T.Rex

Teddy’s The King of The Swingers

Pyramid!

Liszt’s Salon

Erfurt

Wolfach

On the Moon

Lighthouse and the “Teepot” cafe – Rostock

Monument to the Battle of Nations

Grandma and Teddy

Goofy McGoofball

Peter with his new Duplo

The Good Ship Goethe

Time for a show

Organ played by Bach

Cotswolds cuteness

Derwentwater, Lake District

Beatles Museum

Top o’ the Arch

At the top of the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri, July 26, 2023.

Leipzig Zoo gate

Enoch

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Liszt’s Silent Travel Piano

Utah Symphony

Workin’ at the Ball Factory

Hugh Linnell

Sculpture in the Park

I love this one, because depending on my mood the figure has a different meaning. Is it sad? lonely? wistful? just cold?

Boarding

Kilkenny Castle

WV wildflowers

Margaret, India, Hugh, & Archie

Music salon at the Mendelssohn House

Derry from the Peace Bridge

Mission Concepcion

An evening walk

Currywurst

I mentioned this one in another post. Classic street food. It’s a sausage, warmed and sliced, topped with a spicy ketchup.

Bern Switzerland Temple

Goethe’s Garden

Teddy & friend

Mt. Etna

Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon

Heavy Metal Trumpet

Hughman

Family Fun

Leipzig Pizza

So many Steps

Merry-Christmas

Cathedral Dome , Siena

Beatlesplatz

Ohio River Trail

Lego!

Building across the street

The Last Supper

Sad Subie

Sleepy Hugh

Nathan atop Gowbarrow Fell, Lake District

Ice Skating

Nikolaikirche

Peter in the Discovery Room

Inside Benagil Cave

Dessert

We only order dessert if it’s really going to be amazing. This was worth it! Flourless chocolate cake with gelato and fresh fruit. (Yes, I ate all the fruit.) The round yellow fruit with the wild leaves is a kind of gooseberry that they use a lot as a dessert garnish.

Berchtesgaden From Above

Paddington Bear

Finnish folkloric show

Hadrian’s Wall

Beethoven String Quartet

These instruments were given to Beethoven ~1800.

Maxim Vengerov

Grieg Haus

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)

Monument to the Battle of Nations

Kylemore Abbey

A Rainy Hike in South Tyrol

At-the-Park

Cooking Pot at Dunfanaghy Workhouse

Cesky Krumlov

Grammy & Teddy on the Train

At a Concert Schumann House

Irish beauty

Paulinum Church

Night One, Rome

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Little Gator Friend

at the Gewandhaus Leipzig

In-the-Mine

Weekend in Atlanta

Big chess in Salzburg

Lichtfest Leipzig

Kinsale

Salle at Schumann House

Huck & Piper Bikes

All-Terrain Archie

Dome and Rubble from Frauenkirche

Tower Bridge

Not as crowded as Abbey Road

Müsli for breakfast

Piping hot hand brot

Chester is cool!

Teddy PlayDoh

Sagra Gorgonzola

Charlemagne Reliquary

Reliquaries are often made to look like what they house. This one hold’s Charlemagne’s skull. Charming?

Dresden Christmas

Poppy with th Hagenbuch cat

Market in Leipzig featuring chickie nug nug

Jill in Nooksia National Park, waiting for her mushroom soup lunch

Jill – Copenhagen

Pasteries

A selection of yummies from Hewn.

The Door; Wittenberg

Crawling Peter

On the Trail

Muddy Buddy

Peter

Bikers

Nathan & Max

Lago Maggiore

Augustusplatz “Ice Dream” Festival

It’s basically the Christmas Market, but for winter, with a big skating rink in the middle and Valentines hanging from lighted trees.

Nathan with a statue of Pablo de Sarasate in Pamplona

Archie

Ebenezer Baptist

Lunch Crew

Bob, Jill, Jana, and Torr

Sleepy Pete

Solyanka

This is a Russian soup that is popular here in eastern Germany. It’s reminiscent of chili, but with no beans and a different spice profile. Tasty.

Boarding in Leipzig

At Whitney Plantation

Hiking the Seven Hanging Valleys

Raclette

Ok, Swiss family! We found a raclette restaurant in Krakow. There was just one guy running the place, but this was so delicious. For the uninitiated, raclette cheese comes in a giant wheel. They put the sliced surface under a broiler and then scrape off the melted portion onto a slice of bread. And it comes with good pickles, which was refreshing. Don’t get me started on the abomination that is German pickles.

The Vippefyret

Piper and the Pink Blanket

Amongst the Ferns

Assisi

Piper & Grammy

Simon, Poppy’s newest fan

Peter is too cute!

River Po, Torino

Umbria

Lunch in Lausanne

We met our nephew, Kimball, and his mission companion for lunch.

Galleria Grande

Huck and Hugh

Nathan & Poppy at Rheinfall

Cavern Club

Bridge of Sighs, Oxford

Bloody Foreland

Guarneri

Öeschinensee

Piper at Work

At the summit

Piper & Grammy

Empanadas

This was our appetizer for an amazing steak dinner we had in Krakow.

Kristallnacht Memorials

Vickburg Battlefield

Schlôss Gohlis

Photography Reality

At The Oper Leipzig

At the Zoo

Nathan & Jill in the Frankfurt Altstadt

Dragon Huck

Teddy & Pumpkin

Genova

Cathedral Kõln

Parm

Lauren

University of Cork, Stone Corridor

In The Dolomites

Huck & Peter

Gewandhaus

Buskers-in-the-Station

Verdi Requiem

Unterwelten Tour

It looks like we are touring a bathroom…but this is an unused part of the underground station. It was the only place we could take photos.

Teddy & the Tram Car

Teddy testing out a tram car.

Swiss Alarm Clock

Belfast City Hall

Mozart Playmobil

Don’t you love Colonial Era Headstones?

At the monster park

Our trip to Europe with our children in 2006

Aqueduct – Segovia, Spain

X marks the Spot (for treasure? No! the spot where we were!

Niece India and Nephew Bodhi

On the Camino

Boys from Liverpool

Blossoms on the Hill — we can see many trees in bloom from the kitchen window

Royal Opera House

MLK Center

At the Cinema Museum

A snack for the train

When we are catching an early train, we will often stop at a bakery for a bite for the journey. This was a tasty ham and cheese pretzel (brezel).

At the Studebaker Theater

Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

Some of the Clan

Daytrip to Wiesbaden

Bell Canyon Hike

Austrian Alps

Kayaking

Nathan, Poppy, & Liz

Castle on the Rhein

Collect ’em all!

Wartburg Castle courtyard

Sushi

Last week we took a little day trip to a nearby town called Machern. On our way back, we stopped at a little Vietnamese restaurant and had various things. Here is the yummy sushi and sashimi.

Currywurst

Moravian Stars

Chicago Theatre

The street where we live…for now

Halle und Handel

The street where we live…for now

A snowy drive in the Italian Alps

Grand Ole Opry

Brahms Piano

Nathan and Lauren

At the Transportation Museum

Alex and Teddy

Gutenberg Mainz

Beautiful Torino

Duomo Roof

Teddy

A wet day in Konstanz

Bay of Kotor

Traffic Jam

Yummy

A Day at the Park

Happy Halloween!

SweetArthur

Santa Cruz Sunset

Rock of Cashel

Reggia La Venaria Reale

A Prairie Home Companion

Mt. Chocolate

Nathan – Copenhagen

Salzburg Cemetery

On the Üetliberg

Huck digs it

Christmas Oratorio at the Thomaskirche

This is the same place the Christmas Oratorio was premiered.

Interlaken

The whole gang at the beginning of the adventure

Our trip to Europe with our children in 2006

Piper Riding the Little Train

Next Purchase…A Bigger Bike for Nathan

Nathan and Leo

Last Concert in Leipzig

Torc Waterfall, Killarney NP

Nephew Michael

Delta Blues Museum

On the Bike Trail

Down the stairs to the tunnel

Flower Watering

Christmas Eve Nibbles

Nuremburg

Our Missouri Loves

Flying

St Regis

Sternwheeler Fun

Charlemagne’s Throne

Airboat Tour

Rucking in Mueller Park

Bern Clock

Bright and Shiny Elizabeth Tower

A new Erfurtian friend (kid’s show character called Bernd das Brot or “Bernard the Bread”)

Walensee

Kastellet – Copenhagen

Peter and his Bumpa

Christmas Morning

On the move again

Dinner in Konstanz

Circuit de Pineta

Max in the mountains

Nikolaikirche

Cross of Nails

Personalized Toblerone care of Cousin Simon

Trieste Roman Amphitheater

N & J in Zagreb

Concert

Carrick-a-Rede suspension bridge

Little Buddy Hugh

Teddy by the fountain

Muscle Shoals Studio

Peter in the Gravel Pit

Sognefojord

Auschwitz-Gate

Beverley Minster

The Aqueduct – Segovia, Spain

Huck and Piper

Stasi Museum

Grianan of Aileach ring fort

Mozart’s Birthplace

Jill and Space Rock

Huck’s adventure in the woods

Nathan at Dunmore Head

Nathan at Langafoss

Light Monkeys at Leipzig Zoo

Apples in the Garage

Nathan in London

The Big Fish, Belfast

Concert At The Gewandhaus

New Year’s Eve

Vanilla!

N&J-at-Wawel

Stolperstein in our neighborhood

At the Hagia Sophia

The new living room

Sunken Trace

To Southampton

The finished cookies

Our Shack–The Crossroad

Breakfast (Frühstuck)

Yogurt with müsli and beautiful fresh fruit is a super popular item on cafe menus. I don’t have a photo, but another yummy breakfast is a Käse Frühstuck: bread and all kinds of yummy cheeses.

Sarah & Poppy and Bran Castle

Jill and Nephew Ammon

Liguria

Thrill Walk, Birg

Wartburg

Cathedral, Kristiansand

Luzern Kapellbrücke

Nathan Strasbourg Cathedral

Christmas Market-Berlin

Matt R. Horn

A Tribute

Up the Beanstalk

At the Schloss Kyborg

Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Thames

Street Art Dresden

The Ohio Company Land Office

Gutenberg Museum

Nathan in London

Dave & Kathy Langr

Waterfall in the Pyrenees

Gone Fishin’

Nathan at the Irish Pub in Leipzig

Staying Warm Near the Fire at the Christmas Market

Giotto Last Judgement

Sibelius Monument

Piper in the Red Dress

Teddy Pilot and Peter Pirate

Peter on the ‘rain

Can’t get enough Alps

Stolzenfels Castle over the Rhein

Jana & Hugh

Cathedral Depictions

Gelato (caffe + nocciola and dark chocolate + salted caramel)

Little Trabant car at Augustusplatz

Kayaking the Thünersee

Thorvaldsen’s Christus

Erfurt, by the Dom and St. Severus

Nathan & Jill at the Frankfurt Alte Oper

Children’s Museum

Rhein Hike

Memorial at Buchenwald

Max

Demonstrating a proper bow hold, Max is eagerly awaiting the go-ahead from the doctor so he can play the violin again.

Old Town, Tallinn

Salumeria

Another Mediterranean “bits and pieces” meal at a local salumeria–a lot like tapas, but Italian. With a little basket of bread and a salad, a plate like this is surprisingly filling and oh so good.

Teddy loves to swing!

The Vasa

OMSI with El and Adia

Em and India Saturday Cartoons

Almost Heaven, the Bauserman place inWest Virginia

Alte Oper, Frankfurt

Swinging Peter

At the Movies in Munich

Finally looking like Autumn

I Went Down to the Crossroad

January ’25

At the Schloss

Nathan and his new purchase

Parade Route

Nathan and Brahms

Carters Vintage Guitars

Alpine Cow

Viking Gangplank

The Crazy House

Trieste

Adam showing us the ropes in Nashville

Luzern

Birthday Candle

Peter and the “rains”

Harvest season!

Piper in the Creek

Nathan in the Pyrenees

Civita

Chagall Windows

Max and Margaret

Putnam House

Emerald Princess, Rostock

Teddy

Jill in Chicago

A mural on our food tour in Uptown.

Computer Games

The port at work

Ohio River Trip

A Day in Heidelberg

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Black Forest Hike

Grandpa & Teddy Arch

Nathan and Teddy at the Gateway Arch.

BMW

Skyline

Ayyyy! The Fonz

Teddy & Peter at train night

Teddy and Bubbles

At the Airport

A Day in Bern

Colorado Rockies

San Antonio Skyline

Nathan and the String Quartet

These instruments were given to Beethoven ~1800.

PBandJandfrench fries

House of Blues

Constantine statue in York

Santiago de Compostela

Mosaic

On our bike ride in Waterford

Sorrento

Our trip to Europe with our children in 2006

Ukrainian Choir

Some of the great entertainment on the ship: James Doughty

Huck & Piper

At the Chocolarium

Christmas Decorations Everywhere

We built a car

Commuist Mural in Dresden

Wildhaus Holiday

Lake Bled

Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon

Huck ready for Legoland

Spanish Steps

New Orleans–Jackson Square

Hugh with his awesome mama

Dragon Piper

Kayak Jill

Snowy Pond

Piper with a cookie

Tuckered

Tower Bridge

Fun Uncle Nathan

cake

General Rufus Putnam, Nathan’s 3rd cousin, 8 times removed

Star Wars Poster

Egyptian Cows

River Cruise

Restaurant in the trees?

Hill of Tara

The Hikers: Lauren, nieces Emery, India, and nephew Bodhi

Tortelli d’erbetta in Parma

Jill at the Finnish Market

An Ovine friend

Climbing Croagh Patrick

Algarve Coast

Silver Lake

Colosseum

Kiddos in Manarola

Our trip to Europe with our children in 2006

Nathan & Teddy, August 1, 2023

Making chäschüechli

Baby Hugh

On the Bergbahn

Grotto

Weenie Roast

Jill, Lake Bled

Pfefferkuchen Museum

Piper cropped

Tower Grove Park in St. Louis

Hugh Linnell

Adriatic Sunset

Inside the Völkerschlachtdenkmal

Fish Market, Kristiansand

Hugh Linnell

Nathan on the Heidelberg Altbrucke

Nathan Paradise

Putnam Bridge

Passing under the Great Belt Bridge

A few candles

At the Panorama

Nathan on the upper observation deck of the panorama in Wittenberg.

Too cute!

Just a Drop of Maple Sap

Nathan and the Archangel

Rheinfall

Thomas the Tank Engine Story Time

Bach’s Tomb Thomaskirche, Leipzig

Sword in the Stone

Alex and Teddy

Harbor, Stockholm

Hugh Smiles

Alter Elbtunnel

Denkmal der Begegnung

At the Bastei

Positano

Max Violin

A Hike to Slieve Martin

Erfurt, by the Dom and St. Severus

Siena

A Room With a View

St. Elisabeth, Wartburg

The Mueller Quartet

BBQ

This was a crazy meal that we shared in Erfurt. Pretty authentic and surprisingly good barbeque, with a European flair of course.

Goulash (gulyás)

Another dish we fell in love with in 2019. We found this goulash at an Irish pub.

Nathan’s sister, Liz, and her husband, Christian

Pasteries at Hart & Herzlich

Pieta Capella degli Scrovegni

Nathan with Paganini’s violin in Genova

Archie

Castle Game

St. John’s College, Oxford

Jared doing a handstand at the top of the Üetliberg a la Grosspapi

With the girls (and one English boy)

Christmas PJs

At the Waterford Crystal factory

Guggenheim Bilbao

Our curly girl

August Snow Storm

Emery & the Little Big Band

Kilkenny Castle

Happy New Year

Berliner Dom and the Radio Tower

Big Gator Friend

Seealpsee

Milan Cathedral

World of Coke

Albert Schweitzer Statue, Strasbourg

Peter & Pumpkin

Muellers and Parrishes

Peter

Italian Hot Chocolate

Ciocolata calda is basically a chocolate bar melted in hot milk. You are pretty much drinking ganache. Yum!

Ready for presents

Spiral Staircase at Schloss Hartenfels, Torgau

Musicians Hall of Fame

Beethoven

Please appreciate the bird.

Rome

Liz & Christian at the Schilthorn

Huck in the Woods

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With the Emerald Princess

Red Rocks

Laber Summit

Chocolate, anyone?

Great-Niece, Sariah (Lydia’s daughter)

Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau

Spot The Famous Castle (Neuschwanstein)

Wartburg

Peter & Teddy Bikes

Luzern

Cocoa Time

Tacos in Dallas

Arthur

Storytime with Grandpa

Cervantes, Don Q, & Sancho

Nathan-Studying-on-the-Train

Time with Emily and Kevin ❤️

Beautiful Canals Strasbourg

Falstaff Curtain Call

Skjolden

Mendelssohn House concert

Piper and a Lego friend

Falafel Bowl

There is a sizeable Turkish population here in Germany because of waves of migration over different decades and centuries. Döner Kebab places are everywhere here–kind of like fast food places in the U.S. We love these places for a salad or a veggie-packed bowl or sandwich. Always so good. Falafel is yum.

With the ship

Rostrevor Forest

Chopin-Concert

Happy Independence Day!

Guys and Dolls

Peter

Civita, a town on a hill that is crumbling and dying, but so pretty!

Gate at Buchenwald

Painting Teddy

Painting is an adventure!

Tapas

We fell in love with tapas when we were in Spain for a couple months. We grabbed this tapas meal before a concert. It was so yummy, but the aioli had us tasing garlic for the whole night!

Loving Portugal

Royal Albert Hall

Schlafzimmer

Teddy loves Ice Cream!

Sunrise at sea

Benagil Cave

Mendelssohn Haus

Peter Playing Choo-Choos

Teddy Giggles

Alpine Beauties

Huck Slippin’ & Slidin’

Liz with Aunt Margrit

Merchant’s Bridge, Erfurt

Matterhorn

Playing chess at the “tower” library

Wildflowers everywhere in the Alps

Nobody Expects THE Michael Palin!

Opera House in Wiesbaden

Zephyr at the Science Museum

Venaria Reale

The Radio Tower and Alexanderplatz

Rostock, Germany

Jill at the Palace

The Band

Charlemagne Chess

Paganini

Laziz with Emily and Kevin

Hamburg

Piper, Hugh, & Huck

Norway!

Cathedral Interior

Salt-Mine-Sculpture

Schneeballen

Huck: Ready For Adventure

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Enjoying some milder weather, including seeing the sun.

Salmon in Siena

Beatles Chess

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Jared on the Schilthorn

Huck and Piper on the river trail

Brat & Brotchen

Classic street food and the most German thing that we have eaten. Not only is it great for grabbing on the go, but it’s an easy thing for us have at home too.

Boys in the Back

Museum del Jamòn – AKA a Spanish place of worship

Monks’ Mound

School of Music

Eggs Benedict

We love some tasty eggs. Sauces here are often filled with fresh herbs.