1993 June 2 An English Pub We Had Dinner Here Fish And Chips Of Course
   

1993 June 2 Band Not Normally Used But This Was 40th Anniversary Of Queen Elizabeths Coronation
   

1993 June 2 Barn At Buckingham Palace
   

1993 June 2 Changing Of The Guard At Buckingham Palace
   

1993 June 2 England Buckingham Palace
   

1993 June 2 England London Big Ben
   

1993 June 2 England Number 10 Downing Street
   

1993 June 2 Guard At St James Palace Now Home To Prince Charles
   

1993 June 2 One Of The Royal Carriages
   

1993 June 2 Royal Gold State Coach Solid Gold Built 1792 Needs 8 Horses To Pull Weighs 4 Tons
   

1993 June 2 Sixteen Guards Used When Queen Is Home 12 If Not Tradition
   

1993 June 2 Westminster Abbey
   

1993 June 2
                                               

1993 June 3 Bruges Bridge Near Belgium
   

1993 June 3 Electric Train
   

1993 June 3 England Dover
   

1993 June 3 England Dover Ready To Leave In A Hovercraft
   

1993 June 3 France Calais Arrived
   

1993 June 3 France Calais Farm
   

1993 June 3 France Near Calais German WWII Border
   

1993 June 4 Lee And Flowers In The Square
   

1993 June 3 13
           

1993 June 4 Belgium Brussels
   

1993 June 4 Brussels City Square
   

1993 June 4 Holland Has 15 Million People And 12 Million Bicycles
   

1993 June 4 Houseboats On The Canals
   

1993 June 4 Many Many Exchanges Of Money During Our Trip
   

1993 June 4 On Our Way To Holland
   

1993 June 4 One Man Band Guitar Drum And Harmonica
   

1993 June 4 Roof Hoists Used On All Old And New Apartments And Houses Because Stairways Too Narrow For Moving Furniture Etc
   

1993 June 4 Rubbing Dogs Nose And Ladys Arm Brings Good Luck So We Did
   

1993 June 4
                       

1993 June 5 Amsterdam A 700 Year Old City
   

1993 June 5 Boat House In The Canal
   

1993 June 5 Cheese Factory And The Cheese Lady
   

1993 June 5 Covered With Thatch Looks Like Roofing Material Tightly Tied Reed Lasts 100 Years Great Insulations
   

1993 June 5 Lots Of Cheese
   

1993 June 5 Making Wooden Shoes
   

1993 June 5 No Fences In Holland Cows Will Not Cross
   

1993 June 5 Ryksmuseum Rembrandts Night Watch Is Here
   

1993 June 5 Shutters Mean This Building Is A Warehouse Not A House
   

1993 June 5 Tall Ship Docked In One Of The Canals
   

1993 June 5 Windmill Pumps 20000 Gallons Per Minute See Two Levels Of Water
   

1993 June 5
           

1993 June 6 Gothic Cathedral Wtih Twin 515 Foot Towers
   

1993 June 6 Inside The Cathedral
   

1993 June 6 Sight Of Bridge Near Ramagen Where American Troops Breached Hitlers West Wall
   

1993 June 6
                                   

1993 June 7 Cruise Up The Rhine Near Coblenz Germany
   

1993 June 7 Lunch At Rudesheim
   

1993 June 7 Luxembourg
   

1993 June 7 Poppies
   

1993 June 7 Reisling Wine Country
   

1993 June 7 Roman Ruin
   

1993 June 7 Roman Ruins At Trier One Of Germanys Oldest Cities
   

1993 June 7 Town Square At Trier
   

1993 June 9 A Kiss On The Eiffel Tower
   

1993 June 7
                                           

1993 June 8 Eiffel Tower At Night
   

1993 June 8 Entering France Roadside Art
   

1993 June 8 Famous Moulin Rouge Cabaret
   

1993 June 8 Farewell Dinner
   

1993 June 8 France Paris View From Hotel Each Pipe On Roof Represents A Fireplace
   

1993 June 8 Graveyard Just Down The Street
   

1993 June 8 Louvre Museum
   

1993 June 8 Notre Dame Cathedral
   

1993 June 8 Point Zero, just outside Notre Dame. All distances in France are measured from this point and good luck for 1 year if you stand on it, so we did.
   

1993 June 9 Arc De Triomphe
   

1993 June 9 Eiffel Tower
   

1993 June 9 Lunch At A Cafe In Paris
   

1993 June 9 Monument To George Washington
   

1993 June 9 Napoleons Tomb
   

1993 June 9 Notre Dame Cathedral
   

1993 June 9
               

1993 June 10 Sacre Cleur, church at the top of a hill in Paris. Artists congregate here to paint and sell. We had lunch here in a cafe and watched all the activities.
           

1993 June 10 Versailles One Of Many Painted Ceilings
   

1993 June 10 Versailles Palace Of King Louis XIV
   

1993 June 12 Oh Its Good To Be Home And Mango Agreed
   

1995 June 4 Italy Rome Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
       

1995 June 4 Musolinis Balcony Where He Made His Speeches
       

1995 June 4 Tiber River Roman Bridge 2500 Years Old Still In Use Today
       

1995 June 4
               

1995 June 5 Floor Of Collisium Wooden Floor Placed Over Rock Maze
   

1995 June 5 Fortress For Popes Security During War Tunnel To Vatican
   

1995 June 5 Home Of President Of Italy
   

1995 June 5 Roman Collisium. No Christians slain here. Gladidators vs. gladiators and lions. Christians killed in the circuis. There were 2- Circus Maxima and Circuis nero. Circuis Nero was on grounds now housing St. Peter's Square and Basilica.
       

1995 June 5 St Peters Basilica Ceiling Appears Three Dimensional Only Flat Paint
   

1995 June 5 St Peters Square And Basilica
       

1995 June 5 This Swiss Guard Entrance To Vatican
   

1995 June 5 Three Coins In The Fountain Trivi
   

1995 June 5
                                   

1995 June 7 Venezia Venica
   

1995 June 6 Firenze Florence
   

1995 June 6 Headache Lady Of France
   

1995 June 6 Pisa- moved inland 5 miles in 1000 BC to held preclude continual invasion from the sea by the Saracens. It worked so townsmen built a cathedral and baptistry in commemoration. They built the third building (Tower of Pisa) because the builder of the other two buildings felt that they needed a third building for balance. It's leaning because the whole building is of Carerra marble and it's too heavy for the soil.
       

1995 June 6 Recreation Of David Outside Gallery Of Fine Arts In The Square
   

1995 June 6 To Firenze Florence
       

1995 June 7 Baptistrys Heavy Bronze Gate Of Paradise 24K Gold
   

1995 June 7 Venice Main Canal
   

1995 June 6
                       

1995 June 7 Jerry Bought A Leather Jacket Here Demo Of Gold Initialing
   

1995 June 7 Michaelangelos Tomb
   

1995 June 7 Our Gondola Ride
   

1995 June 7 Santa Maria Del Fiore
   

1995 June 8 Glass Blower 15 Years As Apprentice
   

1995 June 7 St Marks Basilica On St Marks Square
       

1995 June 8 No Paint All Mosaics In St Marks Basilica
       

1995 June 8 Old Time Mail Box
   

1995 June 8 To San Marino Smallest Country In Europe
   

1995 June 9 To Assisi
   

1995 June 9
                                           

1995 June 9 13th century Basilica of St Francis, beginning of the Franciscan monks. They sent nuns- sisters of Los Angeles- to settle by the mission near a mexican town, Olivera Street, lead to naming both Los Angeles and San Francisco.
       

1995 June 10 Lots Of Walking
   

1995 June 10 Nets Being Stored For Use During Olive Harvest Season
   

1995 June 10 Pedestrian Street Crossing In Pompeii
   

1995 June 10 Pompeii Destroyed In 79 AD By Mt Vsuvius 60 Percent Of Town Uncovered So Far
   

1995 June 10 Pompeii Roman Bath And Eve
   

1995 June 10 Roman killed by lava, but deteriorated to ashes in time which lead to a hollow in lava rock. Scientists filled hole with plaster and carefully chipped away rock and this was the result- Pompeii citizen's body.
   

1995 June 10 To Borrento
   

1995 June 11 Back To Sorrento Lots Of Motor Scooters
   

1995 June 11 Crude Broom But Effective On Rough Rocky Streets
   

1995 June 11 Entering The Blue Grotto Pictures Do No Justice
   

1995 June 10
                                                               

1995 June 11 Island Of Capri
   

1995 June 11 Sheds Above Orange Trees To Store Tools Etc
   

1995 June 11 Tarantella Dancers Tarantula Spider
       

1995 June 13
                       

1995 June 14 4th Century Roma Villa Of Casale
   

1995 June 14 Enna A Strategic Fortress Town Perched High On Sheer Rock Built To Withstand A 20 Years Siege
   

1995 June 12 To Taormina Sicily. Sicily has been occupied by Phoenecans, Greeks, Saracens, Normans, French, Spanish, and Arabs. All have left their mark. Arabs invented ice cream.
   

1995 June 13 View From Our Hotel Room In Taormina
   

1995 June 14 Lots Of Garlic But We Didnt Taste Any
   

1995 June 14 Terracotta Dirt Baked
   

1995 June 14 To Agrigento Sicily
   

1995 June 14 Vacation house of a vice emperor of Rome, approximately 100 BC, all floors were mosaics and house was 27000 square meters. House had piped running water.
   

1995 June 15 Italian Cemetary
   

1995 June 15 Lee Is Standing Near One Of The Footings For A Greek Temple Column
   

1995 June 15 Sixteen Meters High About 50 Feet
   

1995 June 15 Sleeping Giant Man Woshipping A Sun God
       

1995 June 15 To Palermo Valley Of Temples Greek Temples Built About 400 BC
   

1995 June 15 Valley Of The Temples Tombs
   

1995 June 16 A young lady was selected to marry someone she did not want. She ran away and lived in a cave until she died. Ultimately she was sainted and this church was built in her cave.
   

1995 June 16 Arab Norman Palantine Chapel In The Royal Palace
   

1995 June 16 Italians Park Anywhere Any Way
   

1995 June 16 Monreale 12th Century Norman Cathedral 50000 Square Feet Of Byzantine Mosaics
   

1995 June 16 To Roma Overnight Ferry And Spend Most Of Day In Napoli Then On To Roma
   

1995 June 17 Abbey of Montecassino. Allies in WWII learned Germans were using the abbey for military purposes. One day the allies dropped 100 tons of bombs on the abbey. The next day they dropped 200 tons more. The abbey was completely wiped out accept one statue. Allies paid to rebuild the abbey, except the hill was 18 feet shorter due to the bombs.
   

1995 June 17 In Rome The Final Night
   

1995 June 17 The Last Supper In Rome