Mom, Nancy, John and Julie in France
All images and captions courtesy of John Heintz, Artist.
After a hard day exploring the stomping ground of Louis XIV, Nancy, John,
Julie, and Lois decide to take the grotesquely uncomfortable tram around the
remainder of the Versailles garden. Lois smiles for the camera as she walks
away satisfied.
Posing for a momentary respite from their fun-filled day which varied
between trips to churches and burlesque shows, Lois, Nancy, and Julie pose
in front of Napoleon's own church, La Madeleine. The trick in this photo is
to see the cunningly placed tourist attractions in the background:
Cleopatra's Needle in the center of the most beautiful square in the world,
Place de la Concorde, the National Assembly, and the burial ground of
Napoleon himself, Invalides.
Mom and Julie contemplate the coming storm over the Eiffel Tower.
Nancy and Julie stare awkwardly at nothing, waiting for the picture to be
taken amidst the grand pillars of Napoleon's arrogantly built La Madeleine.
On Tuesday, Nancy, Julie, and Lois wait hopelessly for the weekends-only
fountains to start pumping. "Let's give them tem more minutes, then we'll
go."
After walking at least ten steps (after having taken a series of buses and
escalators), Nancy, Lois, and Julie breathlessly approach the highest point
in Paris.
Clouds move over Big Ben for the first warm rain of the visit to London.
A half-nude woman with a lion brandishes a stick while a golden fairy flies
out of the fountain in front of Buckingham Palace while Nancy, Julie, and
Lois strike a pose.
The black lines and shield of Buckingham Palace's gate with Lois, Julie, and
Nancy.
Julie, Lois, and Nancy stop for a photo as they head for the grand
underbelly of the Eiffel Tower.
Lois under the Eiffel Tower
Nancy walks through the crowd gathered in front of the big screen tv in
front of the Hotel de Ville to watch France play what will become their
eliminating match from the World Cup.
Lois, Nancy, and Julie smile in front of the London Eye on the Thames.
Nancy stops and smiles among the artists' umbrellas at Montmartre.
Julie opens her arms to the deer fleeing from her on the grounds around
Pemberly (Lyme National Park).
Lois and Julie pose before a curved stone wall on the grounds of Lyme Park.
John and Julie smile in the garden in front of Lyme Hall.
The garden of Lyme Hall with Lois and Julie in the distance.
Lois, Julie, and Nancy pose on the grounds around the back of Lyme Hall the
evening before they are able to return and visit the front and the garden.
(June 15, 2002, around 6pm)
Nancy and Julie smile in the garden of Pemberly.
Nancy and Lois walk out of the stone gate at Lyme Hall.
PROBABLY THE BEST PICTURE OF THE BUNCH: Nancy, Lois, and Julie pose under an
old tree at Shrigley Hall, the mansion-hotel that, as the crow flies, is
just one mile from Pemberly, but, as the car drives, is more like ten miles.
(Can you see Manchester in the distance?)
In the heart of Le Marais (The Swamp) in the fourth district of Paris sits
St. Paul's Cathedral. This unusual angle on St. Paul was taken from John's
top (fifth) floor kitchen window at 123, rue St. Antoine.
John eats a croissant in his kitchen.
