Denise, who kindly gave me a ride to the International Terminal at LAX
Crown Plaza London St. James Hotel - a Great Location on Buckingham Gate
Yes, these still exist in great quantites in London
Buckingham Palace, the official home of British Royalty
St. Stephen's Tower, more commonly know by the name of it's bell - Big Ben
Westminster Abbey
One of the Queen's Horse Guards (sans horse)
Admiralty House, headquarters of the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars
Tower Bridge over the Thames
A portion of the Tower of London
Richard, our Perillo tour guide, with his trademark umbrella
Changing of the Guard, Buckingham Palace
The band during the Changing of the Guard
Entrance to the British Museum. Note Diane in the right foreground.
Ramsees II, British Museum. The hole was drilled by the French trying to move the statue
The Rosetta Stone - one of the most important archeological finds in history. The same message in hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek allowed scholars to finally translate Egyptian hieroglyphics.
One of the many Egyptian mummies in the British Museum collection.
Lindow Man. A nearly 2,000 year old man found in a peat bog near Manchester. Suggests the British Isles were populated earlier than originally thought.
The Elgin Marbles of the Greek Parthenon. These figures form part of the front entrance frescos.
More of the Elgin Marbles of the Greek Parthenon. The British Museum has more of the Parthenon frescos than Greece does.
Entrance to Hampton Court, summer home of Henry VIII given to him by Cardinal Woolsey.
Inside Hampton Court.
Our tour guide at Hampton Court, dressed as Catherine Barr, one of the court ladies of the times.
Part of the Court Gardens. Edna is in the right foreground.
More of the Court Gardens.
Part of the famous Maze of Hampton Court. Larry's got to go!
Final view of one of the wings of Hampton Court.
Waiting for the bus to take us back to our hotel in London. Not our bus.
St. James Park with the War Ministry in the background.
Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, the hero of the battle of Trafalgar, where the massive French Invasion of England by Napolean was defeated by the smaller ships of Nelson and Howard.
The Eurostar train at Waterloo Station, London. We took this train through the Chunnel to Paris.
Isobelle, our Perillo tour guide in Paris.
The Arc De Triomphe. Ordered built by Napolean in 1804, it was finished around 1840. Rita and I made it to the top.
Pont Alexander, the most elaborate of the many bridges that span the Seine in Paris.
Nightfall overlooking Notre Dame on the Ile De La Cite
The Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Notre Dame Cathedral, Ile De La Cite, Paris
Closeup view of some of the detailing on the Cathedral wall.
Inside Notre Dame Cathedral
You really didn't want to be female and have to use the facilities near the Cathedral!
Some of the many stairs inside the Arc De Triomphe.
The Tour Eiffel from the top of the Arc De Triomphe.
A typical bistro on the Avenue Des Champs Elysees. Rita and I got $8 ice teas here.
The Great Obelisk of Ramsees II at the Place De La Concorde. A 3,800 years old gift to France from Egypt.
Sainte-Chapelle, one of the most beautiful churches in Paris. Hard to get an exterior picture, since the church is completely enclosed within government buildings.
The second floor of Sainte-Chapelle on Ile De La Cite, Paris
One of the many stained glass windows of Sainte-Chapelle
One final look at the beautiful detail work inside Sainte-Chapelle
"Le Pensovr", known to the rest of the world as Rodin's "The Thinker".
Rodin's famous Terracota Girl.
Rodin's "The Kiss"
Tomb of Napolean Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
The Carousel at the base of Sacre Coeur
Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart)
Another view of Sacre Coeur
My Brother Steven
Steven again
Steven and Jean Louis
Part of the wonderful dinner Steven cooked us - Roast Duck with Blueberries. Yum!
The Roman Coliseum
Some Legionaires stick it to us! Literally!!
More of the Roman Coliseum
Our tour guide, Mariangela, flanked by Terry and Rita.
Jennie wearing the Whisper used on our tour of the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum.
One of many pieces of art in the Vatican Museum.
Of course I did not take this picture inside the Sistine Chapel
A Swiss Guard at the Vatican.
St. Peter's Cathedral, the Vatican.
Vatican Square
Inside the Roman Coliseum, where they kept the lions underground.
The Ponte Vecchio over the Arno River, Florence
Florence, Italy
And who took this picture of David?
On the Ponte Vecchio
Cuff me, Please!
Fontana Di Trevi (the Trevi Fountains)
The Spanish Stairs
The Perillo Walking Team at Trevi Fountains
Part of the Roman Wall surrounding ancient Rome
The Catacombs of Rome. These are some of the common burial chambers.