The start of my 3 week work trip around the world, and had a few days of down time before the storm of airports and lecture halls to take in some Museums around London with my wife.
Darwin's castle, and home to most of his research and findings.
On the top floor, looking at the far wall. Each gilded fresco in the ceiling that represent every discovery.
The most popular family attraction in New York City. Visitors are greeted with a full-scale display of dinosaur skeletons preparing to fight.
Presidents Park is an educational museum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Inside the museum are educational centers, including a wall dedicated to the first ladies, and a gift shop.
The Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC should be on every museum lovers must see list. Lots of information throughout one can easily spend a full day learning all sorts of things from ancient cultures, long lost animals, and precious jewels.
More drawn to local bazaars than ancient ruins, I discovered that marble rubble and stone pillars can be just as thrilling as those carpets and hookahs.
Red Square in Moscow has been a center of power for centuries and is worth visiting again and again, at different times of year, with different light and different weather.
Inside the entrance to the Quadracci Pavilion
Under the Brise Soleil (wings open)
Portico at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, designed by Richard Meier.
Getty Center, Los Angeles. Architect: Richard Meier