venice
Dubrovnik, Croatia
graffiti in prison, Doge’s Palace, Venice
“reading” Todd’s coffee, Turkey
Santorini
tired of ruins, Athens
starting the race in ancient Olympian stadium
from kids’ club (Nati)
Dubrovnik, Croatia
cat resting in Ephesus, Turkey
professional dancers in Olympia
monastery in Corfu, Greece
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Naples
from kids’ club (Lucy)
delicious apple tea, Turkey
library in Ephesus, Turkey
Oosterdam ship
lending hand for a priest, Cavtat, Croatia
modern statue amidst ruins of Pompeii
through window in Doge’s Palace, Venice
Santorini
lunch in Naples
Todd dancing in Olympia
transfer from ship to hotel, Venice
outdoor seating with blankets, Dubrovnik, Croatia
arriving in Venice
Virgin Mary’s house, Turkey
čevapi for lunch, Trogir, Croatia
Santorini
national park near Split, Croatia
delicious gyros, Santorini
at Virgin Mary’s house, Turkey
crossing the finish line in ancient Olympian stadium

Italy

my birthday as documented by Panerai clock at Galileo Museum, Florence
spring in Florence
through a keyhole, Rome
mosaic workshop in Florence
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
Rome
restaurant in Rome
marbling paper in Florence
Lucy’s fresco
missing stream of water altogether
despite all the bickering…
in Boboli Gardens
Roman countryside
ceiling in the Uffizi
marbling paper in Florence
artist on the banks of the Arno
Neptune and his pet crane, Boboli Gardens
Apr 14: BEST NOON PHOTO EVER! (enlarge to see the flame of the noon cannon)
mosaic workshop in Florence
Bocca della VeritΓ , Rome (with guide’s finger)
dusk in Florence
Duomo, Florence
oculus of Pantheon, Rome

Fun with Panoramas

France

three French men
Arles: ancient Roman arena currently used for bullfights
lion and his pets in Arles
up a tree in Nice
Nice
children tell street artist what to paint
market in Aix-en-Provence
dusk in Nice
Lulu, mean French dog
Aix-en-Provence

Spain, Part II

contrast: view out of back window, Palau GΓΌell, Barcelona
“paella” swing, Ciutadella Park, Barcelona
Casa BatllΓ³, Barcelona
thorn from crown of Jesus
Sevilla
with friends
Cuenca at night
Lucy’s drawing of Holy Week processions
rousing game of foosball
getting wax from Nazareno
Parque de Maria Luisa, Sevilla
in a restaurant
souvenirs in Plaza de EspaΓ±a, Sevilla
Plaza de EspaΓ±a, Sevilla
Cuenca parador with bridge in front
random vintage car parade, Barcelona
Jesus
Park GΓΌell, Barcelona
making paella, Le Meridien, Barcelona
ceiling, Park GΓΌell, Barcelona
balcony view
Nazarenos
market, Barcelona
tree, Sevilla
ham, Sevilla
staircase, Casa BattlΓ³, Barcelona
Setas de Sevilla (Mushrooms–not the official name)
chimneys of Palau GΓΌell, Barcelona
Casa MilΓ , Barcelona
balcony view of Roman centurions
making crema Catalana at Le Meridien, Barcelona
Holy Week procession

Gibraltar

caves with interesting lighting
munching Doritos, Gibraltar
hanging out
loving mama

Spain

Nati in Madrid market
falleras in Valencia
falla on fire
Nati miraculously turns on a fountain
pigs on balcony of ham store
Parque del Retiro
Iglesia San Juan del Hospital, Valencia
Granada
Torres de Quart
falla in Valencia
remnants of a falla
Valencia oranges!
Sacromonte, Granada
narrow street in Granada
tasting horchata de chufa (they didn’t like it)
Granada

Japan

Nagano snow monkey
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
Ghibli Museum
WWII memorial with eternal flame from Hiroshima bombing and paper cranes
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Todd and Lucy, boat on Lake Ashi
prayer tablets outside a temple, Tokyo
Sadako’s paper cranes, Hiroshima
Nagano snow monkey
playing dress-up, Kyoto
in Maruyama Park, Kyoto
samurai class, Kyoto
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
Nati with Alto
on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima
playing dress-up, Kyoto
playing dress-up, Kyoto
A-bomb Dome as seen through memorial, Hiroshima
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
fish interested in out “Girls’ Day” offering
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
street in Kyoto
two partial Todds at Little Prince Museum, Hakone
Miyajima Island, Hiroshima
Ueno Park, Tokyo
selfie with Nati and Wayne
clock made from old toys
Ghibli Museum
in Maruyama Park, Kyoto
street crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Tofuku-Ji Temple, Kyoto
origami class, Kyoto
view from our room
Mt. Fuji as viewed from our room
Taiko drum lesson, Kyoto
Tokyo playground
playing dress-up, Kyoto
straw-wrapped sake barrels at Meiji Shrine

China, part 2

stretching silk for comforter stuffing
canals in Suzhou
ice sculptures–warmer than outside
Water Cube water park–closed for winter!!
after our Peking duck dinner
canals in Suzhou
arriving in Beijing, from train
glass floor, TV Tower observation deck
Shanghai Oriental Pear Television Tower
dog with dyed ears and tail
from inside Water Cube
Mandarin duck
Temple of Heaven, retirees working out
Olympic Green
fresh orange juice from vending machine
Todd plays mahjong with icy friends
washing in Suzhou canal
Olympic Green
on my dinner plate
Tiger Hill Park, Suzhou
Natalie learning from calligraphy master
path lights outside Bird’s Nest
Beijing Forbidden City
Bird’s Nest
canals in Suzhou
Tiger Hill, leaning tower
view from TV Tower observation area
Olympic Green, Beijing
ropes course in mall
ice slide
everyone has a selfie stick
feeding koi
what I look like when I’m yelling at the girls
light tunnel in Shanghai
Temple of Heaven
Mongolian temple through smog in 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

CNY parade
view from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Kowloon bird park
Kowloon flower market
CNY parade
incense spirals in a temple
view from Victoria Peak
CNY parade
Big Buddha in Ngong Ping village
Big Buddha in Ngong Ping village
CNY parade
goldfish store
vegetable packet for New Year offering
Aberdeen sampan
Tai O fishing village
CNY dinner, chicken course
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

small bats in a cave
at Patara Elephant Farm
Le Meridien Phuket
Maya Beach
mudskipper
Andaman Sea
loi kratong
view from room in Chiang Mai
Bangkok Royal Palace
Nati’s noodles
Todd making drunken noodles
sunrise Andaman Sea
in streets of Chiang Mai
bird
macaque
even Lucy is tired of rice
Andaman Sea
Phanak Island
Nati with Chompu
street food as good as Anthony Bourdain promised
eel Andaman Sea
with Menoy and her baby
at the market
Maya Beach
balancing on kayak with guide
at Patara Elephant Farm
Lucy’s soup ingredients
happy with a cleaver
guide falling off kayak
macaque with an itch
Reclining Buddha
lots of cables
bird
Chinese tourist taking picture with Lucy and Natalie
mudskipper
macaque
waterfall outside Chiang Mai
pretty altar
Maya Beach off Phuket
Maya Beach off Phuket

Singapore

temple in Chinatown
orchid from botanical garden
Singapore Botanic Garden
in Chinatown
Chinatown
Singapore is hot
eels in Chinatown
Supertree Grove
in Chinatown
orchid from botanical garden

Australia

ATVs on sand dunes
bats in Cairns
Lake Mackenzie, Fraser Island
Blue Mountains
which foot is longer?
Bondi Beach
koala at Currumbin
emu drinking out of fountain
bats taking off in Cairns
Sydney Opera House
Whitehaven Beach
bird drinking from fountain
Tasmanian devil
sunrise at Uluru
Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
Uluru
lunch at zoo
Sydney Opera House
Fraser Island
Noosa Heads
tasting sugar cane juice
camels waiting for riders
rock sculpture north of Cairns
on Derwent Hunter
kangaroos on side of road
bats in Cairns
sand boarding
rainbow lorikeet feeding

3 comments

  2. Hi This is Eva , this is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!
    I am learning a lot!!!!!!! My favorite one was the one about the super cute ELEPHANTS πŸ˜±πŸ™Š!!!!!!!πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’• loved the wall of China as well, and all of your pictures.
    I hope you guys are having fun, I miss you guys so much😒

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