Flamenco Concert

For Amaya's birthday, a friend gave us a voucher to use for any baby concert we wanted to go to.  Since I was quite busy with my parents visting and a very good friend visiting, my schedule was quite full.  I didn't really look at what the concert offered, I took only into account which date would work for us.  Finally we found a date that worked and it happened to be flamenco.  I didn't know what to expect.  Wow! It was really great! Amaya loved the music and loved the dancing.  She especially loved when the women were stopping their feet to the music.  Amaya was clapping and moving around.  She truly enjoyed the concert and so did I.  It was beyond my expectations.  After the concert, we managed to get a photo with them.  It was great!  Thank you for such a lovely experience Dori!

Ivana's visit to Praha

A very good friend of mine who I met in Australia was finally visiting the Czech Republic with her husband and kids.  The last time I saw her was 8 years ago before she was married with kids.  It was so great to see her with her partner again and to meet her kids.  Her kids were so well behaved!!!  I ended up meeting with her everyday she was in Prague.  The first day we met for lunch in a restaurant that had a nice kids corner where the kids could play.  Then we went to a nice garden to see peacocks.  Then we crossed the Charles Bridge and went all the way to the Old Town Square to see the astronomical clock.  The next day we met at the castle and then I needed to get back home for a lesson.  On Saturday, we met at Riegrovy Sady.  On Sunday we walked around Dlouha trida and made our way to Letna.  On Monday we went to Vsehrad.  It was a very busy five days, but so very lovely! Amaya and I had a great time with Ivana and her family.  I hope the next time we see each other will be less than 8 years!!

                                 getting to the castle was a bit difficult with all the construction 

                                                           my cactus bloomed! 

                                                                        1czk pizza

our last day hanging out

                                                      lovely picture Mia drew for Amaya

                                                    awesome wave Jakey drew for Amaya

New England Cooking Class

We had a lovely and cozy class taught by Kim today.  The bacon wrapped water chestnuts were devoured by everyone.  It was such a great appetizer. We learned about the regional differences with clam chowder and had a deliciously clear clam chowder that was accompanied by yummy corn bread. We finished the meal with apple crumble and oatmeal raisin cookies.  It was a wonderful class.  Thanks to Kim for teaching the class, Jerry for hosting, Kim and Ariel for photos and everyone else for participating and the clean up.  It was a great way to spend a Sunday. 

                                                                  we could hear the clams

                                                                        gotta clean the clams

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                                                                        Kim's cook book