The Lederman Kitchen

Okay, second post in my effort to catch us up and the first post since my parents visited about out of town guests.  Adina and Sean, aka sister and brother in law, made their way over to Dublin as part of their first visit to Europe.       After a few days in Paris, they landed in Dublin on a Friday night.  We have an out of town guest formula now that is simple and works every time: pints, dinner, pub with music.  Solid night out in Dublin.  Future guests take note, your first night here will be the following. We started their tour of Ireland with a trip to the local pub for a pint of Guinness.  Smyth's in Ranelagh (our hood) has become our "local" as they say here.  Not a fancy spot but lots a cozy nooks, a nice fire place, and of course a decent pint of Guinness.   Later that night we ventured up to the city center for dinner at Crackbird .  People are always skeptical when we t...

I know, we are super far behind on the blog and there is a lot to catch up on.  To close out Jenn's visit to Europe (after our ski weekend in Austria , and checking out Innsbruck and Munich ), we brought Jenn back to Dublin to see our home. We took a few day trips.  We first drove north of Dublin to Howth & Malahide.  The second we drove southwest to Kilkenny.  We wanted her to get a feel for Ireland, showing her the coast, some castles and the beautiful Irish countryside. All aboard in the teeny car that takes us far! First stop, Malahide Castle Amazingly, this was a private residence until the 1960's Necessary Irish & EU flag shot In Howth for lunch.  A cute little seaside village, known for fresh seafood Howth harbor The sky wasn't as blue when we went to Kilkenny, but it was still a good day.  Kilkenny is a small medieval country town, known for it's castle, and it's pub lined streets and good craic (good atmosph...

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...