Our last night in Paris found us in the hotel restaurant. Fabulous food. We had brought a bottle of Chateauneuf de Pape 2007 to drink in the room first, then down for dinner. This place was classy and we had such fun.
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| Jerry, Walter, Judy, and me |
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| My scallops and white beans, with some sort of meatball |
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| Dessert was like a chocolate Bomb. Amazing |
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| Windows in our room were 2 stories high |
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| Jerry's art photo of me from the upstairs balcony |
Left on the fast train to Amsterdam. Packed with people on Easter holiday, but went 180 mph and arrived about 3:00 PM Just hanging out in frigid Amsterdam, Netherlands with lovely Kristine Galiher. We arrived yesterday from Paris and a quick taxi ride to Kris' apartment on the Tilanustraat #336. She was waiting with open arms, a plate of stuffed dates, olives, cheese and wine. Her mama would be proud! Kristine lives on the second floor (which in Europe remember is 3rd floor) of a 4 floor building. So first thing was getting the luggage up the stairs.
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| 3 flights up to Kris' apartment!!! |
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| 31 of those suckers, straight up! |
Her apartment is light and airy. Living room with balcony, bedroom with little balcony, kitchen with big window and a typical (She says) Dutch bathroom. She also has a " workroom" which has a huge desk with window and all her books, papers, etc. Delightful!!!!
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| Kristine's street. The boxes in the foreground are dumpsters. |
We found a charming little vegetarian restaurant around the corner called Marits. Small, intimate fresh pumpkin ravioli onion tart with lentils and peppers, and an amazing salad of Chicory leaves and blue cheese, with pomegranate seeds. Yum! Then we had a lemon pie with pine nuts. Came home and died in bed.
So glad to see each other
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| white chocolate mousse! |
Today was a slow start, then a grocery store trip which is about takes the whole day because you have to walk it all back to the apartment. Jerry pulled the wheeled cart and I carried the toilet paper. We also bought Pansies to plant on her deck window boxes.
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| It is frigid here 38 degrees, windy, and it even snowed a little |
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| Turkish market where we bought Curry for soup on Monday |
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| Bakery for Lunch |
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| Kristine's old apartment which is being renovated under that drape. |
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| The windows will look like this when they are done. |
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