In Lisbon our apartment had a great view to the southeast, across rooftops to the green landscape of the Old City leading uphill to the fort.

Local cafe on a small plaza in Barcelona, with kids play area to the left and bar seating behind us and to the right. Good food, too. Spain 2013

A view of the Place Catalunya from the Hotel Calderon in Barcelona, Spain, 2013. Slightly more grand than other boulevards in the center of the city, and a view up to the hills to the west.

View of part of a network of walkways, terraces and garden structures on the northeast side of Montjuic, near the park in Barcelona, Spain, 2013

A garden view in the kibbutz hotel in Ein Gedi, Israel, near Masada and the Dead Sea. Just enough water to keep the flowers in bloom. 2012.

A view of the old grand hotel in the town of Portovenere, on the west coast of Italy, around the bay from the Quinqueterra five towns. Italy 2001.

Looking over the port of Haifa from the park along the Hotel Nof on the Mt. Carmel ridge. Israel 2008.