Favorite Photos

United Kingdom (Scotland)

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

United Kingdom (England)

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

France Continued (Versailles and Paris)

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

France, Part Deux

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

Belgium

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

The Netherlands

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

 

Germany

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

 

Austria

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

Italy, Part II

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

Adriatic Cruise

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

Italy

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

Fun with Panoramas

France

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

Spain, Part II

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

Gibraltar

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

Spain

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

Japan

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

China, part 2

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

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

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

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

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

Singapore

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

Australia

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

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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