The Lederman Kitchen

After a full  first day in Prague , a delicious dinner and a good rest, we were ready to see more.  If you missed the  last pos t, my In-Laws were over in Europe and after seeing them in Dublin, they met us for a weekend in Prague! Along the Vtlama I didn't show you the apartment we stayed in the last post.  It was an awesome attic apartment, right in the the middle of town.  The whole ceiling was old exposed beams.  The photo isn't great, but it's all I got. I'm not sure this picture does the attic apartment justice.  It was cool. And not too far from our apartment was the Bakeshop, which was an amazing bakery where we had breakfast 2 of the 3 mornings.  I had committed to waking up early and getting everyone breakfast from there the 3rd morning too, but just couldn't pull myself out of bed when the alarm went off. Cappuccino and croissant  The second day started in true tourist fashion, with a tour.  But this was...

Brian's parents came to visit us last week!  It was quite the treat to have them over and to have our first visitors in Dublin.  The plan was for them to be in Dublin for 2 days, then head over to Austria for a few days before meeting Brian and I in Prague the following weekend. We all know a trip from the West Coast to Ireland is loooong, but what we didn't expect was for Robin & Richard's flight to be delayed and them to miss their connection!  If that wasn't bad enough, the delay was 24 hours so we lost a full day with them in Dublin. Brian and I were so disappointed, so I could only imagine how Robin & Richard felt, being stuck in DC with no help from the airline (not to worry though, Robin wrote a letter and was nicely compensated in the end).  Anyway, they eventually made it here and their time was so short, I only got 1 photo - can you believe it?  I'm sure Brian can't.  At least it was a good one. B & Parents in Temple Bar ...

After our time in Brussels and Ghent , on our third day in Belgium we arrived in Bruges.  Bruges is, without a doubt, the cutest little town ever.  And, along with that, come the tourists - a lot of them, us included.  I think it's fair to say, we really liked Bruges at dusk and dawn, when the crowds thinned, the sun or lights were setting and reflecting off the canals creating a beautiful images at every corner. In the Market Square Bruges at night The classic shot Just another random street, with a beautiful view Bruges is pretty small, and easy to see in an afternoon, so our only full day, we decided to get out of town.  We rented bikes and headed for the country. On our way out of town Heading along the canals We had a map of a huge circuit of bike only trials along canals, through the country.  It was so cool to bike from little village to little village through along the tree lined canals and fields full of crops, cows, ...