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Gathering in Champaign Mom at O'Hare Jane at O'Hare Amsterdam's Airport Dad making faces in Haarlem Our first table of people Kiwifruit in ice Golden Tulip I think I may have been taking a picture of Haarlem From the bus Cows All countries have cows, I guess Windmill Roundabout Dutch Boat Rembrandt Sculture Boats and Houses In Amsterdam's harbors People taking Pictures Ken, Dad, and Mom Loads of bridges I like the effect on this one. Bridges at an angle Experimenting. Drawbridge Houseboat No Parking In Water "But officer, I left my car here..." No Parking in the Weeds "What do you mean you towed it?" NEMO I don't remember what this was Lion-on-a-boat Pretty fruit I should work here I do work here! So much food Yay for provided Indian food! Aalsmeer Flower Auction The world's biggest flower auction. Aalsmeer Flower Auction Not too much to say about it right now, except that I'm awed by it. Aalsmeer Flower Auction This is the actual auction bit. Aalsmeer Flower Auction And these are the flowers and plants being moved around. Aalsmeer Flower Auction You can learn more at www.aalsmeer.com. Aalsmeer Flower Auction Or you can just look on in awe Aalsmeer Flower Auction Keeping all of this organized...what a job! Aalsmeer Flower Auction And these are just one batch of sunflowers! Aalsmeer Flower Auction Rock on. Water Walls I forget where this was. Bird in the water It was a giant show that was put up to show off flowers for a year... Monitors ...that was also there to show off technology and such. Water Rooms A fascinating place, all told. Graveyard But it was only up for a year. After that, it was taken down. Haarlem Organ A beautiful organ, but I couldn't stay awake for the whole thing Haarlem Organ, no Head It's still beautiful Should have stolen this sign... Fish Fountain I forget which palace this was in. Probably a Dutch one. Garden Beautiful layout, neh? Huge fountain Just before it started actually running, mind you. Huge fountain, just starting Huge Fountain, half-way started Jenny Holzer sign In Arnhem; this sign absolutely fascinated me, as it put up all sorts of random messages while it looked like it was just part of the museum (and not one of the art pieces) <FISH>< It's always bad to let me have LEGOs. <FISH>< Another angle Elephant Crossing Look! It says it! Asterix-themed restaurant I love Asterix. Koln The world's largest cathedral, at least it was at one point. Lizard Lizard Lizard Donna Going after a red squirrel, I think. Lilypads Pretty! Rosary Peas Don't Eat! Rosary Peas Less glare here, but no sign. Dad and a plant I think it was a geranium, but I forget. Dad and a plant, II He certainly liked its height, anyway. Statue Neptune, IIRC. Duck Boring animals, but animals nonetheless. Buttresses Look! They fly! Stained Glass Giant Organ I do like organs. Latin A bit too dark, though. Swords Behind a fence, of course. License Plate OS 6666 - the only operating system more evil than Windows Jane and Jane Drinking Champagne in Koln Wine I have nothing to say about this stuff Wine 2 ...except that Dad wanted the shots. Wine 3 These were probably the Serbian wines. Wine 4 Dad and Jane *loved* the chewiness. Rhein Riverboat Down the Rhein Mating Insects For Danny Rhein Castles everywhere... Rows of Grapes From the top of a castle. A nifty one. Rhein and Grapes Also from the top of the castle. Dave the Chef Ken the Chef Another good sign "Cars should run over young children playing ball in the street" Free-floating dog food At a rest-stop. So cool! Giant ducks! "Flower duckie, you're the one! You make gardens lots of fun!" Emergency kit in Zurich Minibars are always expensive, but this is one of the world's most expensive countries... Hedge Trimmer Don't we all want one of these? Going up! Going up on a train to the top of a large mountain... Switzerland Switzerland again I climbed to the top the fastest of our group. There are advantages to being young. Switzerland Swiss Cross It's like the Red Cross, but...oh, forget it. Swiss Mountain Flowers Probably for Dad. Swiss forest It really was gorgeous. My fear of heights can be beaten by beauty. People on the cablecar We went back down on a cable car. I was scared, I admit. But I know others were too, so I don't feel that bad. Cable car view Lucerne Lion It's in Latin! But I can't read it from this shot. More Latin Grr...I should find a real copy of it. I remember being able to translate it there... "Beauty Free" The Ugly Shop Cleaned-up Notre Dame Cleaned-up Notre Dame Cleaned-up Notre Dame Notre Dame Stained Glass Notre Dame I've since learned about the "how to use flashes" thing Notre Dame Stained Glass Sometimes you get a good shot, even without light. Notre Dame, Back Roman Column It has a name, but I forgot it. It's gorgeous, though. Eiffel Tower, and Words of Greeting Eiffel Tower Our Group (most of it) Behind the Tower Not-playing peacock Running peacock Peacocks are annoying Versailles is large Versailles Security More fun signs "No talking unless we're paying you!" Versailles Security No Focus We weren't allowed flashes, and I wasn't deleting pictures at this point. Yay LaPlace! I like his transforms Versaille Great Hall And people wonder why the French revolted... LaPlace again And my thumb! Oh, how much I've learned in a year. LaPlace No thumb Versaille's Gardens And Dad taking picture of topiaries. I really did have a good time with him. More Versailles Versailles Walkway Paris From one of the temples on a tall hill; I should have done these captions before Me I figured out at some point that it would be good to get a shot of myself. Paris Airport One final shot before I left

Note that I wasn't deleting pictures at this point. About half of the labels are from 2003/05/27, when I felt guilty enough to add them.

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