513

 John and Megan were back in town for the other John's knighthood ceremony in September.  I got one more photo of his food likes!  This is from 513, a restaurant we'd never been to.  It's okay, and the decor is interesting.  Andreas had his mamaliga and tocana, and I had chicken salad and mushrooms.  The snack of the night was crispy french fries.

Down The Convoy

 A lot of military vehicles in this part of the convoy, including tanks and such.

Bordering Peach

Even though I don't like the color orange, I like the texture of  the current orange border on this.

Lagging

Two weeks in Krakow did not help this piece get done.  It's got a bit more than half of the beading to go, and I do feel the need to just finish it.

Dinner At C House

 The Friday before we left for Krakow we went to C House with Dawn.  C House is an Italian chain that opened its first location in Chisinau earlier this year.  It's definitely worth a visit!  We had wonderful drinks, little extras like champagne and appetizers free from the place, excellent service, and wonderful, huge food.  Andreas had a raspberry lemonade to drink first.  I had a mojito and Dawn had a strawberry margarita.  Drink sizes, as you see, were generous.  We had bruschetta for starters, as Dawn had had it previously.  Nice start - fresh tomatoes on crisp toast.  The chips and mayo as a plate dressing were a bit odd.  Our salads and main courses were huge.  My sandwich was so large and open faced it looked like a salad.  The tuna bruschetta free appetizer was odd, but it was probably because I don't like fish.  We even had dessert because they looked so good.  I had a coffee with liquor in it served in a brandy snifter.  Dawn had a huge amount of ice cream and Andreas had a milkshake.  We are definitely going to go back!

 

 

 

Convoy

 The Normandy Tank Museum is rather new, having opened last year, and is on the main highway through Bayeux to Cherbourg.  They have most of their display set up as a long pair of convoys - one Allied, one German.  They also have tank rides.  It's an interesting place.

Give Yourself Advent

I ordered my advent calendar yesterday!  It's from Atelier 196 and has a gift for each day of December up to Christmas.  I did this last year and it was so much fun opening something different and useful each day.  She ships worldwide, and the shipping's reasonable!  If you'd like to treat yourself in the lead up to Christmas, here's the link!