The Lederman Kitchen

We spent last weekend in Amsterdam.  Being only an hour and ten minute flight away, it's pretty easy and accessible for us.  Our friends from San Francisco, Chris & Morgan were ending their European holiday there for the weekend, and we thought it was the perfect excuse for a weekend trip. A great canal shot To say the least, Amsterdam was beautiful.  It's made up of countless canals and a million bikes.  We spent our weekend soaking up the sun, cruising around town on rental bikes, snacking on dutch gouda, and watching all the boats pass along the canals. Dutch Gouda Now, I mentioned cheese already, but other things that come to mind when you think of Amsterdam might be Coffee Shops and the Red Light District.  They are definitely a scene, but in no way define the city - unless, of course, that is what you're after.  That said, we did take a quick stroll through the Red Light District the first night. Main area of the Red Light District ...

After our first and second day in Stockholm, we had really fallen in love with the city, the people, the lifestyle and the food. Before the trip, our only plan was to spend a day biking ( check ).  And a day on a boat, exploring the archipelago a bit more.  The boat tours of the archipelago were all day excursions, and we decided that being confined to a boat all day (these were loooong tours, like 8-10 hours) was not what we wanted.  Instead, we decided to take a 30 minute boat ride to the island Fjaderholmarna, which came recommended by several co-workers and friends. Heading out on the water Boating by the other end of Djurgarden, where we biked around the day before The plan in the morning was to grab some picnic essentials, head to the island and enjoy a nice lunch.  As it was Sunday, the food hall,  Östermalms Saluhall, that we planned on going to was closed.  We found the next best thing, a gourmet food shop under one of the big departmen...

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, ...