gabriella & jd (and alex! and vincent!)

Pictures from our week vacation in Spain and France, the Basque region, with a little bit of the Rioja region of Spain.  We had a great time being back in Europe.  The food was amazing (cheese, French bread, Rioja wine) and we saw some fantastic sights. There were so many highlights it's hard to list them all.  Vincent loved sharing hotel beds with Alex.  Vincent loved to pee in the bidet in the Spanish hotels.  Alex loved counting the cows and sheep and horses.  Both boys became fans of "fizzy water". Day 1 Arriving Bilbao, Spain via Paris.  Good Friday in downtown Bilbao. Pinxtos (tapas in the Basque region).   Day 2 A sunny Saturday in Bilbao.  Playground and snacks and jazz trio by the Guggenheim. Drive to Bidart, France via San Sebastien, Spain.  Dinner in Bidart, France. Bilbao, Spain and Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France Day 3 Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France. Day 4 Biarritz, France Drive to Sare, France and take La Rhune, a 90 year old train to the top of s

more Altoona Passover pictures rest of the pictures => pictures Second night of Passover in Altoona. pictures To Altoona for Passover at Aunt Adele and Uncle Ed's. pictures Alex get and Erector Set from Z and GG for his 8th birthday! pictures Planting daffodils with Grannie.

pictures Fredericksburg, VA and George Washington's Ferry Farm (boyhood home). pictures Alex's piano recital. pictures Making lunch. pictures