Favorite Photos

United Kingdom (Scotland)

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

United Kingdom (England)

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

France Continued (Versailles and Paris)

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

France, Part Deux

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

Belgium

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

The Netherlands

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

 

Germany

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

 

Austria

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

Italy, Part II

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

Adriatic Cruise

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

Italy

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

Fun with Panoramas

France

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

Spain, Part II

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

Gibraltar

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

Spain

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

Japan

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

China, part 2

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

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

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

Singapore

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

Australia

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

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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