https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2017/08/23/when-it-rains-it-pours/2025-03-29T05:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/03/31/well-meet-again-dont-know-where-dont-know-when/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8143.jpgIMG_8143Irishtown: a Dublin neighborhood east of our apartment on the Irish Sea. We thought we'd walk out to the water, but the tide was out so far that we never did get there.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8041.jpgIMG_8041A pretty, stained-glass window inside a library funded, in part, by a grant from Andrew Carnegie's foundation 100 years ago. I didn't realize there were Carnegie libraries in other countries but read that they're all over the world.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8037.jpgIMG_8037https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7759.jpgIMG_7759https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7757.jpgIMG_7757https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7755.jpgIMG_7755https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7754.jpgIMG_7754Trinity College: Dublin does not have inspiring architecture. The focal point of Trinity College seems to be a smallish grassy field between two libraries - one historic whose bookcases are roped off and the other an ugly, modern, concrete building that only students can use. I had never seen a library with turnstiles before; students use their IDs for entrance through the turnstiles. The sign about staying off the grass made me sad. Even sadder was that all the students we saw were abiding by that. What's the purpose of the grassy field?2025-01-08T09:39:58+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2020/08/13/john-h-teeter-jr-1964-2020/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_9810-e1597363119577.jpgIMG_98102020-08-14T19:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2017/06/26/happy-45th-birthday-to-title-ix-and-me/2017-06-27T15:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2017/04/18/ecuador/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1327.jpgIMG_1327https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2911.jpgIMG_2911https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1314.jpgIMG_1314https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1294.jpgIMG_1294https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1285.jpgIMG_1285https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1258.jpgIMG_1258https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1242.pngIMG_1242https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1208.jpgIMG_1208https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1175.jpgIMG_1175https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1167.jpgIMG_11672017-04-19T15:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2016/05/09/leo/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRender2016-05-11T16:07:49+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/01/10/roma/2015-12-30T17:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/09/05/boston/2015-12-08T01:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/06/01/go-home-said-the-man-in-the-moon-go-home/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_89661.jpgIMG_8966https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8596.jpgIMG_8596https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8919.jpgIMG_8919The Bolder Boulder port-a-potties featured clever messages from their urology clinic sponsor.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8941.jpgIMG_8941https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8940.jpgIMG_8940https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8939.jpgIMG_8939https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8934.jpgIMG_8934https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8933.jpgIMG_8933https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8926.jpgIMG_8926https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8924.jpgIMG_89242015-06-27T14:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/03/27/galway-aran-islands-and-the-cliffs-of-moher/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8476.jpgIMG_8476https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8520.jpgIMG_8520https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8513.jpgIMG_8513Next to the Corrib River in Galway - Laurel accommodated me with a big, fake smile despite her suffering.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8511.jpgIMG_8511https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8507.jpgIMG_8507This pub is known for its great, local, nightly music. When we went at 9 pm, there were plenty of customers, but no music. Hopefully we'll be able to hear some Irish music in a Dublin pub before we leave.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8503.jpgIMG_8503https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8498.jpgIMG_8498https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8488.jpgIMG_8488https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8483.jpgIMG_8483https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8481.jpgIMG_84812015-03-28T17:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/03/23/the-krugers-are-in-the-howth-plus-nippleless-manicured-bog-people/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8178.jpgIMG_8178https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8175.jpgIMG_8175National Library of Ireland: The Irish take their literature quite seriously. The inside of the library is beautiful and mostly green, but I could only photograph the front entryway. We had to leave our coats and bags in lockers just past the entry. Only library ticket (card) holders can look at books which cannot be checked out and which are retrieved by a librarian from a non-public room. I guess the Library of Congress is kind of like that...but you can take pictures in the Library of Congress. I don't know what the American equivalent is.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8173.jpgIMG_8173https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8172.jpgIMG_8172https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8170.jpgIMG_8170https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8155.jpgIMG_8155This portion of a corpse found in an Irish bog several years ago dates to about 200 BC. Analysis shows he was about 6'6", 25 years old, had nicely manicured hands (We could still see that in the display.), and had his nipples cut off. The nipple cutting may have been to show that he would/could never be king because sucking the king's nipples was a sign of submission. Can't be king with no nipples to suck. https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8154.jpgIMG_8154https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8153.jpgIMG_8153https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8152.jpgIMG_8152https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8150.jpgIMG_8150The National Museum of Ireland building is an exhibit in itself. The large, open entryway features the zodiac in tile mosaic on the floor.2015-03-30T15:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/01/29/a-few-more-of-paris/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1927.jpgIMG_1927https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1923.jpgIMG_1923https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1921.jpgIMG_1921https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1918.jpgIMG_1918https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6927.jpgIMG_6927https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6926.jpgIMG_6926https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6922.jpgIMG_6922https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6919.jpgIMG_6919https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6916.jpgIMG_6916https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6913.jpgIMG_69132015-03-19T17:47:30+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/03/17/st-patricks-day/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8132.jpgIMG_8132https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8126.jpgIMG_8126https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8123.jpgIMG_8123https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8120.jpgIMG_8120https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8101.jpgIMG_8101https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8096.jpgIMG_8096https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8094.jpgIMG_8094https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8088.jpgIMG_8088https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8066.jpgIMG_8066https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8059.jpgIMG_8059On our apartment balcony before the other family joined us2015-03-18T20:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/03/14/wicklow/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8033.jpgIMG_8033https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8031.jpgIMG_8031https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8020.jpgIMG_8020https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8017.jpgIMG_8017https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8011.jpgIMG_8011https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8010.jpgIMG_8010https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7994.jpgIMG_7994https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7991.jpgIMG_7991At St. Kevin's monastic city - the bagpiper pumps with her arm instead of blowing into the pipe with her mouth like a Scottish bagpiper.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7980.jpgIMG_7980https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7979.jpgIMG_79792015-04-22T03:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/03/11/belfast-giants-causeway-rope-bridge/2016-04-06T14:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/03/09/irish-whiskey-museum-st-stephens-green-kilmainham-gaol/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_76871.jpgIMG_7687https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7750.jpgIMG_7750https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7748.jpgIMG_7748https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7746.jpgIMG_7746https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7745.jpgIMG_7745https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7742.jpgIMG_7742https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7732.jpgIMG_7732The famine, 1845-1850, caused many farmers to move to Dublin to look for work. Conditions were so wretched in the city that the prison population at Kilmainham skyrocketed because of people being arrested for stealing food or other petty crimes. Some people committed their crimes in front of police so they could go to jail where they knew they'd be fed and avoid starvation.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7731.jpgIMG_7731https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7726.jpgIMG_7726https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7719.jpgIMG_77192015-03-09T23:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/03/05/dublin/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7658.jpgIMG_7658The Celtic cross combines the Christian cross with the sun which the ancient Irish worshipped. On top of these two is a roof, symbolizing a church that accommodates them both.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7653.jpgIMG_7653Daniel O'Connell has an enormous and beautiful tomb and tower and landscaping. We learned a lot about him, but now in my mind some colorful details are crowding out the substantive details of Daragh's monologue. Essentially though he started Glasnevin Cemetery because the English Penal Laws prohibited the Catholics from having any kind of public ceremony when burying their dead. O'Connell, an attorney (who received his early education in France because of the laws against Catholics being educated in Ireland) wanted both Protestants and Catholics to be able to have dignified burials. Frederick Douglass, the American abolitionist, sailed to Ireland in 1845 and met with O'Connell. From the website Irishamerica.com: Today, O’Connell is largely remembered for winning Catholic Emancipation (the right of Catholics to sit in parliament) and for agitating to achieve independence for Ireland. But for Douglass, and thousands of other abolitionists throughout the world, O’Connell was known for his outspoken statements condemning slavery. By 1845, the Irishman was the most influential and outspoken critic of slavery in the world. It was natural that Douglass should want to hear O’Connell speak.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_2708.jpgIMG_2708One of several examples of graffiti which Laurel photographed today on the kind-of-gritty, north-of-the-Liffey side of Dublin where Glasnevin Cemetery ishttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7647.jpgIMG_7647https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7632.jpgIMG_7632https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7627.jpgIMG_7627https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7613.jpgIMG_7613https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7611.jpgIMG_7611https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7597.jpgIMG_7597https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7595.jpgIMG_75952015-03-09T02:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/02/28/stratford-upon-avon-cardiff-wales-edinburgh-scotland-and-more-london/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7591.jpgIMG_7591Buckingham Palace - without those throngs of horrible tourists in front :-)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7588.jpgIMG_7588Statue of Lincoln across the street from Westminster Abbeyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7586.jpgIMG_7586Westminster Abbeyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7582.jpgIMG_7582Westminster Abbey side door with 20th-century martyrs including Martin Luther King, Jr.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7543.jpgIMG_7543It may not be obvious from this photo, but the North Sea is in the background.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7084.jpgIMG_7084https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7082.jpgIMG_7082https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7079.jpgIMG_7079https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7076.jpgIMG_7076https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7073.jpgIMG_70732015-04-02T16:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/02/10/hurricane-ole-and-the-northern-lights-and-king-crabs-snow-hotel-reindeer-racing-and-ww-ii-history/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7268.jpgIMG_7268https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7264.jpgIMG_7264https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7251.jpgIMG_7251https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7200.jpgIMG_7200https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7226.jpgIMG_7226https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7230.jpgIMG_7230https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7225.jpgIMG_7225https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7361.jpgIMG_7361https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7348.jpgIMG_7348https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7347.jpgIMG_73472015-02-16T18:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/02/05/norway/2015-02-05T18:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/01/30/london/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7002.jpgIMG_7002https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7001.jpgIMG_7001https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7070.jpgIMG_7070https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7067.jpgIMG_7067https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7063.jpgIMG_7063https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7044.jpgIMG_7044https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7042.jpgIMG_7042https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7038.jpgIMG_7038https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7037.jpgIMG_7037https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7034.jpgIMG_70342015-02-05T17:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/01/29/rome-photos/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6360.jpgIMG_6360https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6388.jpgIMG_6388https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6387.jpgIMG_6387https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6353.jpgIMG_6353https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6347.jpgIMG_6347https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6346.jpgIMG_6346https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6342.jpgIMG_6342https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6330.jpgIMG_6330https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6309.jpgIMG_6309https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6307.jpgIMG_63072015-02-01T03:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/01/29/and-yet-more-from-lisbon/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_2165.jpgIMG_2165https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6905.jpgIMG_6905https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6904.jpgIMG_6904https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6903.jpgIMG_6903https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6902.jpgIMG_6902https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6901.jpgIMG_6901https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6898.jpgIMG_6898https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6893.jpgIMG_6893https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6888.jpgIMG_6888https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6884.jpgIMG_68842015-02-05T17:11:58+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2015/01/29/whoops-forgot-a-few-more-from-rome/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6414.jpgIMG_6414https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6412.jpgIMG_6412https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_2063.jpgIMG_2063https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_6410.jpgIMG_6410https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-c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the courtyard of a mall where we ate dinner, went shopping, and saw a moviehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5297.jpgIMG_5297The Reichstag building where Germany's Parliament, the Bundestag, meetshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5293.jpgIMG_5293The Brandenburg Gate - There's a big, beautiful Christmas tree there, but I somehow didn't get it in the photo with the kids.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5288.jpgIMG_52882014-12-09T02:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/12/03/guten-tag-aus-dem-schwarzwald-good-day-from-the-black-forest/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5166.jpgIMG_5166https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5175.jpgIMG_5175https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5157.jpgIMG_5157https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5151.jpgIMG_5151https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5150.jpgIMG_5150https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5142.jpgIMG_5142https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5129.jpgIMG_5129https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5127.jpgIMG_5127https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5123.jpgIMG_5123https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5121.jpgIMG_51212014-12-05T01:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/12/01/sacre-coeur-musee-dorsay-opera-garnier-champs-elysees-department-store-christmas-decor/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5062.jpgIMG_5062https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5099.jpgIMG_5099https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5093.jpgIMG_5093https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5086.jpgIMG_5086https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5078.jpgIMG_5078https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1580.jpgIMG_1580https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5074.jpgIMG_5074https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1578.jpgIMG_1578https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5059.jpgIMG_5059https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5039.jpgIMG_50392015-01-03T03:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/11/23/eiffel-tower-tour-and-versailles/2015-01-02T00:31:52+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/11/12/bonjour-my-sweet-mohammed/2014-11-19T05:09:24+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/11/08/its-good-to-wake-up-in-paris/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_45361.jpgIMG_4536https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4663.jpgIMG_4663St. Michael/Michel the Archangel slaying the devil - There is a plaque next to it dedicated to the French soldiers who died defending Paris in 1944.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4653.jpgIMG_4653https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4649.jpgIMG_4649Notre Dame - we'll go back another day when Laurel is with us and when the line is (hopefully) not so long to get in.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4645.jpgIMG_4645Parisian City Hall/Hotel de Ville: We learned from Ludovic on our Monday tour that each arrondissement has its own mayor and city hall, and then the city as a whole has a mayor and city hall. The current mayor, Anne Hidalgo, was born in Spain (as "Ana") and is the first female mayor of Paris.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1411.jpgIMG_1411From today's graffiti tourhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4628.jpgIMG_4628https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4621.jpgIMG_4621https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4620.jpgIMG_4620https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1349.jpgIMG_13492014-11-17T09:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/11/16/open-air-market-and-a-couple-more-from-the-cemetery/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4837.jpgIMG_4837https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4835.jpgIMG_4835https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4848.jpgIMG_4848https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1468.jpgIMG_14682014-11-18T01:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/11/16/autour-de-la-villearound-town/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1425.jpgIMG_1425https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1418.jpgIMG_1418https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1414.jpgIMG_1414https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4714.jpgIMG_4714https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4713.jpgIMG_4713https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4698.jpgIMG_4698https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4691.jpgIMG_4691https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4680.jpgIMG_4680https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4672.jpgIMG_4672https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4671.jpgIMG_46712014-11-16T23:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/11/14/the-catacombs-of-paris/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4818.jpgIMG_48182014-11-15T02:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/11/13/d-day-tour-continued/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4803.jpgIMG_4803https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4799.jpgIMG_4799https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4793.jpgIMG_4793https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4790.jpgIMG_4790https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4761.jpgIMG_4761https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4762-e1415916092590.jpgIMG_4762https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4833.jpgIMG_4833https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4831.jpgIMG_4831https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4827.jpgIMG_4827https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4826.jpgIMG_48262014-11-13T22:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/10/31/hoscakalin-turkiye/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4445.jpgIMG_4445https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4444.jpgIMG_4444https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4443.jpgIMG_4443https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4441.jpgIMG_4441https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4438.jpgIMG_4438https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4430.jpgIMG_4430A few days ago I was looking at Trip Advisor and realized we hadn't seen a number of the top-rated places, including the Hagia Irene ("Holy Peace") and the harem section of Topkapi Palace. We took the train to the general area and had cappuccino and milk shakes for lunch. (I'm all about good nutrition!) It was such a pleasure to sit in this beautiful cafe with friendly service and delicious drinks and not be elbowed and shoved by the crush of humanity at the tourists' sites. So we didn't go. We leisurely finished and then shopped a bit at the stores in the nearby fancy hotel, took another walk along the Bosphorus, and took the train back to our neighborhood. While we were having our cappuccino though, I figured we could still get a history lesson in, so I researched coffee on my phone while we drank. Cappuccino is named for the Capuchin monks because their reddish-brown robes became synonymous with that color which is also the color of that coffee.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4418.jpgIMG_4418https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4415.jpgIMG_4415https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4414.jpgIMG_4414https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4412.jpgIMG_4412October 29 is Turkey's Republic Day.2014-11-01T18:47:56+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/10/25/more-istanbul-sightseeing/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4396.jpgIMG_4396https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4387.jpgIMG_4387https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4371.jpgIMG_4371https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4357.jpgIMG_4357https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4352.jpgIMG_4352https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4349.jpgIMG_4349https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4347.jpgIMG_4347https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4336.jpgIMG_4336https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4331.jpgIMG_4331https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4329.jpgIMG_43292014-10-28T02:22:28+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/10/25/historic-istanbul/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4226.jpgIMG_4226https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4113-0.jpgIMG_4113-0.JPG2014-10-26T21:25:40+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/10/24/komsa/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1218.jpgIMG_1218https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4312.jpgIMG_4312https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4310.jpgIMG_4310https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4304.jpgIMG_4304https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4301.jpgIMG_4301https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4297.jpgIMG_4297https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4286.jpgIMG_4286https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4281.jpgIMG_4281https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4270.jpgIMG_4270https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4255.jpgIMG_42552014-10-28T02:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/10/18/my-friends-jen-dave/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2942.jpgIMG_29422014-10-28T02:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/10/13/dolmabahce-palace-and-so-much-more/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4093.jpgIMG_4093My friend Suzanne told me about her friend Karen, an American expat who is a librarian in Istanbul. We took a ferry to meet her in Kuzguncuk on the Asia side this morning. She gave us a tour of her neighborhood before we went to breakfast where we enjoyed the menemen, a kind of saucy omelet that we've had before and really like.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4030.jpgIMG_4030...Asiahttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4028.jpgIMG_4028Europe...https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4026.jpgIMG_4026https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4025.jpgIMG_4025The Ortaköy Mosque, next to the Bosphorus Suspension Bridge - We would've liked to have crossed the bridge on foot but that is no longer allowed.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4101.jpgIMG_4101The beautiful train station on the European side where we got off the Marmaray had previously served as the eastern terminus of the Orient Express.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4099.jpgIMG_4099We took the Marmaray train that goes under the Bosphorus and that just opened for operation last year home from the Asia side today.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4096.jpgIMG_4096https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4091.jpgIMG_4091https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4090.jpgIMG_40902014-10-14T18:05:11+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/10/03/istanbul/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3999.jpgIMG_3999https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4014.jpgIMG_4014Taksim Squarehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4006.jpgIMG_4006A view from our apartmenthttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1078.jpgIMG_1078https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4002.jpgIMG_4002Some of the many ferries on the Golden Horn, an inlet of the Bosphorous Strait that separates the old, historic part from the newer sections.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4001.jpgIMG_4001Hagia Sophia as seen from Galata Bridgehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1077.jpgIMG_1077https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3998.jpgIMG_3998The gate at Dolmabaçe Palace is guarded by soldiers who stand in bullet-proof glass boxes which must be outrageously hot.2014-10-12T15:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/28/sweet-home-kusadasi/2014-09-28T22:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/10/underground-city-goreme-open-air-museum-rose-valley/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3562.jpgIMG_3562The living room of our cave suitehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3560.jpgIMG_3560The bedroom of our cave suitehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3618.jpgIMG_3618Çavusinhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3612.jpgIMG_3612https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3588.jpgIMG_3588https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3614.jpgIMG_3614Cemetery in Çavusinhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3610.jpgIMG_3610https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3609.jpgIMG_3609https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3603.jpgIMG_3603https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3597.jpgIMG_35972014-09-25T19:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/24/priene-miletus-didema/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3978.jpgIMG_3978We walked all around and inside the Temple of Apollo and saw the small area that served as the residence for the oracles, the women who predicted the future and who were partly inspired by the opium vapors they inhaled as they slept.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3977.jpgIMG_3977The face of Medusa was carved into pieces of the marble (now on the ground) that went over the columns of Apollo's temple. Medusa warded off bad spirits and bad emotions such as jealousy before people entered. The eye of Medusa is a popular amulet in Turkey with the "eye" jewelry and household wallhangings for sale everywhere.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3960.jpgIMG_3960We walked along a row of olive trees which can live for over a thousand years. Olives and olive oil were so integral to the Greeks' and Romans' lives that damaging a tree was punishable by death, according to Tuğrul.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3944.jpgIMG_3944Another Temple to Athena is visible in this photo from Miletus where the ruins cannot be unearthed so quickly as the earth keeps claiming them again. This area is now swampy much of the year (Note the orange-brown muck.) thus making excavation of further ruins difficult.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3935.jpgIMG_3935The amphitheater at Miletus was added onto over the course of centuries. The Greeks built the original with the lower seating. The Romans added on. The Turks added on to the top.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3919.jpgIMG_3919Some of the houses have been repaired by a wealthy businessman who occupies one of them. The area is so romantic and beautiful it doesn't seem real. https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3914.jpgIMG_3914When Laurel saw this "Agora" (market) sign, she remembered the word "agoraphobia," a fear of being in a crowd or in certain other public places.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3910.jpgIMG_3910The ivy engraving on this chair in the amphitheater represents love. Ivy's heart-shaped leaves are where we get our modern symbol for love.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3911.jpgIMG_3911https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3906.jpgIMG_3906This is the top of a water clock in the amphitheater. Water clocks allowed people to keep time even after the sun had set and they couldn't use the sun dial.2014-10-05T19:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/19/curdled-milk-by-charlie/2015-02-15T23:35:07+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/18/ephesus-rug-pottery-artisans/2014-09-19T01:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/16/dilek-peninsula-national-park/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3690.jpgIMG_3690https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3704.jpgIMG_3704https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3701.jpgIMG_3701https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0996.jpgIMG_0996https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3729.jpgIMG_3729https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3747.jpgIMG_3747https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_37151.jpgIMG_37152014-09-16T21:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/12/kusadasi/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3655.jpgIMG_3655https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3654.jpgIMG_3654https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3638.jpgIMG_3638https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3634.jpgIMG_3634Quite a contrast between these twohttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3628.jpgIMG_3628We saw several small tortoises on our hikes.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3624.jpgIMG_3624There were a few stray cows (who looked like they desperately needed to be milked) on our walk yesterday.2014-09-14T19:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/06/balloon-ride-over-cappadocia/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3473.jpgIMG_3473Laurel named this one Heil Kitler.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3472.jpgIMG_3472https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3471.jpgIMG_3471https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3447.jpgIMG_3447Goreme Open-Air Museumhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3376.jpgIMG_3376https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_33721.jpgIMG_3372https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3456.jpgIMG_3456https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3421.jpgIMG_3421https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_33801.jpgIMG_3380https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3372.jpgIMG_33722014-09-07T00:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/05/cappadocia/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3358.jpgIMG_3358https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3357.jpgIMG_3357The nearby mosque on the left with speakers on the lower balcony that broadcast the prayers five times per day. Prayer times are based on the sun's location. On the right is Uçhisar Castle.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3356.jpgIMG_3356These grapes are growing on the hotel property and are served with breakfast.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3354.jpgIMG_3354A view of the Hezen Cave Hotel that houses the check-in and breakfast areahttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3353.jpgIMG_3353https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3346.jpgIMG_3346View from one of the landings at Uçhisar Castlehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3350.jpgIMG_3350https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3345.jpgIMG_3345https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3341.jpgIMG_3341We got lost taking the back way to the castle today and had to come back and have someone from the hotel drive us. (But then we walked back later.)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3338.jpgIMG_33382014-09-06T02:43:56+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/03/portion-size-soaps-michael-bloomberg-and-vat/2014-09-05T15:09:17+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/09/03/turkey/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0929.jpgIMG_0929https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3313.jpgIMG_3313https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3308.jpgIMG_3308https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3307.jpgIMG_33072014-09-04T03:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/08/29/goodbye-north-america/2014-08-31T14:30:26+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/08/14/maine/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3242.jpgIMG_3242Back to the Frenchieshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3236.jpgIMG_3236The tiny cottage where we stayedhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3231.jpgIMG_3231https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3229.jpgIMG_3229https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3226.jpgIMG_3226The Bubbles in the backgroundhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3225.jpgIMG_3225https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3218.jpgIMG_3218https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3217.jpgIMG_3217Charlie and Gordonhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3215.jpgIMG_3215Charlie and Robertahttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3214.jpgIMG_3214Ralph, Laurel, Charlie, Margaret, me, Roberta (and Oliver)2014-08-26T02:04:22+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/08/08/jason-sudeikis-is-outside-our-building/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_08351.jpgIMG_0835Laurel went downstairs and outside briefly while they were shooting the movie and took this picture. She says the man in brown fringe standing by the bus is Jason Sudeikis.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0835.jpgIMG_0835https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0834.jpgIMG_0834View from our window - Hopefully they can crop out our peeping heads.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3131.jpgIMG_3131The movie set people were busy today! I noticed this on our building as I was coming in from the grocery.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3130.jpgIMG_3130https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3128.jpgIMG_3128I saw this when Charlie and I were running errands today. (Laurel wasn't feeling well and didn't go with us. She perked up considerably when the movie started shooting.) I don't know why Lyndon LaRouche is badmouthing Obama in Canada. I didn't even know LaRouche was still alive. (Wikipedia says he's 91.) This photo of Obama with the Hitler mustache seemed particularly weird today since Jesse Owens, who dealt with Hitler's racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, is having a movie made about him here.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3125.jpgIMG_3125a block from our apartmenthttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3111.jpgIMG_3111Notre Dame de Bon Secours Chapel (not far from the other Notre Dame)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3107.jpgIMG_3107Avenue du Président Kennedy, not far from our apartmenthttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3103.jpgIMG_3103Notre Dame Basilica2014-08-09T04:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/08/04/montreal-and-stuff/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/p1000752.jpgP1000752The falls are lit in different colors at night. We took this one of the American Falls from our hotel room.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0778.jpgIMG_0778Charlie got to ride in a bumper boat at Centreville the second time he went.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0776.jpgIMG_0776Laurel took Charlie back to Centerville Amusement Park on the Toronto Islands since he enjoyed it so much the first time. Here he is driving the antique car while Laurel is a passenger.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0764.jpgIMG_0764Laurel took Charlie swimming a couple times at the pool in our apartment complex.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3038.jpgIMG_3038Charlie insisted I include this playground pic from Niagara Falls - where he played while we waited for our bus to Toronto.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/p1000773.jpgP1000773https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3015.jpgIMG_3015Skylon Towerhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3012.jpgIMG_3012https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3009.jpgIMG_3009A view from Skylon Tower in Niagara Fallshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3079.jpgIMG_30792014-08-08T18:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/07/29/our-travels-one-year-in/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_9032.jpgIMG_9032At a rest stop in Kansas the next day - July 30, 2013. Unfortunately, we didn't take a family photo at the house on moving day.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_9029.jpgIMG_9029Just after closing at the title company with our realtor, Janet2014-07-30T06:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/07/28/niagara-falls/2014-07-29T04:06:21+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/07/25/toronto/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2865.jpgIMG_2865Centreville Amusement Parkhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2852.jpgIMG_2852The CN Tower is right next to the baseball stadium. As we watched the game, we could also watch the tower change colors (as night came on and the tower was lit up) and watch people who were strapped on to the tower do the Edge Walk.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2916.jpgIMG_2916https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2900.jpgIMG_2900https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2898.jpgIMG_2898https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2895.jpgIMG_2895https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2893.jpgIMG_2893https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2889.jpgIMG_2889https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2886.jpgIMG_2886https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2883.jpgIMG_28832014-07-25T23:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/07/19/alaskan-photos/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_26491.jpgIMG_2649Mendenhall Glacier, Juneauhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2801.jpgIMG_2801Mt. Rainier as seen from the Seattle airporthttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2793.jpgIMG_2793Seward - fabulous scenery but we had to get on our bus as soon as we got off the cruise so my pictures aren't great.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2788.jpgIMG_2788Shawn & Dennis with Charlie - We met them and their 11-year-old son Ryan our first afternoon on the cruise and enjoyed spending time with them. (Ryan was playing on another part of the ship when I took this picture.)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2783.jpgIMG_2783https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2782.jpgIMG_2782https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2774.jpgIMG_2774https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2767.jpgIMG_2767https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2764.jpgIMG_2764https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2736.jpgIMG_27362014-07-28T19:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/07/18/alaskan-cruise/2014-07-19T03:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/07/06/wrapping-it-up-in-vancouver/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2254.jpgIMG_2254The basement dryer wasn't working for several days so we had to get creative with drying methods in the apartment.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2291.jpgIMG_2291Charlie encountered yet another friendly cat. This one wanted its belly rubbed.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2270.jpgIMG_2270Jericho Beach is a couple miles from our apartment and is in the midst of some pricey real estate. Lululemon yoga wear founder Chip Wilson's $54 million concrete house is the most expensive home in British Columbia. I couldn't take a picture of it because it's surrounded by a high, concrete wall.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2263.jpgIMG_2263Vanier Park, near Kits Beachhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2259.jpgIMG_2259The Burrard Street Bridge that we walk on to get downtown.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_0463.jpgIMG_0463https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2251.jpgIMG_2251https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2245.jpgIMG_2245Sea to Sky Highwayhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2234.jpgIMG_2234Our taxi driver pulled over in a parking lot near the Sea to Sky Highway on the way home Whistler on June 8, so we could take some pictures. We climbed some stairs to go out on this ledge and get some good scenery shots. Laurel is trying to cover up the rusty railing.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2423.jpgIMG_24232014-07-07T19:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/07/03/subletting-update/2014-07-03T19:02:58+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/06/29/subletting/2014-07-03T13:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/06/28/more-seattle/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2385.jpgIMG_2385Luna Sandals - made in Seattle!https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2383.jpgIMG_2383Fisherman's Restaurant gave us free carousel tickets.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2382.jpgIMG_2382https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0542.jpgIMG_0542https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0539.jpgIMG_0539Laurel took this and the next one from the ferris wheel. I waited below for them (Do you see the orange spec?) because ticket price for an adult was nearly $15 with sales tax.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2377.jpgIMG_2377https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2376.jpgIMG_2376https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2374.jpgIMG_2374The downtown Seattle libraryhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2371.jpgIMG_2371Our waitress brought us two free sundaes to share for my birthday.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2368.jpgIMG_23682014-07-04T20:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/06/24/seattle/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_22921.jpgIMG_2292"We come into America...Today!" The train stopped at the US border for customs agents to board the train in order to inspect everyone's passports and collect the customs forms.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2304.jpgIMG_2304The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a couple blocks from our hotel, has a visitor center that we toured for an hour while waiting for our hotel room to be ready. We walked two miles from the train station to the hotel in Seattle - five miles in all today - wearing heavy backpacks and were pretty tired.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2303.jpgIMG_2303The EMP Museum - Explore Music Project. It's hard to get a photo of this place. It's huge and crazy looking and one of the reasons we came. Laurel is meeting another NaNoWriMo friend there Wednesday. (The local train runs right next to it on the elevated tracks.)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2302.jpgIMG_2302The Space Needlehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2300.jpgIMG_2300I couldn't get the whole totem/story pole in the picture. Puget Sound is in the background.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2299.jpgIMG_2299https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2298.jpgIMG_2298Laurel noticed that the state highway outline is Washington's head instead of the shape of the state as in Colorado and Ohio.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2297.jpgIMG_2297We ate lunch at Pike Place Market which was crazy crowded. https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2296.jpgIMG_2296https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2295.jpgIMG_2295The Seattle train station is beautiful.2014-07-04T19:36:17+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/06/14/my-mom/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_9191.jpgIMG_91912014-06-18T03:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/06/07/whistler-episode-2/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2232.jpgIMG_2232https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2231.jpgIMG_2231https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2229.jpgIMG_2229https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2227.jpgIMG_2227https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_22261.jpgIMG_2226https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2184.jpgIMG_2184There were some inner tubes available for sledding which Laurel enjoyed doing a couple times.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2225.jpgIMG_2225https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2220.jpgIMG_2220https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2219.jpgIMG_2219https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2208.jpgIMG_22082014-06-12T04:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/06/03/whistler-bc/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ziptrek_17.jpgZiptrek_17https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ziptrek_12.jpgZiptrek_12https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ziptrek_11.jpgZiptrek_11https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2150.jpgIMG_2150https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ziptrek_32.jpgZiptrek_32https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ziptrek_10.jpgZiptrek_10https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2131.jpgIMG_2131https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2124.jpgIMG_2124https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2116.jpgIMG_2116https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2108.jpgIMG_21082014-06-08T19:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/05/30/wow/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2094.jpgIMG_2094https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2092.jpgIMG_2092Haleakala Volcanohttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2070.jpgIMG_2070Mama's Fish House looks out at this jaw-dropping scene. The beach side of the restaurant is mostly open, so we could gaze upon this loveliness for the whole meal.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2105.jpgIMG_2105https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2104.jpgIMG_21042014-06-08T19:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/03/27/heres-your-hat-whats-your-hurry/2014-05-30T23:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/19/my-wretched-children/2014-05-30T23:07:41+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/05/29/maui/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2062.jpgIMG_2062https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1997.jpgIMG_1997The black sand of Onueli Beach - only about 1/2 mile north of Big Beach, but a very different place.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_19111.jpgIMG_1911https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_19051.jpgIMG_1905https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2025.jpgIMG_2025We then drove to the town of Lahaina and spent a good portion of the afternoon in the shade of this banyan tree. It's a type of strangler fig and has 16 major trunks. So everything you see here is the same tree.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2019.jpgIMG_2019Today we intended to go on a long hike - Lahaina Pali Trail - but lost the trail pretty quickly. That was probably a good thing because we didn't have nearly enough water for the wretchedly hot day. Lahaina means "cruel sun," and it was sure true today. We did get some spectacular views though from up on the hill.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2015.jpgIMG_2015https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1996.jpgIMG_1996https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1953.jpgIMG_1953We also saw some large turtles swimming near shore, but I couldn't take a picture fast enough.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1950.jpgIMG_1950Charlie spent nearly all his beach time with just his feet in the ocean. Laurel insisted he come out with her a little farther, but he got into baby chimp mode.2014-06-08T19:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/15/around-town/2014-05-22T02:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/05/19/victoria-day/2014-05-20T04:50:12+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/05/13/stanley-park-again-and-capilano-suspension-bridge/2014-05-15T00:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/05/10/i-made-it-throooough-the-rain/2014-05-11T17:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/05/01/wisdom-teeth-extraction-continuing-virus/2014-05-01T22:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/26/home-again-home-again/2014-04-27T01:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/25/butchart-gardens-and-victoria/2014-04-27T01:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/21/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnelbedroom-wall/2014-04-21T22:54:36+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/12/12/phoenix-mountain-preserve-arizona-state-university/2014-04-19T00:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/12/17/colorado-again/2014-04-16T02:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/12/20/san-francisco/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0526.jpgIMG_0526The rotunda and stained glass dome in Neiman Marcus are from a store called City of Paris that was in the same location.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0530.jpgIMG_0530Laurel said, "You know you're in the Castro when..."https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0524.jpgIMG_0524https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0521.jpgIMG_0521https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0518.jpgIMG_0518View on our walk todayhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0515.jpgIMG_0515https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0512.jpgIMG_0512Minghttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0499.jpgIMG_0499Our friends Sandy & Phil met us for dinner in CS.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0497.jpgIMG_0497Rachel sports the wool hat that Laurel made for her.2014-04-16T02:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/12/24/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-my-two-healthy-kids/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0550.jpgIMG_0550Looking sprightly despite her illnesshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0548.jpgIMG_0548Partaking of his chocolate Santahttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0547.jpgIMG_0547Let's ignore the writing in blue chalk...I saw this on the sidewalk on the walk home from the train station today.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0546.jpgIMG_0546Lookin' spunky and feeling betterhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0545.jpgIMG_0545My pitiful Pooboohttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0542.jpgIMG_0542Awww. It's a one-cup saucepan.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0539.jpgIMG_0539On top of one of the Twin Peaks with the bridge way in the distance.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0536.jpgIMG_0536We hiked the Twin Peaks Saturday afternoon. The Golden Gate bridge is in the distance.2014-04-16T02:46:27+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/03/dr-who-hat-golden-gate-bridge-berkeley/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0650.jpgIMG_0650https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0647.jpgIMG_0647:-)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0642.jpgIMG_0642https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0640.jpgIMG_0640https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_06381.jpgIMG_06382014-04-16T02:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/05/library-movie/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0657.jpgIMG_0657https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0658.jpgIMG_0658We passed this church on our walk home from the movie theater today.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0655.jpgIMG_06552014-04-16T02:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/06/cable-car-museum-chinatown-city-lights-bookstore-ghiradelli-square-fishermans-wharf-streetcar/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0694.jpgIMG_0694A 2-story carousel! Charlie really liked it.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0701.jpgIMG_0701https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0698.jpgIMG_0698https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0696.jpgIMG_0696https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0695.jpgIMG_0695https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0693.jpgIMG_0693https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0686.jpgIMG_0686https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0685.jpgIMG_0685https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0684.jpgIMG_0684https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0680.jpgIMG_06802014-04-16T02:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/13/cliff-house-ocean-beach/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0726.jpgIMG_0726https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0725.jpgIMG_0725going...https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0721.jpgIMG_0721https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0720.jpgIMG_0720https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0718.jpgIMG_0718https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0717.jpgIMG_07172014-04-16T02:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/19/lombard-street-baker-beach-lunch-with-my-cousin-ice-skating-fancy-hotels/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0791.jpgIMG_0791https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0788.jpgIMG_0788https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0786.jpgIMG_0786https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0782.jpgIMG_0782Charlie has completed a children's crossword puzzle book and a maze book since we've been in San Francisco, but he has to be constantly monitored when using a pen. A few days ago he decided scratching his forehead with the pen was a good idea.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0785.jpgIMG_0785https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0779.jpgIMG_0779https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0758.jpgIMG_0758https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0752.jpgIMG_0752https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0750.jpgIMG_0750https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0740.jpgIMG_0740People walk this labyrinth in the back of the cathedral sanctuary. A sign in front of the church advertised their yoga classes on the labyrinth.2014-04-16T02:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/12/basketball-visit-with-my-nephew-drought/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0716.jpgIMG_0716Alex & Dillonhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0710.jpgIMG_0710These are densely populated hills.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0707.jpgIMG_0707https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0705.jpgIMG_07052014-04-16T02:36:22+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/12/queen-elizabeth-park/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1585.jpgIMG_1585https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1577.jpgIMG_1577https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1571.jpgIMG_15712014-04-16T02:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/04/oregon-photos-details/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9788.jpgIMG_9788Awwwhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9773.jpgIMG_9773No T-Rexes stomped through the ferns in this lush forest despite my expectations.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9779.jpgIMG_9779Sitka Spruce - These huge trees have a range from Northern California to Alaska but grow only within four miles of the Pacific Ocean.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9768.jpgIMG_9768https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9756.jpgIMG_9756Spouting Hornhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9750.jpgIMG_9750The coast gets rather breezy.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9749.jpgIMG_9749https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9734.jpgIMG_9734Yaquina Head Lighthousehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9747.jpgIMG_9747Seals far below us at Yaquina Headhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_9729.jpgIMG_9729Yaquina Head Lighthouse from a distance2014-04-11T05:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/04/a-few-more-photos-from-denver-and-vancouver/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0195.jpgIMG_0195Larimer Square in Denverhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1396.jpgIMG_1396Rachel, Barb, and Ray drove up to visit us last Saturday, and we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1383.jpgIMG_1383https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0163.jpgIMG_0163Laurel knitted this elephant. She found the directions online and bought the yarn at a Denver store called The Lamb Shoppe.2014-04-10T22:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/30/sedona/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0387.jpgIMG_0387piñon pine, juniper, prickly pear cactushttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0406.jpgIMG_0406https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0400.jpgIMG_0400https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0397.jpgIMG_0397https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0383.jpgIMG_0383https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0375.jpgIMG_0375Look, Kids! It's dirt!https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0374.jpgIMG_0374near the Fay Canyon trailheadhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0257.jpgIMG_0257https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0247.jpgIMG_0247https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0245.jpgIMG_02452014-04-10T22:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/27/las-vegas-day-3/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0238.jpgIMG_0238https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0224.jpgIMG_0224https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0222.jpgIMG_0222The Venetian lobby - The Palazzo and Venetian are connected but have separate lobbies.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0203.jpgIMG_0203https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0199.jpgIMG_0199View from our hotel room - Treasure Island is across the street.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0190.jpgIMG_0190https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0180.jpgIMG_0180https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0176.jpgIMG_0176https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0171.jpgIMG_0171https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0172.jpgIMG_01722014-04-10T22:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/26/hoover-dam-las-vegas/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131125_15_36_59_876_f2255edc.jpg20131125_15_36_59_876_F2255EDCHere we are again, looking just as geeky! The wonders of the green screen...https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131125_15_36_52_217_f2255edc.jpg20131125_15_36_52_217_F2255EDCThis bypass bridge was just finished three years ago.2014-04-10T22:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/19/horseback-riding-in-the-sonoran-desert/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0132.jpgIMG_0132https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0127.jpgIMG_0127https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0126.jpgIMG_0126https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0125.jpgIMG_0125https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0123.jpgIMG_0123https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0122.jpgIMG_0122Petroglyphshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0119.jpgIMG_0119South Mountain Park before the ride2014-04-10T22:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/18/arizona-science-center/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0110.jpgIMG_0110https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0097.jpgIMG_0097https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0093.jpgIMG_0093https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0091.jpgIMG_0091https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0090.jpgIMG_0090https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0088.jpgIMG_00882014-04-10T22:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/13/pukefest-big-bugs-strange-men-approaching-me-in-cars/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0082.jpgIMG_0082https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0079.jpgIMG_0079https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0077.jpgIMG_0077There's a Gitmo display that shows the history of the base as well as the research and opinions of the numerous college students around the country who prepared different segments of the exhibit.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0075.jpgIMG_00752014-04-10T22:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/07/phoenix-landscaping-and-the-musical-instrument-museum/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0057.jpgIMG_0057Instruments of the Landfill Harmonichttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0055.jpgIMG_0055https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0038.jpgIMG_0038https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0036.jpgIMG_0036This is one of the 2.008 drums played at the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0033.jpgIMG_0033https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0030.jpgIMG_0030https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0027.jpgIMG_0027https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0022.jpgIMG_0022https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0020.jpgIMG_00202014-04-10T22:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/12/31/golden-gate-park-ocean-beach-sausalito/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0577.jpgIMG_0577Ocean Beachhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0635.jpgIMG_0635I took this picture from the 6th floor at Macy's looking out at Union Square's tree and skating rink. The rink is very popular - You have to make online reservations for a one-hour skating time - but is empty here because the Zamboni just cleaned it.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0606.jpgIMG_0606https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0604.jpgIMG_0604https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0583.jpgIMG_0583https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0582.jpgIMG_0582https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_0581.jpgIMG_05812014-04-10T22:31:29+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/22/uc-berkeley/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0805.jpgIMG_0805https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0811.jpgIMG_0811https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0813.jpgIMG_0813https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0814.jpgIMG_08142014-04-10T22:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/23/mountain-view-computer-history-museum-google/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0822.jpgIMG_0822https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0820.jpgIMG_0820https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0818.jpgIMG_0818https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0816.jpgIMG_0816https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0815.jpgIMG_0815https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0824.jpgIMG_0824https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0828.jpgIMG_0828https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0829.jpgIMG_0829https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0834.jpgIMG_08342014-04-10T22:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/24/japanese-tea-garden-wwii-history-lesson/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0854.jpgIMG_0854https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0853.jpgIMG_0853https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0852.jpgIMG_0852https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0848.jpgIMG_0848https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0842.jpgIMG_0842https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0840.jpgIMG_0840https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0838.jpgIMG_08382014-04-10T22:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/11/05/quick-trip-to-colorado/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/image.jpgImage2014-04-10T22:19:03+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/10/23/more-balboa-park-trolley-tour-san-juan-capistrano/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9600.jpgIMG_9600https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9599.jpgIMG_9599This stone church at the mission collapsed during Mass 200 years ago as the result of an earthquake. Forty-three people died in the church.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9596.jpgIMG_9596https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9598.jpgIMG_9598https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9587.jpgIMG_9587https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9586.jpgIMG_95862014-04-10T22:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/10/17/uss-midway-los-angeles/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9540.jpgIMG_9540Max Factor created this weird contraption to measure actresses imperfections so he knew how to apply their makeup.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9536.jpgIMG_9536One of five pairs of The Wizard of Oz ruby slippershttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9533.jpgIMG_9533https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9530.jpgIMG_9530Irises by Vincent Van Goghhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9509.jpgIMG_9509The Getty Centerhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9495.jpgIMG_9495https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9494.jpgIMG_9494early morning on Amtrakhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9492.jpgIMG_9492Hard Rock Cafe, San Diegohttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9478.jpgIMG_9478Laurel practices tying a knot aboard the USS Midway.2014-04-10T22:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/10/11/balboa-park-and-la-jolla/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9440.jpgIMG_9440https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9441.jpgIMG_9441This fountain and the nearby gorgeous museums and restaurants at Balboa Park were built in Spanish-Renaissance style.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9465.jpgIMG_9465https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9454.jpgIMG_9454The La Jolla sealshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9442.jpgIMG_9442https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9463.jpgIMG_9463https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9437.jpgIMG_9437Japanese Garden - I didn't notice the spot near Laurel's head until I uploaded the photos from my camera and realized there was dirt on the lens. Either that or a dark cloud follows us wherever we go. :-)2014-04-10T22:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/10/04/our-uber-exciting-existence/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9422.jpgIMG_9422Do you see the seal in the water? We saw lots of pelicans and one very loud seal at Harbor Days.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_9430.jpgIMG_9430Zoo staffers took our photo which I was going to buy in electronic form until I found out it was $45! So we went in a photo booth ($5) at the zoo, and I took a picture of the bent-up photo when we got home.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-on-9-28-13-at-5-14-pm.jpgPhoto on 9-28-13 at 5.14 PMLaurel knitted this scarf as well as a matching headband recently.2014-04-10T21:37:35+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/09/26/oceanside-california/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9410.jpgIMG_9410"Boycott Wal-Mart" - Laurel has been writing liberal messages in the sand every day, including "Free Tibet" and "350.org" (an environmental organization). The writings are quickly swallowed by the sea.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9408.jpgIMG_9408https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9413.jpgIMG_9413https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9411.jpgIMG_94112014-04-10T21:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/09/20/chattanooga-et-al/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image.jpgImagehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9402.jpgIMG_9402The Sequatchie Valley Institute hosts a homeschool event each week that our friends attend.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9398.jpgIMG_9398Our friends' dog, Dingo, is just that - an American Dingo or Carolina Dog, one of only a few breeds of dog in the Americas whose DNA indicates they came from Asia millennia ago across the land/ice bridge that connected the two continents.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9385.jpgIMG_9385https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9390.jpgIMG_9390Foster Fallshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9369.jpgIMG_9369https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9376.jpgIMG_9376"Rocky Top," Tennessee's state song, is very popular (or at least used to be) at wedding receptions in the Cincinnati area. When I read the song name on the stone, I couldn't stop serenading the children with it (including the twang, the hand clapping, and the foot stomping), much to their delight, I'm pretty sure.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9374.jpgIMG_9374https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9364.jpgIMG_9364In addition to Rock City, we saw the two other Lookout Mountain attractions - the incline railway and Ruby Falls - a waterfall in a deep, underground cave.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9366.jpgIMG_9366Lookout Mountain (Part is in Georgia, part Alabama, part Tennessee. It's also in two time zones - Central and Eastern.)2014-04-10T21:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/09/12/washington-part-2/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9337.jpgIMG_9337https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9328.jpgIMG_9328https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9334.jpgIMG_9334https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9332.jpgIMG_9332https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9344.jpgIMG_9344https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9338.jpgIMG_93382014-04-10T21:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/09/11/washington-dc/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9324.jpgIMG_9324https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9325.jpgIMG_9325Library of Congresshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9318.jpgIMG_9318A friendly passerby suggested we let her take our picture in front on this beautiful fountain...she just didn't get the fountain in the photo or tell me she was taking the picture. :-)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9315.jpgIMG_9315A portion of Robert Kennedy's grave - The first time I saw it (20 years ago) there was water flowing over it, but none today.2014-04-10T21:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/09/08/what-are-we-doing-tomorrow-besides-going-to-hamilton-new-jersey-and-walking-across-the-brooklyn-bridge/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9292.jpgIMG_9292https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9297.jpgIMG_9297https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9295.jpgIMG_9295https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9302.jpgIMG_9302https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9306.jpgIMG_9306Lots of debauchery going on at Grounds for Sculpturehttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9307.jpgIMG_9307https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9243.jpgIMG_9243Grand Central Terminalhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9253.jpgIMG_9253https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9260.jpgIMG_9260Tourists rub the Wall Street bull statue's testicles for financial good luckhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9264.jpgIMG_9264Carriage ride in Central Park2014-04-10T21:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/08/03/hello-ohio-3/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9081.jpgIMG_9081Amy, Mom, & Ronhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9080.jpgIMG_9080Allene & Mom/Grandmahttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9078.jpgIMG_9078Charlie got to ride a horse at Allene's birthday party! Amy & Ron's neighbors/friends, Jesse & Holly, have horses and brought them down for the kids to ride.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9071.jpgIMG_9071https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9068.jpgIMG_9068https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9059.jpgIMG_9059My niece, Allene, with her friend Paige - Allene's 6th birthday partyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9048.jpgAllen, Connor, & Becky - Allen & Becky are Laurel's godparents.2014-04-10T21:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/09/01/waiting-at-the-dayton-airport/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9225.jpgIMG_9225https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9224.jpgIMG_9224https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9220.jpgIMG_9220https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9211.jpgIMG_9211https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9209.jpgIMG_9209https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9202.jpgIMG_9202https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9199.jpgIMG_9199https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9197.jpgIMG_91972014-04-10T21:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/08/27/janes-pool-murder-mystery-theater-findlay-market-hueston-woods-lodge-laurels-mittens-aunt-verna/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image3.jpgImageSherihttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9195.jpgIMG_9195https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9192.jpgIMG_9192https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9191.jpgIMG_9191https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9188.jpgIMG_9188https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image1.jpgImage2014-04-10T21:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/08/22/laurels-thneed/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9187.jpgIMG_9187https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9186.jpgIMG_9186https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9185.jpgIMG_9185https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9184.jpgIMG_91842014-04-10T21:03:32+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/08/20/kings-island/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image.jpgImage2014-04-10T21:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/08/20/cincinnati-zoo/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9170.jpgIMG_9170https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9159.jpgIMG_91592023-01-02T04:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/08/15/hocking-hills-ohio/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9140.jpgIMG_9140https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9141.jpgIMG_9141https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9104.jpgIMG_9104https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9109.jpgIMG_9109https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9137.jpgIMG_9137https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9135.jpgIMG_9135Budhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9133.jpgIMG_9133https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9131.jpgIMG_9131https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9122.jpgIMG_9122https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9112.jpgIMG_91122014-04-10T21:01:06+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/08/08/jungle-jims-a-grocery-store-near-moms-house/2014-04-10T21:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/07/25/goodbye-colorado/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9029.jpgOur realtor Janethttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9028.jpgDennishttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9027.jpgMegan, Karl, & Maryhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9026.jpgMyra & Herbhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9025.jpgMikki & Tomhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9024.jpgSandy & Philhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9023.jpgClarahttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9022.jpgEthan, Elisa, Joel, & Jonhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9021.jpgJohnhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_9020.jpgRon & Bonnie2014-04-10T20:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2013/02/19/costa-rica/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_8658.jpgIMG_8658https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1000505.jpgP1000505https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1000542.jpgP1000542https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1000447.jpgP1000447https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_8694.jpgIMG_8694https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_8706.jpgIMG_8706https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_8612.jpgIMG_86122014-04-10T20:50:25+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/25/santa-clara-travel-show/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20140125-175001.jpg20140125-175001.jpghttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20140125-174940.jpg20140125-174940.jpghttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20140125-174926.jpg20140125-174926.jpghttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20140125-174906.jpg20140125-174906.jpghttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20140125-174713.jpg20140125-174713.jpg2014-04-10T04:44:26+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/26/finally-some-of-that-famous-fog/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0888.jpgIMG_0888https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0886.jpgIMG_0886https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0881.jpgIMG_0881https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0873.jpgIMG_0873Golden Gate Bridge2014-04-10T04:35:59+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/27/california-academy-of-sciences/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0900.jpgIMG_0900This is what a million dollars will buy you in San Francisco.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0897.jpgIMG_0897The living roof at the California Academy of Scienceshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0896.jpgIMG_0896A ghost praying mantis - It's actually that thing that looks like a leaf hanging off the branch.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0893.jpgIMG_0893The African Penguins!https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0892.jpgIMG_0892We were able to touch sea urchins & starfish.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0889.jpgIMG_08892014-04-10T04:34:46+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/01/31/exploratorium-in-san-francisco-and-capitol-in-denver/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0928.jpgIMG_0928https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0925.jpgIMG_0925https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0920.jpgIMG_0920I think this stone is Castle Rock rhyolite.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0924.jpgIMG_0924We arrived just in time for Bronco fever. :-) Here the ballet dancer statues outside the Sheraton on 16th Street sport Broncos jerseys.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0919.jpgIMG_0919https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0918.jpgIMG_0918None of the murals seemed directly related to Colorado. One appeared to feature the Golden Gate Bridge. This one looks like Hoover Dam.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0914.jpgIMG_0914The Capitol - the rotunda is being worked on much to Charlie's dismay. We've been here many times, and he always enjoys going up in the dome; but he can't this time.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0912.jpgIMG_0912Our Denver house! We're staying in one of four apartments that this huge, old house has been turned into. Ours is on the second floor and has a large deck in the back off the bedroom. We're so happy to see snow, to not be in a basement apartment anymore sleeping with our heads two feet from the street, and just to be back in Colorado. Yay!https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0908.jpgIMG_0908Near our San Francisco house/apartmenthttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0905.jpgIMG_0905I think drinking from the toilet water fountain was the highlight of the day for Charlie.2014-04-10T04:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/02/04/apartment-decor-mass-transit-comparison-youre-welcome-braces-removal/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0935.jpgIMG_0935Two wee prints from the DAM gift shop and the Zeppelin poster from San Francisco to cover the asylum-white wallshttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0939.jpgIMG_09392014-04-10T04:32:37+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/02/11/denver-library-washington-park-colorado-senate-the-lego-movie-hard-rock-cafe-the-brown-palace-hotel/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0965.jpgIMG_0965https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0963.jpgIMG_0963https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0961.jpgIMG_0961https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0960.jpgIMG_0960https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0958.jpgIMG_0958https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0952.jpgIMG_0952https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0950.jpgIMG_0950Washington Parkhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0947.jpgIMG_0947Washington Parkhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0945.jpgIMG_0945https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0943.pngIMG_09432014-04-10T04:31:27+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/02/12/the-peoples-republic-of-boulder/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0980.jpgIMG_0980https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0979.jpgIMG_0979https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0978.jpgIMG_0978https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0976.jpgIMG_0976https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0975.jpgIMG_09752014-04-10T04:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/02/18/rachels-quilt-is-ready-after-only-ten-years/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0988.jpgIMG_0988https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0994.jpgIMG_0994The quilt is folded over. Barb's holding it behind Rachel.2014-04-10T04:29:48+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/02/22/cocoa-beach-florida-spring-break-krugers-gone-wild/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_09991.jpgIMG_0999Lynn is recovering from a badly-broken leg.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0050.jpgIMG_0050https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0049.jpgIMG_0049Laurel has enjoyed going through Grandma & Grandpa's extensive record collection and then actually listening to some of the records. Laurel had never before heard a record. Mary & Lynn said the records that Laurel liked (pictured) had all belonged to Wayne. So they have the same musical taste!https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1031.jpgIMG_1031https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1025.jpgIMG_1025https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1023.jpgIMG_1023Laurel thought these dirtier-looking pelicans a littler further down the pier looked like chimney sweeps. She sang, "Step in time! Step in time! Never need a reason, never need a rhyme!" (We recently watched Mary Poppins.)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1021.jpgIMG_1021https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1017.jpgIMG_1017https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1012.jpgIMG_1012https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1011.jpgIMG_10112014-04-10T04:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/02/25/merritt-island-national-wildlife-refuge-kennedy-space-center/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1095.jpgIMG_1095https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1094.jpgIMG_1094https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1089.jpgIMG_1089https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1086.jpgIMG_1086https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1083.jpgIMG_1083https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1070.jpgIMG_1070https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1069.jpgIMG_1069https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1060.jpgIMG_1060https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/yourphoto.jpgYourPhotohttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1058.jpgIMG_10582014-04-10T03:24:26+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/02/28/goodbye-florida/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1122.jpgIMG_1122https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1110.jpgIMG_1110It's a lie!https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1109.jpgIMG_1109Saying goodbye to Uncle Roldan the night before we lefthttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1101.jpgIMG_1101https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1100.jpgIMG_1100https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1079.jpgIMG_1079Another Kennedy Space Center photo: Relieving oneself in space is apparently quite a production, involving a camera, video monitor, and careful planning (also being strapped on to the toilet).https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1075.jpgIMG_10752014-04-10T03:16:12+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/03/04/breckenridge-colorado/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1233.jpgIMG_1233https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1231.jpgIMG_1231https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1221.jpgIMG_1221https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1218.jpgIMG_1218https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1213.jpgIMG_1213https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1211.jpgIMG_1211https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1210.jpgIMG_1210https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1209.jpgIMG_1209https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1208.jpgIMG_1208https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1207.jpgIMG_12072014-04-10T03:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/03/05/dog-sledding/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1252.jpgIMG_1252https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1249.jpgIMG_12492014-04-10T03:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/03/06/cross-country-skiing/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1262.jpgIMG_1262It's a beautiful view there, including the view from the lodge where we ate lunch.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1261.jpgIMG_12612014-04-10T03:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/03/12/ice-skating-city-park-denver-history-colorado-museum/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/yearbook-photo-1.jpgYearbook Photo-1Charlie's "Yearbook Photo" from History Coloradohttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/yearbook-photo.jpgYearbook PhotoLaurel's "Yearbook Photo" from 1920 Keota, Colorado - a tiny Plains town that no longer exists. Museum visitors can take a self-portrait and use that portrait with 1920's hairstyles and clothing. :-)https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0106.jpgIMG_0106Dave insisted I sit in his Camaro to get a sense of its awesomeness.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0102.jpgIMG_0102Pikes Peak as seen from Gateway Mesa Open Space in Castle Rockhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1319.jpgIMG_1319https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1315.jpgIMG_1315https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1313.jpgIMG_1313Laurel tried the ski jump in the section of the museum dedicated to mountain life.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1307.jpgIMG_1307https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1301.jpgIMG_1301The time machine at History Colorado can be moved to different places on the floor which is a map of Colorado. Depending on where you move it and what year you set it to, you get a different story about the people and events of that location and time.https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1298.jpgIMG_12982014-04-10T02:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/03/17/flashback/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/laurel1.jpgLaurelhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charlie.jpgCharlie2014-04-10T02:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/03/27/boston-now-with-pictures/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_9242.jpgIMG_9242https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000718.jpgP1000718https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000710.jpgP1000710https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000707.jpgP1000707https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000706.jpgP1000706https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000688.jpgP1000688https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000684.jpgP1000684https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000648.jpgP1000648https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000644.jpgP1000644https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000621.jpgP10006212014-04-10T02:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/04/vancouver-vancouvre/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1505.jpgIMG_1505https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1504.jpgIMG_1504https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1490.jpgIMG_1490https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1487.jpgIMG_1487https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1463.jpgIMG_1463https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1461.jpgIMG_1461https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1460.jpgIMG_1460https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1453.jpgIMG_1453https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1452.jpgIMG_1452https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1447.jpgIMG_14472014-04-10T02:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/2014/04/08/university-of-british-columbia-wreck-beach-museum-of-anthropology/https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1509.pngIMG_1509https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1538.jpgIMG_1538An ugly clock tower! Who knew it was possible?https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1570.jpgIMG_1570https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1569.jpgIMG_1569https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1565.jpgIMG_1565https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1563.jpgIMG_1563https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1561.jpgIMG_1561https://travelswithcharlieandlaurel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1553.jpgIMG_1553There was a gallery in the museum dedicated to the experiences of the students of St. Michael's Indian Residential School. 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