Ireland•London•Paris•Netherlands•Switzerland
2022 July
For the first post-COVID excursion, we hit up some favorite spots - Ireland, London, Paris, The Netherlands and Switzerland. Europe was blistering hot but it didn’t matter. Some London theatre, French cheese, Dutch masters, and Swiss schnitzel all welcomed us back to Europe.
Polaris lounge O'Hare - Surprisingly good fish
Bavarian fields arriving in Munich
Lufthansa 6A - ORD-MUC-DUB
Packing for a trip 2022 style
My favorite amenity - warm nuts and a nice Bordeaux
Just a light Bavarian breakfast
Small town in Ireland - Dinner break artwork
Spanish car (SEAT) - Irish roads - American drivers (Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo)
It's time to Eitiltí Amach
Interview setup in an Irish woods
Mt. Falcon Dinner - County Mayo
Mt. Falcon - County Mayo Hotel
Great Northern Hotel London Breakfast
Kings Cross St. Pancras
Not quite a "Full English Breakfast"
Trafalgar Square - 4th Plinth
Trafalgar Square - 4th Plinth sculpture
St. Paul's, Millenium Bridge, and some guy
King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe
G & T at Shakespeare's Globe
Jim warding off malaria with some tonic
National Gallery London
You say tomato. I say tomato.
Ochre at the Portrait Gallery London
Gielgud Theatre
Life of Pi at the Gielgud
Leicester Square and the theatre
Cruising past the Houses of Parliament
Electric taxi outside Kings Cross St. Pancras
London Eye from our Uber Boat
As your Uber Boat goes under Tower Bridge
Low tide
Uber Boat at the O2
Looking for Harry Potter at Kings Cross
The Shard and Tower Bridge
Indian food in London. Sign me up. Tasted much better than it looks.
Great Northern Hotel lobby
Post-theatre cocktails
104º at Kings Cross
The heat has followed us to Paris
Aboard the train through the Chunnel to Paris.
Canal St. Martin Paris
Astier doesn't disappoint
Parisian Graffiti
Cooling off and hydrating.
There's a cheese course coming
Kermit avert your eyes. Frog legs.
Country paté
Al fresco dining in Paris.
Our waitress entertaining us with another customer's baby
Baaa. A bit of lamb._
And now, the primary reason we're here
Berthillon on the Ile St. Louis on a hot night. Yes!
Pont Marie from the Ile St. Louis._
Work proceeds on Notre Dame
Scheduled to reopen in 2024? Let's hope.
Carnavalet.
La tour sparkles.
Carnavalet. The museum of Paris
Carnavalet window.
Filmmaking in Place des Vosges
104º
Place des Vosges. Brick pavement covered with dirt
Movie props at Place des Vosges
Hydration break
Ibis St. Martin
Dinner menu. St. Julien
Jaurès Metro Stop
Eggs and truffles. Sounds good. Tastes better.
Arriving in Amsterdam
It's starting to cool a bit. This helps.
Tasty chops.
Mathot Windmill
Mathot Interview Outside
Amsterdam G&T
Canalside grilled octopus.
Cantonese Pork Belly Amsterdam
Salad
Gambas
Amsterdam neighborhood
Haarlem interview
Dutch kitchen and KLM houses
Dutch door
Interview time
Street view
Haarlem staircase
2nd floor living space
Rain man.
Appealing store window
Gouda anyone?
"Oester" - tasting of the sea.
Rain? Let's duck in here
Prinsensluis café menu
Yes, they were as good as they look.
Bike jam.
Prinsensluis flowers
Rainy pavement
Canal boats
Grey Amsterdam from our hotel
Had to stop for this
Koffie break
Time to charge the gear
Amsterdam Centraal Canal
Avoiding the plague
Socially distant dining
Beer break
Restaurant de Plantage
Amsterdam Zoo
Canal Sunset
Walking back to our hotel at dusk
Tunnel decorations
Canal Cruise
Facetime with Washington
Thinking about captaining this vessel
Canal cruise
Amsterdam tower
Very careful parallel parking required
Amsterdam Centraal
Cigar box in a museum?
Dutch masters
Canal Cruise
Wardrobe shopping
The Night Watch being repaired
Just a little Vermeer
We need a new family portrait
Rijksmuseum library
Library staircase
Library panorama
Houseboat museum
Sunny canal
Houseboat museum
Houseboat museum
Houseboat museum
Afternoon canal cruise
Houseboat museum
Just a few bikes
Interesting vintage
Restaurant view
Hmmm
Salad course
Tasting (and tasty) menu
Cutlery right at hand. Under the table for each diner.
A little pork
Libations
Cracked chocolate
Final course
Tasting menu done
Off to Zurich
Swiss trains. Ahhhh
Dumplings on the terrace at Baur au Lac in Zurich.
Hiding from the sun under the Baur au Lac umbrellas
That's an original Chagall on the wall.
Guarding Lake Zurich
Kronenhalle bar
Kronenhalle cutlery
Swiss salmon
Crushed grapes nestled in wicker
Geschnetzeltes mit rösti
Work. Work. Work
Central Baden
The casino
Grilled octopus
Schnitzel