Beautiful flowers in the Tapestry Gallery | Bigkitty Gallery

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You keep watch, and I'll go this way.

You can't find me!

Working our way down the river

Wonderful colors in the clouds!

Winter Garden glass above

Windows in the staircase

Whole house call buttons

Which way do we go now?

Where jarred food was kept

Where are you going?

What do you see?

West View Map 3

West View Map 2

West View Map 1

Welcome arch to the island

Weedy Sea dragon

We met up with Sandra from our 2020 cruise

We found a bear!

Wall decorations in Billiard Room

Walkway to the gardens

Walking to the next hole

Walking around the Italian Garden

Waiting for a turn

View towards the mountains out back

View off the patio

View of the tapestry above this fire place

View of the South Terrace from third floor

View of the field in front of the estate

View of the Conservatory

View of the back of the Biltmore Estate

View into the Banquet Hall from the hallway above

View from our cabin

View from back of the timeshare

View above the fireplace in the Banquet Hall

Video played talking about the estate's history

Very large fish!

Us with Cape Liberty Lighthouse

Us at one of the ruins

Upstairs hallway

Up into the wagon

Up close picture 2

Up close picture 1

Underground hallway

Under the train track

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 3

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 2

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 1

Types of seahorses

Turned over tree

Try to decorate your plate like this.

Train track inside the Conservatory

Top view of the indoor pool

Time to go somewhere

Third floor Living Hall - view 2

Third Floor Living Hall

The Vanderbilt Family at the statue in the front

The tigers who live here

The Third Floor Living Hall - view 3

The Tapestry Gallery - view 2

The Tapestry Gallery - view 1

The sun is only found reflecting in the clouds.

The sun goes down on a beautiful day in Aruba

The statues of the people listed on the sign

The start of "Wine Lovers - the Musical"

The sign for the people gathered in the Banquet Hall

The Salon - view 2

The Salon - view 1

The pier after we docked

The other deviled shrimp sopa

The Music Room - view 3

The Music Room - view 2

The Music Room - view 1

The middle of the Winter Garden

The Library above the mantel and ceiling view

The Library - view 2

The Library - view 1

The Gardens Railway in the Conservatory

The Free Radical from Radical Adventures

The flowers on the table in the Salon

The flags of the Harvest Caye

The fish are served with rice and shredded cabbage

The fire station's decorations

The different people represented in the Banquet Hall

The ceiling in the Salon

Taxidermy decorations in the Banquet Hall

Tapestry in Banquet Hall

Taking the bus to the drop area

Street view of St Anthony's Garden

Street sign of the Court of Two Sisters

Starting the shrimp

Standing at a big rock

South View Map 2

South View Map 1

Some calm waters

Snorkeling Selfie!

Sniffing around

Sitting room along the hallway

Sitting room - view 2

Sitting room - view 1

Sitting area of a bedroom

Sign for Louis XV Room

Side view of the Rose Garden in early spring

Side of Bienville statue

Setting out on a catamaran sunset sail

Serving Dishes decorating the Banquet Hall

Serving dish closet

Servant's dining room

Seeing his flips from below

Second snorkel spot

Seasoned the plantains

Seal heads bobbing

Sea lions and Harbor seals playing - seen from below

Sea lions and Harbor seals having fun - seen from above

Saying on the Café Du Monde cups

Sally is over 100 years old!

Sailing past Cozumel heading to Costa Maya

Sailing around St Lucia

Room name card - Van Dyck

Room card - Madonna Room

Right side of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

Redtail catfish

Real pictures of Pauline and Cornelia

Real pictures of Edith and George

Real pictures of Cornelia and cousin John

Real picture of Florence Twombly

Real photos of George Vanderbilt, and Adele and James Burden

Random statue in NOLA

Rafting through the river

Pottery Storage

Port - Punta Langusta in Cozumel

Polar bear having fun with bag flips - seen from above

Poison dart frogs

Pipe organ in Banquet Hall

Picture of George Vanderbilt

Piano in the sitting room along the hallway

Photos of the statue people in the Living Hall

Pelican Adventures - the company we sailed with

Peeking trough the trees

Pauline Merrill and Cornelia Vanderbilt

Part of the Garden Railway outside the Conservatory

Panorama view of the Pitons

Pacu! See how big they are!

Outside the Conservatory

Other upper view of the Banquet Hall

Other tapestry in Banquet Hall

Other random statues in NOLA

Original version

Original Café Du Monde

One towel animal

On the way to Clingmans dome

Oh look! It's another human!

Not I can say I've been down Bourbon Street

Northern View Map

North View Map 2

Night sky starting to show

Nice grandfather clock

Nice architecture along Bourbon St

Next up - Lightly seasoned fish

NCL Getaway Aft view

NCL Dawn lit up for evening fun

NCL Dawn before sunset

NCL Dawn at port in Aruba

NC and TN border on the Pigeon River

Nature bent the tree

My balcony view!

Mural room in the basement

MSY Mardi Gras 2023

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Motor for air to the pipe organ

More of the staircase

More mountain views

Monkeys were hiding in these trees.

Monkeys are in there

Modern day Café Du Monde

Model of the Estate stair wall

Miami is getting smaller!

Martha in Edith's room

Martha and George in the Tapestry Gallery

Map of the Gardens and Trails

Lounging around

Louis XV Room - view 4

Louis XV Room - view 3

Louis XV Room - view 2

Louis XV Room - view 1

Looking out through the covered walkway to the Rose Garden

Look how wonderful this view is!

Look how they filled in every gap with all different sizes of rocks

Look how clear the water is in St. Lucia

Look at all of those seals!

Lion at the front of the house

Linens hang dry

Light shower as we headed back

Lets head into that rapid

Leopard roaming

Left side of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

Leaving the city behind for open waters!

Leaving Miami, FL

Leafy Sea Dragon

Lazy white tiger

Last view of Bienville statue

Landscape Highlights

Kitchen - view 3

Kitchen - view 2

Kitchen - view 1

Jackson Square Water Fountain in front of St Louis Cathedral

Inside the Van Dyck Room

Inside the Madonna Room

Inside Café Du Monde

Information about William Matthews

Information about the Walled Garden

Information about the Conservatory

Information about Fredrick Law Olmsted who designed the Gardens

I think they are a bit too thick...

Humpback whale skeleton

House plants to welcome you in

History of Bienville - a part of NOLA in the French Quarter

Historic info for The Court of Two Sisters

Here is where the alligator started

He's watching me!

Hatfields and McCoys

Harvest Caye Port life preserver

Hanging out on the Waterfront

Grouper with sauteed vegetables and tamarind sauce

Group of horseshoe crabs

Great view to the dome

Great restaurant we went to

Great picture of the moon

Great details in the ceiling

Great day to head out to sea!

Great aft waves!

Gran Plaza sign

Good food and wine

Goliath Grouper

Going on the prowl

Going back down after playing golf

Glassware storage

Getting closer to the pitons

Garden Train going by...

Further into the hallway

Full view of the indoor pool

Front of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

Frank the Penguin

First snorkel spot

First sea day sunset

Finding Nemo fish

Famous St Lucia Pitons viewed from a catamaran

Exercise room - view 3

Exercise room - view 2

Exercise room - view 1

Even the fire trucks get decked out for Mardi Gras

Erica's favorite view - west

Erica's dessert plate decorated

Erica with the sunset

Erica on the dome

Erica in the penguin tube

Erica hugging Brian

Entry into the cold storage room

Entering the Walled Garden

Entering the Rose Garden

Embarkation Day

Edith's office - view 2

Edith's office - view 1

Edith's bedroom - view 2

Edith's bedroom - view 1

Edith and George Vanderbilt

East View Map 2

East View Map 1

Dumb waiter to send food upstairs

Downstairs dining

Dory and Marlin

Door to china room

Dolphins seen throughout the video

Different sea urchin

Deviled Shrimp sautéing

Details on the walls of the staircase

Dessert - Caramelized Plantains with Chocolate Taquila sauce

Decoration up the stairs

Decatur - this is how street signs are done - in sidewalks

Dad's favorite view

Dad below the dome

Cruise terminal in the distance

Crossing the driveway to the Gardens

Cozumel night lights

Cougar scratching the branch

Costa Maya waters at the port

Costa Maya Port life raft

Cornelia and cousin John in a room

Coral reef info

Conservatory ceiling

Conservatory - view 1

Clouds give beautiful colors during a sunset.

Closer picture of us

Close up of the walls

Chocolate Tequila sauce for the plantains

China Storage - view 3

China Storage - view 2

China storage - view 1

Chef Luis and Moses

Chef Erica at Playa Mia

Chef Brian at Playa Mia

Chambered nautilus

Chacchoben Ruins map

Café Du Monde Menu

Butler in the china room

Buffet Morning Greeter

Brian's dessert plate decorations

Brian with the sea urchin

Brian hugging Erica

Brian and Cheryl go shopping

Breakfast room lounge area

Brad and Cheryl

Bottom of the spiral staircase

Bookshelf in the Library

Biltmore Estate

BilliardRoom - view 3

Billiard Room - view 2

Billiard Room - view 1

Beignets and orange juice

Beignets and hot chocolate

Bed side of the room

Beautiful view 2

Beautiful view 1

Beautiful plants

Beautiful piece of furniture

Beautiful flowers in the Tapestry Gallery

Beach view on island opposite Cape Liberty Lighthouse

Bathroom for the Louis XV Room

Basement staircase

Banquet Hall - view 4

Banquet Hall - view 3

Banquet Hall - view 2

Banquet Hall - view 1

Balls are too close

Average black bear

Artwork in the staircase

Artwork behind the people

Artic Mural (going backwards)

Approaching the island

Another view outside the Conservatory

Another great ceiling

And the last sun sets to end our cruise.

And so ends a great day in Aruba.

Along side of the Walled Garden

Almost to the bottom

Alligator visitor

All ready to go!

All cooked ready for the shrimp

Aft view of the NCL Dawn

A Vanderbilt House Party - The Gilded Age

A tapestry without people in front of it.

A servant's room

A model of the house in the Conservatory

A model of the Conservatory

A higher view of the staircase

A globe near the Library Room

A different servant's room

A different hallway

A different bedroom

A bedroom - view 4

A bedroom - view 3

A bedroom - view 2

A bedroom - view 1

3D artwork along the wall

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1 plate of Devil-style shrimp sopes

Brian and Cheryl

Caramelizing the plantains

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