Clustered

I have my first grape cluster done!  This photo looks really dingy, but I promise the actual piece isn't.

Wondering About Winter

i was working on Winter Wonderland in Krakow and got a bit done.  I haven't done any beading because I didn't want to confuse beads with Medieval Town Mandala.

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!