New Scrapbook

Did you notice that I have new pictures in the upper right of the blog? I found them on a thumb drive in my computer bag. They are from some of my travels at the beginning of the 2000's. Adrian said my mother would be proud of them, but not enough pictures of flowers.

You will see a lot of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture in Chicago. Those are from a train trip I took across the US. Eric and I went to Niagra Falls on that trip. It was stunning.

Then I went on a trip to London, Paris and Florence just as the war started in Iraq. I went by myself and had a pretty good time. You will see that I rode on the London Eye - a big ferris wheel that overlooks the whole city. Down river from that is the Tate Modern. Although I don't care for modern art, it seems that they have the best museums.

I took a cooking class in Florence, went to the market there before cooking with ladies I met there from Pasadena. That was strange to meet people from home. They took me on a private tour of the Uffizi art gallery as one of their traveling companions had opted out. Another reason for going to Florence was to see the door panels from the Baptistry door. They took down the originals when they found pollution was pitting them. The museum was closed when Karen Moore and I went to Florence years before, so I had to go back. The museum was amazing.

And, of course, Paris was Paris. Pompidou (more modern art), the Jacquemart-Andre Museum, Sacre Couer, Montmartre. All but the Pompidou was new to me. It's nice to revisit it by looking at these pictures. It would be nice to find another hidden thumb drive with pictures from my other trips.