The Lederman Kitchen

I can't remember why we chose to go to Lake Como with Brian's parents, but I am so, so happy we did.  The towns and lake were just as picturesque as you imagine.  On top of the beautiful scenery, we feasted on incredible Italian food and drank Italian wine, it was paradise.  Don't believe me?  Well, this was the view from the apartment we stayed in: And this was our daily walk down the hill to the town: The Lederman's heading down to the town square amazing villa along the way and beautiful views all the way down And this is what we did when we got to town: Enjoying the weather and views looking at the lake from Menaggio Feasting on delicious food enjoying a Spritz with good company happiness strolling along the waterfront and stopping to take photos Menaggio at dusk Us And then we went back to our apartment and did it all over again the next day: alleyways   If you're jealous, you're not ...

When Brian and I arrived in Dublin last April, the first trip we booked was a ski weekend in Chamonix.  And 10 months later, we arrived in Geneva.  Since we were there, we decided to spend a night in Switzerland before heading across the boarder to France, and up into the mountains. We didn't get the most beautiful day, but rainy weather in Geneva meant snow on the mountains.  And I was okay with that. We really did everything in Switzerland that you would expect: We saw a bunch of clocks Found a massive Swiss Chocolate - too bad our bags were too small We ate some fondue Went to the Patek Philippe museum/watch collection.  This was actually pretty incredible to see all the watches throughout history, and learn about their significance  during different eras. And we checked out some views And we found this really fun oversized street checkers & chess And I was disappointed at the ugly billboards  But,...