Old To New Architecture

 These few photos document a two block walk going from the old city gates to the new shopping mall by the train station.  It's far enough apart that it's not jarring to go from so old to so new.

Getting Some Greek On

 El Greco is our go to Greek restaurant in Chisinau.  We order from them regularly and they deliver to the embassy!  On this night in May, we went to the restaurant to eat.  Andreas had his usual salad, pita, and tzatziki thing.  I had soup.  We split a chicken gyro plate.  The food was as tasty as usual, with the tzatziki having little bits of cucumber and the chicken being moist and herbed well.

Making It Round

I've got more blanket stitch around the grape leaf.  It's going faster than I feared.  My current worry is cat hair.  Cats are evil, and when I leave this out for my husband to take a photo of, his black cat tries to sit on it.

Old City Architecture

Krakow's old town is partially enclosed by a city wall; there are three photos of it at the bottom of this post.  All the rest of the buildings here are inside it.  Most buildings look to be seventeenth to eighteenth century; the city is built on successive ruins of older versions.  Some current buildings' ground floors are now below ground because of the raising of roads.  Most of the roads are cobbled, and there are many sculptures and tiles to brighten the buildings.

All But...

I now have all but the bottom of the monogram done.  Very easy stitch.

Flying Back To The Pig

On the same rainy day as the Mi Piace lunch, Andreas and I went to The Flying Pig for dinner.  We had our pots of tea,  an appetizer plate, some goulash (wonderful and a meal in itself), and sauerbraten and chicken.  We enjoy this place with its friendly, competent service and great food.  Did I mention that both the mustard and goulash were spicy?

Working Toward The Center

When I work on this, I truly feel progress because these parts are soooo much smaller than the last two which girdled the piece.  I  am right close to the center of the right side.