Washington, DC: Crossword number one. We would trade off and finished the book. (We'll trade off here on comments on the photos)
Waiting...
Departing four hours late...
Part of the 5 hours Andy spent standing in line to rebook our flight after we missed our connection in Frankfurt.
We were rerouted through Paris to get to Dubrovnik.
Charles De Gaulle Airport
Herceg Novi, Montenegro. We made it! Elizabeth's so happy she sprouted flippers!
Liz's apartment.
View from her balcony...
Herceg Novi
Looks fabulous doesn't she?
The stands on the left hand side are for a water-polo court.
Note the outdoor movie theater on top of the ruins.
photo op time. . .
"I wonder just how quickly my scalp will burn?"
Out to the Adriatic.
View back at downtown.
Touring the town offers a workout.
durn if the mailmen here aren't fit . . .
Some homes don't have street address, but rather have their address is a staircase. "Stepeniste" is staircase on this sign.
Oi. I'm an American for Pete's sake! How about a car!?
Old Town Herceg Novi.
I love town fountains. You can drink from them too.
awh!
Now that's a cool sidewalk into your apartment!
Main square in town.
Liz's hip cafe.
Am I hip enough to match?
She is . . . I married up.
Back at the apartment, view up the border crossing.
Jan, Liz's roommate.
Let me tell ya . . .
(she'll make this same face at the computer when she sees we've posted this :-)
Some cat action outside the grocery store.
whoa . . . motion sensor!
Swimming in the Adriatic!
Andy misjudged a bit how close we could set up to the water . . . oops!
Makeshift shelter!
These fish were fun to chase in deeper water.
ah the clear, clear blue . . .
Some people say they see a face in the rocks . . .
gallant Andy creates his own shade so the girls can sit under the shelter.
Durn if that wasn't a long hike down there.
view of Herceg Novi.
vines on the porch
Dubrovnik, Croatia
many stairs in and many stairs out
main square . . . lots of tourists
(insert own caption for Andy's thoughts)
action shot of pigeons which are liked birds in the Balkans
from the town walls
straight down
Awh!
That's the look I'll get when she sees I've posted this one.
see the shadows?
The old roofs are pre-war and the new roofs post-war.
Overlooking the Adriatic.
The walled city.
Yeah yeah . . . titanic-ish . . . we know.
but still kind of fun
Oops! Sat on Liz's bed wrong and broke it!
how can you take my picture like this?!!
lots . . .
more . . .
stairs . . . (Eric, Liz's team leader.)
Susan, Eric's wife.
View from Eric and Susan's apartment.
We really loved Liz's balcony.
and did lots of puzzles
Got to meet some of the summer teamers and hear the history of Montenegro from Eric.
Eric used the back scratcher as a pointer. :)
traditional stuffed pepper
that's me . . . a local
view on a drive around the bay ~2 hours all the way around with a ferry across on the way back
brother and sister
sister posing because brother thinks it would be a cool shot
Driving around the bay.
dinner with Liz (walled city is lit up behind me)
Another wonderful swim in the Adriatic.
snorkeling!!!!
Isn't he hot?!
contemplating
the best beaches are poured concrete so you don't cut yourself on the rocks
Last swim.
Ice cream!
pizza pizza. Liz can cook!
Beautiful ain't she?
Goodbye until Christmas :-(
Goodbye, Montenegro.
Hello Germany! Camping in Heidelberg.
The easy way to remember which bus stop is yours . . . take it's picture :-)
Had a wonderful dinner with Bry and Josh.
Yummy Bratwurst and beer!
and fish!
ciao kids . . . we're off castle hunting!
Eating strawberries and reading Rick Steve's along the Rhein.
Rheinsfel Castle with other slightly geeky looking Rick Steves readers.
Am I where Rick says I am?
slot for the arrows
Charity matched me swig for swig.
ironic? Not sure.
Camping near Rheinsfel Castle on the Rhein.
From our campsite.
Not a bad view for 20 euros
Moselle Valley, Germany.
After a long drive to Zell, Germany at our great Bed and Breakfast.
View from our room.
Best Riesling we've had! (4 euros)
(Note Charity in the window.)
From the terrace at our B&B.
The "Black Cat" wine is Zell's signature.
view to the right of the road
(Note people staring at me wondering what I'm doing)
Drinking our Riesling and writing postcards on the terrace in Zell.
Rain.
We hiked for about an hour to reach Burg Eltz. Charity dressed in her home school outfit. :-)
We were talking and all of a sudden came around the bend and there the castle was!
We need to work on our cool guy picture taking.
Elicit picture on the tour. Got lectured about the need to make money off of post cards.
Recovered from the verbal beating by the tour guide.
The terrace at Zell.
Little wood sign says "Rick Steves"
Vineyards around town were very cool!
A riverboat on the Moselle taken from the pedestrian bridge at Zell.
After a looooong drive from Germany to Southern France, we headed to Arles for market day. Herbs!
Lavendar.
Yummy pastries at the boulangerie.
A cappuccino at the site of Van Gogh's famous painting.
Roman coliseum in Arles.
over 2000 years old . . . whew!
from the amphitheater to the coliseum with new buildings in betwen.
Wedding car.
what's left of the Roman forum.
The Ancient History Museum where there were intricate models of what the Roman structures would have looked like in their glory.
mosaics
View from our hotel in St. Remy, France.
The medieval hilltop city of Les Baux.
A favorite meal at a creperie in St. Remy.
Using the video with the camera turned doesn't work!
Dirty . . . my wife posts pictures of me eating . . .
It was on a pleasant square.
With yummy salads and crepes.
My revenge!!
The look I'll get for these comments :-)
A favorite meal at a small restaurant where we shared a bottle of wine, ate rabbit, listened to good music, had great conversation, and enjoyed our Eurofabulous waiter, Max.
The clouds reminded us of a Monet painting.
Pont du Gard. This olive tree is over a 1100 years old.
yep that there sign says 908 . . . golly!
Olives.
The Pont du Gard is an aqueduct that supplied water to the town of Nimes during Roman times.
Sandal tan anyone?
Brave Spaniards.
Getting ready to swim . .
Andy took a swim under it...
... we found out later that it was illegal to do so. (oops)
Heading out for a night on the town. (took us 4 tries to find a restaurant that would take us . . . )
Here's one of them.
Our favorite spot to watch the sunset near or B&B in Suzette, France.
Mount Ventoux
The view from our window at our B&B.
Buzz, buzz, buzz
Our B&B
Our windy experience on top of Mont Ventoux.
We were at eye level with the clouds.
Crazy, windy!
Bikers!
that's actually white stone not snow.
Andy found this great place to spread out our camping tarp and take a nap on the side of Mont Ventoux.
it's tiring to be on vacation that long :-)
At the base of the mountain were beautiful lavender fields.
Scotch broom. Strange name for a plant in France . . .
I am pretty pleased I got this photo. I had to chase him around for a while!
Another sunset from our favorite spot... it was a little chilly. :) (that's a sleeping bag she's in)
Playing with focal lengths
she was chilly but happy.
contemplative . . . yeah . . . that's me.
A favorite meal at a Vineyard near Vaison La Romain in France. We tried the famous provencale pastis. Unfortunately, we don't like black licorice and since that was it's taste and smell, we didn't finish it.
The view from our B&B of Mont Ventoux.
The lavender and vineyards at our B&B
If you got a postcard from us in France, this is where I mailed it. :)
Sunflower fields!
Andy's favorite: Tarte aux fraises (Strawberry tart!)
Near Switzerland.
Lake Geneva.
no room at L'Abri so we stayed at an over piced B&B
Our B&B near Huemoz and Suisse L'abri where Andy could lay down and touch both sides of the room.
The view from Suisse L'abri...
wow
"I think I could spend some time here"
Driving through the alps to Lauterbrunnen.
Our campsite at the end of the valley. We got out of our tent every morning and saw this...
. . . it was ok . . . :-)
Really ok . . .
The river next to our campsite.
gorgeously ok
hmm . . . what will we do if it rains?
how about read?
you have to take a gondola up to the towns above the valley
Looking back up the valley from our campsite. We would take a gondola up the cliff later.
no comment . . . and don't ask Charity about whatever you're laughing at.
our campsite is just in the shadow at the bottom right
Our campsite is at the bend in the river where the other stream joins it. We're on our way up the cliff for hiking and dinner.
durn good looking eh? Our Californian friends thought so.
One of my favorite shots.
the cows really did have bells
over the edge of the village is a 1,000 foot cliff down to the valley were our campsite was.
speechless
my wife . . . flower maiden
Dinner at the village at the edge of the cliff. (we didn't have the special)
more time with Rick
the Alps are so tall they create their own contrails like jets . . . dang that was cool.
I'm smiling.
guess who's plate is whose?
The next day it rained A LOT and left us in awe of the waterfalls...
We meandered our way to Stauffen, Germany and sat at this cafe and watch German life go by.
My beer before I knocked it over...
The clock museum we stopped at as we drove through the Black Forest. It rained the whole time and so this is the only photo we took of the Black Forest! (yes I begged my wife to go to a clock museum . . . it would have been cooler without all the displays of plastic wrist watches?!)
Baden-Baden, Germany. We skipped the nude bathing.
A beautiful park in Baden-Baden complete with a giant sequoia.
A rose garden...
a beautiful park.
We returned our rental car to Frankfurt with an addition 3000 kilometers!
interview with Andy
interview w/Charity
stealing her question!
