The Lederman Kitchen

Brian and I took a long weekend to Belgium 2 weekends ago, going from Brussels to Ghent to Bruges.  I have a lot of photos to share as Ghent and Bruges are the most adorable towns that make you feel like you're walking though a storybook. In Ghent Our trip was planned around the Ghent Jazz Festival, where a band we've been wanting to see for years, was headlining, Rodrigo y Gabriella .  Their show was incredible.  We didn't know before we moved to Ireland, but after they left Mexico, they moved to Dublin and played on Grafton Street and street corners before they made it big.  We'll definitely see them again next time they play in Dublin. Rodrigo y Gabriela We arrived in Belgium and stayed the first night in Brussels.  Brian thought French would be spoken in Belgium, I thought Dutch.  Turns out, we were both right.  Everything in Brussels was French (menus, signs, how people greeted you) but in Ghent and Bruges, it was Dutch.  Everyone ...

Brian and I embarked on a cross country road trip 2 weekends ago.  Across to Galway, and back to Dublin again.  Sounds brutal, but Ireland is only 129 miles wide where we crossed! To be fair, it used to be a brutal journey, before they built the M6 Motorway , which was completed in late 2009.  Before this 2-lane motorway, with center barricade, was built, the only way to drive across the country was on smaller highways.  I'm not sure what the those highways were like, but if it's anything like the other ones we've been on in Ireland, I can only imagine how long it would take.  Not to mention how stressful of a drive it would be on small winding roads with ridiculously high speed limits.  I've heard it took more than double the time it takes now.  Honestly, I don't ever want to know, the M6 was nice, easy and fast, with a speed limit of 75 mph.  And the scenery, how beautiful.  We really felt like we were in Ireland. Road shot -...