Visiting our friends Tom and Nancy while in New Orleans
Grace and Andy on Bourbon Street in French Quarter of New Orleans
St Louis Cathedral in New Orleans
Grace and Andy on the St Charles Street car in New Orleans
Local Jazz talent in the French Quarter
Typical above ground cemetery in New Orleans, because the area is below sea level
Typical above ground cemetery in New Orleans, for those that have a few extra $
Taken from the Mississippi River, this is an example of the levies that surround the area of New Orleans. The building in the background is 5 stories, 2 of which you cannot see.
Grace with Sandra at the beach
Sandra and Amanda at the beach
Thanksgiving dinner with our friend Sandra's family in Pensacola Florida
Grace with Romeo's mother (Little Bit) and sister (Daisy)
Gracie riding her pony
Sandra's mom and brother Tommy
Grace and nephew Eric who came to visit
Famous star that came out with Eric to visit us
Grace and Andy at a restaurant on the waterfront near home
Denise, Jimmy, Grace and Andy at the B&B where we stayed during our visit to Mt Rainier
Grace and Andy on Mount Rainier at the visitor center
September 2007
Jimmy, on Mount Rainier, pointing to the summit as it appears thru the clouds. Mt Rainier is the tallest mountain in the lower 48, 14,410 feet high.
My new friends at Le Duna Hotel in Sabaudia
Francisco, Ilaria, Luca
June 2007
Rome - The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Rome Forum.
June 2007
Rome - The Collosseum - Opened in 72 AD
Inside the Colosseum - a vast amphitheatre with seating for 55,000 that was designed as an arena for animal fighting and gladiatorial battles
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Andy & Grace with our friends Vincenzo and Franca who live in Rome
Andy's friend Kevin in one of Rome's Ruins
Andy in one of Rome's Ruins
One of Rome's many Ruins which are within the city, surrounded by modern civilization
Castel Sant' Angelo
Altare Della Patria
The start of a 2 hour line to get into the Vatican. The Vatican wall behind the people
The Vatican Museum - The Map Gallery - Paintings of maps of all the provinces of Italy
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Built between 1475 and 1483, in the time of Pope Sixtus IV. The chapel is rectangular in shape and measures 40.93 meters long by 13.41 meters wide, i.e. the exact dimensions of the Temple of Solomon, as given in the Old Testament
Sacrifice of Noah, Original Sin and the Banishment from Eden, Creation of Eve, Creation of Adam, Separation of land from sea
The ceiling of the Chapel is actually rectangular and flat, but Michelangelo being a sculptor, painted in 3D
Michelangelo illustrates simultaneously Original Sin (Genesis 3:1-13) and the banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. The two episodes are separated by the tree of good and evil, around which the serpent is wrapped.
Michelangelo painted the Last Judgment over the altar of the Sistine Chapel between 1535 and 1541
The walls were not painted by Michelangelo. The north wall, the stories of Christ - this one is the Baptism of Christ
The Swiss Guards of The Vatican
Andy & Grace in St. Peter's Square
St. Peter's Square
Statues of Jesus (center) atop St. Peter's
Inside St. Peter's Basilica
The Pieta inside St. Peter's Basilica
At our friend's home in Rome - Vincenzo and Franca
The entrance to the depths of the Catacombs
A painting of Jesus inside one of the tunnels of the Catacombs
Inside one of the many tunnels of the Catacombs. On each side the cutouts are the tombs of the early Christians that were buried here.
St. Paul's Church
The tomb of St. Paul, within St. Paul's Church
St. Paul's Church - Just above the columns, you can see a circular painting of all the Popes, going around this church
St. Paul's Church
A close-up of Pope Benedict XVI, the present pope.
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Scalla di Spagna - The Spanish Steps
Fontana di Trevi
Designed by Nicola Salvi for Pope Clemente XII, it was completed in the second half of the 1700s
Fontana di Trevi
Tradition has it that throwing a coin over your shoulder into the fountain guarantees a swift return to the world's most beautiful city
Hawaii, Feb 2007
Andy, Grace, Nancy and Jerry at the "Place of Refuge" south of Kona
Hawaii, Feb 2007
The "Painted Church" south of Kona
Hawaii, Feb 2007
Volcano National Park, Big Island of Hawaii - the crater
Hawaii, Feb 2007
Volcano National Park, Big Island of Hawaii - in the rainforest
Hawaii, Feb 2007
Volcano National Park, Big Island of Hawaii - inside a lava tube
Hawaii, Feb 2007
Black Sand Beach, Big Island of Hawaii
Hawaii, Feb 2007
Big Island of Hawaii - a lava beach
Hawaii, Feb 2007
2 Green Sea Turtles at the Black Sand Beach, Big Island of Hawaii
Maui, March 2007
Maui Hill - very nice condo resort we stayed at in Maui
Maui, March 2007
View from out condo at the Maui Hill
Maui, March 2007
Grace and Andy on Maui
Maui, March 2007
Maui Sunset
Maui, March 2007
The play "'Ulalena" at the Maui Theatre
Maui, March 2007
Maui waterfall on the Road to Hana
Grace's BD dinner in the Eiffel Tower Restaurant atop the Paris Hotel, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, night shot on the strip
The Paris Hotel
Las Vegas
Grace with Lucy
Hugh Heffner with 2 of the newest Playboy Bunnies
Andy with Abe
Grace, GWB and Andy
Christmas Eve at Sammy and Rita's
Christmas Eve dinner at Patti and Anthony's
Christmas Eve - Grace with cousin Lisa
Christmas morning, Eric opening gifts
Christmas morning, Emanuel opening gifts. Note the excitement in his face :-)
Christmas at Denise & Jim's. Andy's family
Becca and Keith came up to Denise's to visit. These are our new friends that we met on our Baltic Cruise last summer.
Grace, Nancy, Arlene and Rosemarie at the Mahopac Country Club
Andy & Grace at the Mahopac Country Club
Shhhh - don't tell anyone
The crew
Jerry, Nancy, Rosemarie, Grace, Andy, Arlene, Kevin and John
Who are these people?
Taken at Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
Formal night onboard the Star Princess sailing the Baltic's
Downtown Copenhagen
Nyhvan Canal in downtown Copenhagen
Helsinki Finland - Jon Sibelius Park. Sibelius was a famous Finnish Composer
Helsinki Cathedral
Pop and Grace in the foreground
Oslo Norway - former Gestapo headquarters downtown
Oslo's Vigiland Park Vigiland was a famous sculptor
Oslo's Vigiland Park
The fountain is being held up by 6 men, symbolic of The Burdon of Life. The 20 Tree Groups around it showing Man's Relationship with Nature.
Oslo's Vigiland Park
One of 36 sculptures depicting The Cycle of Life. This one is Old Age.
Formal Night onboard the Star Princess, on the Grand Staircase.
St. Petersburg Russia - St. Isaac's Cathedral
St. Petersburg Russia -
The entrance to the Hermitage Museum.
St. Petersburg Russia -
The burial place of Czar Alexander II, in the Church of our Savior on Spilled Blood
St. Petersburg Russia -
The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood.
St. Petersburg Russia -
The back yard of the Peterhoff Palace.
Stockholm Sweden - The Golden Room inside City Hall. This is where all of the Nobel Prize's are awarded, except the Peace Prize.
Stockholm Sweden - Stortorget downtown area.
Stockholm Sweden -
The Vasa Viking Ship, sunk on its maiden voyage in 1628.
Stockholm Sweden -
The Vasa Viking Ship remained under water for 333 years, when it was found and raised in 1961.
Tallinn Estonia - The old town fortress.
The USS Abraham Lincoln, after returning from the Iraq War
Onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Andy in the Admiral's chair up in the bridge
May 2003
Onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Andy in the driver's seat up in the bridge
President Bush onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Notice he is eating with the enlisted folks, and not in some plush officers dining room.