***** Australia ***********************************



    The Queen Victoria Building in downtown Sydney

    The Sydeny harbour

    Extreme views of the Great Barrier Reef... from the air and underwater.

    Fitzroy Island... we kayaked around it.

    Liz & I in front of the Sydney Opera House

    Sydney harbour by night and an unexpected visitor in the rainforest

      ***** Europe ***********************************



    Nic on the way to Frankfurt

    The kids with Toby & Maike Zintel as well as cartoon character "Bartje"
    Assen, Holland

    Frankfurt Int'l airport in Germany

    The Church in Provins, France.
    UNESCO classified village.

    Christmas 2004
    was spent in Europe with Nonno & Nonna.
    A few days with friends in Holland & then time in Belgium. Dad had to go to Paris for a meeting.


    Majestic Notre-Dame de Paris in the winter.

    Nic, exhilirated by the train ride from Holland to Belgium

    Paris's upscale shopping district, lit up for Christmas

    Liz & the kids in front of mini-Italy, at the foot of Brussel's Atonium



    Sophie riding the carrousel.

    Courrousel de la Tour Eiffel

    On the Eiffel Tower... we took the stairs!




    Summer 2006

    While visiting Nonno & Nonna in Belgium, we spent A few days in western France and stayed at the Ch�teau de la Motte, a "bed & breakfast" near Ch�tellerault. We made a very brief stop in Paris on the way there and an afternoon at the Ch�teau de Chenonceau.

    The photos with no captions are of the Ch�teau de la Motte

    Among the images:
    Various pics of the ch�teau's exterior
    Guestroom - Isabeau de Poitiers
    Sunrise over the terrace
    Marie-Andr�e's chimney
    L'escalier
    Roses along the entrance
    The dining room
    and a few more of the exterior, and one more of our room, along the bottom

    This spot is a "must-stay"!










    Parterre at Chenonceau.

    Ch�teau de Chenonceau.

    The kids loved the maze at Chenonceau

    Dominic in front of the Royal Palace in Brussels, the day that Italy won the World Cup. Viva Italia!

    Parterre of Chenonceau.

    Us at the gate of the Ch�teau de Trazegnies, in the village where Liz is from.

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