#TBT: July abroad

I realized the other day that I have spent quite a few days of July abroad in recent years.  Here are a few photos from July excursions to Europe. Scenes from Montreal, Vienna, London and every one of the countries in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Stockholm, Antwerp, Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Florence, other points in Austria,

Rubens

Our first stop in Antwerp this past Monday was the Rubenshuis, or the house of Peter Paul Rubens, one of the most distinguished of the Flemish painters of the late Renaissance. He was a lover of Classicism and antiquity, so he remodeled a home in Antwerp in the latest Classical style, including a triumphal arch