Saturday, June 27, 2009

Paris in the Spring

Hi, here are some pictures from Paris in early May. Linda and I went to Paris for our wedding anniversary. We took a dinner cruise down the Seine river. It was very nice. In the very near future, I am going to being adding more pictures to Picasa for your viewing pleasure. Jessica recommended I upload a lot more pictures. I will post the location for your viewing shortly.

Flowers in a Paris park

More pictures in the park

Looking at the chateau in the park.

Fountain in the same park.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

London - Princess Diana

As Princess Diana would want, here is a place where the children were playing.
This is water going in round loop.
Different jets of water
A tree for Diana
More Water jets

Some of Princess Diana's dresses.

London - Windsor Castle

This is our trip to London with Linda's mom in April.
Windor Castle from the river, the Queen's home outside London
Garden at Windsor Castle

Coming up to the Castle.

Springtime in Harrogate

Here is the beautiful springtime flowers we had the pleasure of seeing. First flowers blooming in the springtime were the crocuses. They were everywhere and the flowers were as think as a carpet. The purple and white was beautiful. Next came the daffodils. They were also everywhere. Then we saw the tulips and then the beautiful blooming trees. The Valley Gardens across from our flat have been beautiful.

Daffodils and crocuses
More daffodils and crocuses
And again
The blooming tree and daffodils
Flowers in the Valley Gardens.

Harewood House

Hi, back again, trying to catch up. Here is a place which is halfway between us and church. We pass by it all the time. They are always having events on their grounds. We finally went here when Linda's mom was here in April.
This is the Harewood house.
This a couple of statues on the lawn at the Harewood house.
The garden behind the house.

The fountain behind the house.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Amsterdam

We had a lot of fun taking Linda's Mom to see the sites of Amsterdam. It is a city of canals which I did not realize. If you are not aware, the house of Anne Frank is in Amsterdam.  We were able to go tour through their home.  It is amazing they lived in this home, their secret hiding place, for two years.  Here is some pictures of Amsterdam. Enjoy!
Manual draw bridge at night
A different manual draw bridge 
Of course, tulips in Amsterdam
Don't like your house, try a house boat on the canal
One of the many canals in the city
Looking across the way from our hotel.



Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Keukenhof - Amsterdam

Hi, sorry it has been a while. Things have gotten very busy at work.  I am going to try to catch-up and stay up with things as we travel.  I am writing this to you as we wait for our flight in Jersey, the Channel Islands.   This trip to Amsterdam was taken in early April with Linda's mom who was with us the entire month.  While we were in Amsterdam, we visited with Karsten's parents.  I was going to be showing you pictures of the Keukenhof gardens outside Amsterdam and then I will share with you some Amsterdam pictures. Thanks for looking.  Have a great day.

The flowers are making a picture, what is it?
Color abounds!
We are in the Netherlands, here is our Windmill!
Just a very small sampling of all the flowers at Keukenhof Gardens.  It is only open a very short time every year.

Now what picture were the flowers making, the head of the Statue of Liberty.

Now for the British word. What is Monkey Nuts?  It is peanuts.