On the Road
First-Rate Highway Restaurant, Netherlands
La Place Gorgeous fresh fruits and veggies; tasty vegetable salad bar;fabulous freshly roasted red peppers. What a surprising treat while driving on a super highway!!! www.laplace.com
Museums Worth the Visit
Louvre-Lens in Lens, France recently opened and is a wonderful visit. Right now it is free. This tabletop is amazing with fruits, veggies and leaf designs. I want it. No need for tablecloths or placemats here. In Calais, they have renovated an ancient lace...
Calais Cake
Perhaps every tourist town should have their own cake??? This one very famous and very yummy. Maracoon pastry, coffee buttercream and almonds. A mini version was 3 Euros 50=$4.25 approx. and gone in only a few minutes pleasure.
Front Yard in Angres France with “des fleurs and des legumes”
Lens France and Louvre-Lens are near. Very nice B&B called Les Trois Maillets. He gardens; she cooks. They both renovate. In the back yard, she has a chicken house with 7 chickens, guinea hens and 2 rabbits. On the side yard, they have apples, flowers, rhubarb...
Crazy about meringues, everywhere in France. Here in Bereck-Sur-Mer.
Berck-Sur-Mer France, Patisserie
Celebrating Spargel Season in Germany
Quite the surprise cost for the Spargel !!
Visiting relatives in Iserlohn, Germany
Danzturm Iserlohn, das panoramarestaurant—a very special restaurant on top of a hill in Isherlohn Germany with a fabulous "panorama" view of the environs.
Delft, The Netherlands
Delft is a cool tourist town. Lots of restaurants around town square with good food, lots of people watching and lots of walking. One bakery in particular had a long line—great cakes in window. Holland is crazy about soccer.
Leiden, The Netherlands
Searching for a working parking pay machine, we discovered this busy cafe on the canal for the Birthday Duo Dinner. Wonderful choice, heartily recommend, especially on a sunny Friday nite with lots of boat activity and cool breezes.
Foodie Town Kinsale Ireland
Lovely shared supper with Roy last nite at CrackPots Restaurant—just at the base of our B&B hill. Lots of Gnocchi on the menu in this town—light bulb—they created recipe with potatoes. Creamy 3 Irish Cheese sauce completed the dish and a unique warm salad with...