San Luis Obispo

Misson San Luis Obispo Plaque

Mission San Luis Obispo

Statue of Father Junipero Serra

Mission Church Interior

Mission Church Interior

California Bears

Friendly Tank, San Luis Obispo Parked opposite my hotel, 2/12/07.

Tank + Small Altar Later, the natives started building a small altar.

Hearst Castle, San Simeon

Hearst Castle, in the distance.

Side Entrance With a copy of Donatello's David.

Outdoor Swimming Pool With (partly) authentic Roman Temple.

Outdoor Swimming Pool Being repaired at the boundary where the second pool was expanded to make the third pool.

Peristyle around outdoor pool.

Room in Guest house

Hearst Castle, Main Entrance

View, all of Hearst land.

Main Reception Room.

Dining Room

Indoor Swimming Pool

Indoor Swimming Pool

Hearst Castle Ceiling

Main Library

Hearst's own bedroom.

Room in Hearst's private suite

Private Library

Hearst Castle Kitchen With all modern conveniences!

Indoor Swimming Pool

Getty Center

Getty Center

Getty Center: tour

Getty Center: tour

Getty Center Garden

Icons of Sinai + Scotsman

Icons of Sinai: St Peter Late Roman, around the 6th Century.

Icons of Sinai: Christ Pantocrator Early 13th Century, Sinai.

The Emperor Diocletian Dispensing Justice By Lorenzo Monaco, around 1394. Also known as "The Martyrdom of Pope Caius".

Louis XIV After Hyacinthe Rigaud 1721. The King had multiple copies made of this portrait.

Getty Center + Scotsman

Getty Villa

Getty Villa

Getty Villa Entrance

Outer peristyle, looking south.

Stories in Stone: Mosiacs from Tunisia (Photo were forbidden inside exhibit.)

Inner Peristyle Looking out through the atrium.

Getty Villa

Hercules

Elephant

Inner Peristyle + Scotsman

Victorious Youth

Outer Peristyle, looking North

Scotsman in Outer Peristyle

East Side of Outer Peristyle