Wild Horses and Aurochs (Milovice: European Serengeti)

For my birthday, Leos always plans some sort of trip.  He gave me an option of four different places and I was able to choose two.  For the first day trip, I decided we should check out some wild animals with Amaya. I have taken her to a nearby zoo and she loves seeing the animals.  When we first arrived at the nature reserve in Milovice, we had no idea where to go.  We just found a walking path and decided to try it out.  We didn't see any animals!  We were worried that we might not see any.  Luckily, we walked to one end of the path and saw some locals who walked around the fence.  When we did that we were really able to see a lot of animals up close. Some animals were REALLY close!!!  We were lucky to see so many animals and we even saw a few calves.   Unfortunately, we didn't see any bison.  Hopefully next time we will.  It was such a great day trip!!

                                          we were so happy to at least see a tiny bit of an animal

                                               we saw a horse from the viewing platform

My Birthday

Its crazy to think that just two years ago Leos and I were in Bahrain for my birthday.  It seems like a lifetime ago.  Last year I didn't do much for my birthday because I was pregnant and about to give birth.  This year Leos took me to a "Korean" restaurant.  It was my fault because I found the place, but once we got there I realized it was a place run by Chinese people and didn't have the proper Korean flavors.  That was a bit of a disappointment, but the space was great for Amaya, the waitress was really nice to Amaya and the portions were HUGE.  We won't go there again, but it was nice to be in a restaurant for dinner.  We had a very EARLY dinner, but it was nice.

                                                            Leos made me a cake

                                  cheers to being able to be in a restaurant for 2 hours with Amaya!

Vltava Day

I wasn't sure if we were gonna attend Vltava Day this year, but at the last minute we decided to go.  Reservations for the boats were already filled up, so we had to wait in a really long line to get on a boat.  I knew that a stroller would be out of the question to get on the boat, so Leos had to carry Amaya with the carrier.  That was ok for a little bit, but after a while she wanted to get out of the carrier.  She enjoyed the boat ride and I'm glad we went.  We actually went on the same boat as we did last year when I was pregnant with Amaya.  So much has changed in one year!!  I can't believe that she will be one next month.  Time is flying!  Next year she'll be able to walk on the boat!  And we will most definitely be making reservations!

                                                      

                                                        

                                                        

Global Flavors with Dario: Philippine Classics (Edition 2)

We had another fantastic cooking class with Dario.  He taught us so much with not so internationally known Filipino dishes.  We had three courses.  The appetizer was tofu sisig, the main was pansit palabok and the dessert was ginataang bilo bilo. Everything was delicious and it was so great to make and try some new dishes. Everyone left happy and full.  Thank you Dario for a great class, Jerry for hosting and everyone who came!  See you at the next class!

                                                      great if you need a shrimp broth

                                            

                                                                    noodle group

                                                                         dessert group

                                                      putting the rice balls into the dessert

                                                                        dessert!

                                                         gotta squeeze some lemon on top

                                                        pansit palabok and tofu sisig

                                                                ginataang bilo bilo