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.
Rhubarb stalking in France
Bonne Maman exports their jams to many American grocery stores. Whatever the price, we are addicted to the wild blueberry and cherry. While traveling in France, we began to find many other fresh products they manufacture. Rhubarb Chantilly is a fine...
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 !!
Rhubarb at Iserlohn Farmers Market
Our German relatives enjoy teatime daily. We were served a Rhubarb Pudding Streusel Kuchen—purchased frozen in grocery store. Very good. Eating Rhubarb Jams also in Germany. Iserlohn farmers market has been happening for years.
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.