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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Hvar

Also in Croatia. I think this was Hvar. Beautiful dock with places to shop on the water. We all bought lavender which is native to the area. I also bought lavendar and rosemary oil from an older lady who spoke a couple of words of English but entirely by accident I discovered German worked. (I think when I'm trying to communicate and I can't say a word that is my my almost unconcious effort. I just sort of realized we were speaking German. She was taken with Katya and asked if she could give her a little gift of a little bag of lavendar - which I will put in one of her dresser drawers.

Dancing in Croatia

I love this picture. This was our first stop off the boat in Croatia at an old fort. It was very hot. My mom took Katya under the canopy and danced with her.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Croatia first day

It's her store.

We went to an old garrison on a hill. Pete and Liz in an old underground jail.

Overlooking the water.

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Us outside Notre Dame

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First taste of raspberries and yogurt.

First taste of raspberries and yogurt at the hotel in Paris. Yogurt ended up being a favorite.

Some cool stuff from the Cluny

St. Katerina

Awesome ceiling in gothic room - missing from picture my mom and Katya crawling around on the floor (with a bag of wipes.)

Carved head on a platter. John the Baptist.

Reliquary foot. Reliquaries were used to carry holy relics, often bones of Saints were put in containers matching the part of the body the relic was supposed to have come from. Here's a foot. Way cool, huh?

Pictures from our trip 1 - Cluny Museum

We started out with a long flight (6 hours - Katya was great) with a days layover in Paris. Here we are at the Cluny Museum looking at some cool Medieval art. The top one we are standing next to the sculpted heads of the Kings of Judea which were originally on Notre Dame. They were decapitated during the French Revolution as symbols of monarchy and then buried. They were eventually replaced with new heads, but here are the originals right next to us. Way cool.