Prague...a glimpse

I arrived to a very hot day in Prague and to the warm and smiling face of my friend Alena. For accomodations, I am staying at her cousins house in a village 30min by bus outside of Prague called Lhota. Its a village of only 100 houses, based on her cousinś house it is no means a cottage. Its beautiful and with a backdróp of the forest and open land...absolutely wonderful. Its strawberry season so they pick strawberries in the backyard for breakfast...how wonderful. I always say I´m a city girl but places like these make me think twice that I love the countryside just as much.

The things that rule here in Prague at least based on my one day introduction and personal tour guide "Alena"....Pilsner beer, dumplings, meat, castle, classical composers, Franz Kafta, great architectures, and gorgeous views from the river. There are lots of great pictures as usual and here I have some examples.

Sunset....this is the view from the garden by my bedroom...its gorgeous. I love the countryside.


A view of yours truely with the backdrop of the town from the Prague castle.


View from the Prague Castle of the roof tops and a restaurant called "The Cowboys".


Many irresistible narrow streets and stairways, this one is at the base of the Prague Castle.


Franz Kafka fans....this is his house along the Golden Lane.

Siesta - Barcelona style

Here I am doing as the locals do....siesta on the beach! Its sunday afternoon and I found out that most Barceloneans do not work today and prefer to spend most of their sunday enjoying the sun and sand. This btw was a top optional beach....I didn't know that ;-)

Tapas, tapas, and more tapas! Oh, how I miss thee..

Its crazy but I woke up the day after leaving Barcelona missing the rituals of tapas....terribly. Its the whole process of going to the La Boqueria market sitting by the bar stool and ordering a just about as many plates as I can see and washed all down with a glass of wine or beer. Its not my normal routine to have vino or cerveza with my afternoon meals but this is Barcelona so I order away. My agenda in Barcelona has been simplified to the following; wakeup, eat tapas, walk off the food, do some sightseeing, take a siesta, walk to find the next tapas eatery, eat tapas, walk off the food, sleep....and do it all over again the next day. I love it here, the food is just fantastic for food lovers especially meat lovers. Of all the places thus far, I was able to converse comfortably in spanish...its not perfect but my ability is better than I thought. Spanish words rolled out of my mouth as if I´ve been taking lessons, I don´t even know where it comes from but it sure came in handy as we navigated through the streets and menus. For those who enjoy taking photos, Barcelona has fantastic architectures and lightings for you and your camera to get lost in. Most notable architect is Antoni Gaudi...check out the videos...once I upload them in the meantime you can tantalize your eyes with the wonderful images.