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Serving dish closet

And so ends a great day in Aruba.

A bedroom - view 3

A globe near the Library Room

Motor for air to the pipe organ

Other upper view of the Banquet Hall

A bedroom - view 1

Sitting room - view 1

Kitchen - view 1

A tapestry without people in front of it.

Inside the Van Dyck Room

Full view of the indoor pool

Pottery Storage

Banquet Hall - view 3

Wall decorations in Billiard Room

The Third Floor Living Hall - view 3

View above the fireplace in the Banquet Hall

Billiard Room - view 2

Edith's office - view 2

Linens hang dry

Artwork behind the people

Edith's bedroom - view 2

Details on the walls of the staircase

Room name card - Van Dyck

Room card - Madonna Room

Bed side of the room

Banquet Hall - view 4

Billiard Room - view 1

Biltmore Estate

Landscape Highlights

The Library - view 2

A higher view of the staircase

Edith's bedroom - view 1

View into the Banquet Hall from the hallway above

Servant's dining room

Kitchen - view 3

Dumb waiter to send food upstairs

Real picture of Florence Twombly

Other tapestry in Banquet Hall

Serving Dishes decorating the Banquet Hall

Map of the Gardens and Trails

Up close picture 1

Winter Garden glass above

Great details in the ceiling

The Music Room - view 2

Martha and George in the Tapestry Gallery

Real pictures of Edith and George

Beautiful piece of furniture

A bedroom - view 2

A bedroom - view 4

Another great ceiling

Third Floor Living Hall

A different hallway

Sitting area of a bedroom

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 2

Information about William Matthews

Glassware storage

China Storage - view 2

Banquet Hall - view 1

Tapestry in Banquet Hall

Sitting room - view 2

A Vanderbilt House Party - The Gilded Age

The Salon - view 1

Beautiful flowers in the Tapestry Gallery

View of the tapestry above this fire place

Real pictures of Cornelia and cousin John

Edith's office - view 1

Martha in Edith's room

Photos of the statue people in the Living Hall

Windows in the staircase

Entry into the cold storage room

A different servant's room

Downstairs dining

China storage - view 1

Pipe organ in Banquet Hall

The sign for the people gathered in the Banquet Hall

Side view of the Rose Garden in early spring

Another view outside the Conservatory

Bottom of the spiral staircase

Real pictures of Pauline and Cornelia

Third floor Living Hall - view 2

Louis XV Room - view 3

Exercise room - view 2

China Storage - view 3

Walking around the Italian Garden

View of the Conservatory

Entering the Rose Garden

Beautiful plants

Model of the Estate stair wall

Lion at the front of the house

The flowers on the table in the Salon

The Music Room - view 1

Cornelia and cousin John in a room

Inside the Madonna Room

Louis XV Room - view 1

Louis XV Room - view 2

Artwork in the staircase

Underground hallway

Top view of the indoor pool

Kitchen - view 2

Door to china room

The statues of the people listed on the sign

View of the field in front of the estate

Entering the Walled Garden

Looking out through the covered walkway to the Rose Garden

Outside the Conservatory

The Gardens Railway in the Conservatory

Conservatory - view 1

Conservatory ceiling

Under the train track

Along side of the Walled Garden

Clouds give beautiful colors during a sunset.

Time to go somewhere

House plants to welcome you in

3D artwork along the wall

Breakfast room lounge area

Real photos of George Vanderbilt, and Adele and James Burden

The ceiling in the Salon

The Music Room - view 3

The Tapestry Gallery - view 1

The Library - view 1

Upstairs hallway

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 1

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 3

Exercise room - view 1

Banquet Hall - view 2

Taxidermy decorations in the Banquet Hall

Up close picture 2

View off the patio

The middle of the Winter Garden

The Salon - view 2

The Tapestry Gallery - view 2

Bookshelf in the Library

Nice grandfather clock

Edith and George Vanderbilt

A different bedroom

Louis XV Room - view 4

Bathroom for the Louis XV Room

A servant's room

Decoration up the stairs

Whole house call buttons

BilliardRoom - view 3

Walkway to the gardens

Information about the Walled Garden

Information about Fredrick Law Olmsted who designed the Gardens

Train track inside the Conservatory

Part of the Garden Railway outside the Conservatory

View of the back of the Biltmore Estate

View towards the mountains out back

Picture of George Vanderbilt

Sign for Louis XV Room

Further into the hallway

Mural room in the basement

Exercise room - view 3

Where jarred food was kept

Lounging around

The Vanderbilt Family at the statue in the front

The Library above the mantel and ceiling view

Pauline Merrill and Cornelia Vanderbilt

View of the South Terrace from third floor

Basement staircase

Video played talking about the estate's history

Crossing the driveway to the Gardens

A model of the house in the Conservatory

A model of the Conservatory

Information about the Conservatory

Garden Train going by...

Aft view of the NCL Dawn

What do you see?

More of the staircase

Sitting room along the hallway

The different people represented in the Banquet Hall

Pelican Adventures - the company we sailed with

Piano in the sitting room along the hallway

Butler in the china room

Wonderful colors in the clouds!

Lazy white tiger

More mountain views

Going on the prowl

NCL Dawn lit up for evening fun

Leopard roaming

NCL Dawn at port in Aruba

The sun goes down on a beautiful day in Aruba

Night sky starting to show

The sun is only found reflecting in the clouds.

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

The tigers who live here

Where are you going?

Sailing around St Lucia

Chacchoben Ruins map

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

Us at one of the ruins

Close up of the walls

Closer picture of us

The pier after we docked

The fire station's decorations

Approaching the island

The flags of the Harvest Caye

NCL Getaway Aft view

Welcome arch to the island

Harvest Caye Port life preserver

Next up - Lightly seasoned fish

Look how clear the water is in St. Lucia

Polar bear having fun with bag flips - seen from above

Try to decorate your plate like this.

Street sign of the Court of Two Sisters

Costa Maya Port life raft

Brian's dessert plate decorations

Caramelizing the plantains

Chocolate Tequila sauce for the plantains

Snorkeling Selfie!

Erica's dessert plate decorated

Historic info for The Court of Two Sisters

Costa Maya waters at the port

Seasoned the plantains

I think they are a bit too thick...

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

Café Du Monde Menu

Artic Mural (going backwards)

Cougar scratching the branch

Seeing his flips from below

1 plate of Devil-style shrimp sopes

Inside Café Du Monde

Which way do we go now?

Original version

Starting the shrimp

Panorama view of the Pitons

Original Café Du Monde

Grouper with sauteed vegetables and tamarind sauce

All cooked ready for the shrimp

The other deviled shrimp sopa

Beignets and hot chocolate

Sea lions and Harbor seals having fun - seen from above

Sea lions and Harbor seals playing - seen from below

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Northern View Map

Brian with the sea urchin

Deviled Shrimp sautéing

Look how wonderful this view is!

Chef Luis and Moses

Beignets and orange juice

The fish are served with rice and shredded cabbage

Famous St Lucia Pitons viewed from a catamaran

Getting closer to the pitons

We met up with Sandra from our 2020 cruise

Chef Brian at Playa Mia

Jackson Square Water Fountain in front of St Louis Cathedral

Not I can say I've been down Bourbon Street

Left side of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

Different sea urchin

Beautiful view 2

Dessert - Caramelized Plantains with Chocolate Taquila sauce

Saying on the Café Du Monde cups

Street view of St Anthony's Garden

Turned over tree

Chef Erica at Playa Mia

Front of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

South View Map 2

Right side of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

Modern day Café Du Monde

Nice architecture along Bourbon St

Very large fish!

Chambered nautilus

Peeking trough the trees

Beautiful view 1

North View Map 2

Sally is over 100 years old!

East View Map 2

Frank the Penguin

East View Map 1

West View Map 1

Dory and Marlin

Erica's favorite view - west

South View Map 1

Standing at a big rock

Weedy Sea dragon

Dad's favorite view

Erica on the dome

Types of seahorses

Dad below the dome

Oh look! It's another human!

Finding Nemo fish

Group of horseshoe crabs

Great view to the dome

Humpback whale skeleton

Coral reef info

West View Map 3

Monkeys were hiding in these trees.

Cruise terminal in the distance

Pacu! See how big they are!

Nature bent the tree

Great restaurant we went to

On the way to Clingmans dome

West View Map 2

The Free Radical from Radical Adventures

Leafy Sea Dragon

Hatfields and McCoys

Gran Plaza sign

Redtail catfish

Erica in the penguin tube

Goliath Grouper

All ready to go!

Great aft waves!

Poison dart frogs

Taking the bus to the drop area

Balls are too close

Last view of Bienville statue

NC and TN border on the Pigeon River

My balcony view!

Miami is getting smaller!

Great day to head out to sea!

Walking to the next hole

Leaving the city behind for open waters!

Waiting for a turn

Light shower as we headed back

Some calm waters

Leaving Miami, FL

Up into the wagon

Side of Bienville statue

Rafting through the river

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

Even the fire trucks get decked out for Mardi Gras

Port - Punta Langusta in Cozumel

Other random statues in NOLA

Random statue in NOLA

You can't find me!

We found a bear!

Sniffing around

Average black bear

Almost to the bottom

MSY Mardi Gras 2023

Brian hugging Erica

Erica hugging Brian

Going back down after playing golf

The start of "Wine Lovers - the Musical"

Embarkation Day

He's watching me!

First sea day sunset

NCL Dawn before sunset

Erica with the sunset

Here is where the alligator started

Setting out on a catamaran sunset sail

Sailing past Cozumel heading to Costa Maya

View from back of the timeshare

Alligator visitor

Cozumel night lights

Great picture of the moon

Us with Cape Liberty Lighthouse

And the last sun sets to end our cruise.

One towel animal

Beach view on island opposite Cape Liberty Lighthouse

Buffet Morning Greeter

Monkeys are in there

Second snorkel spot

First snorkel spot

View from our cabin

Hanging out on the Waterfront

Brian and Cheryl go shopping

Good food and wine

Brian and Cheryl

Brad and Cheryl

Lets head into that rapid

Working our way down the river

Look at all of those seals!

Dolphins seen throughout the video

Seal heads bobbing

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