Creta / Knossos

This would be Prague as we left . . . shudder . . . .

This is the view from our hotel in Hersinossos, Crete that same day

We wound up getting the All-Inclusive option from the hotel . . . 

the check-in clerks while gorgeous were also persuasive . . . 

it seemed like a good deal . . . 3 meals and all you can drink

the buffet was pretty good that night . . . 

Mrs made the same greek salad 5 nights in a row 8^D

then there would be the buffet hot dishes . . . 

unnameable varieties . . . 

took the tour at knossos the next day with this charming grandmother . . .

first courtyard

double headed axe labrys which gave its name to the labrynth

famous murals

columns made of inverted  cypress trunks

you have to love these girls . . . 

take the bull by the horns,

pommel vault.

stick the landing 

casualty rate was apparently very high . . . 

giving rise to "the horns of a dilemma"

kings quarters / offices

Queens Room

Theatre for 150 people

Homer

Na Kopci, Prague

Fixe Menu/ Fixe Prie event with friends

some nice wine

amuse bouche

foie gras was very, very nice

big bottle of Armagnac, for later!

Hai An Vietnamese, Dresden

My dish: Bun nam Bo with grilled pork and vietnamese spring rolls . . . if I can just get some grilled shrimp with it I cal it perfekt . . . the peanut sauce is awesome

Mrs' personal fave: the Pho Kai

Aromi Lunch

Mushroom Soup

Steak over Ratatouie

Cornucopia

we just decided that there is not enough corn used in gourmand recipes

so with our salmon we added some corn . . . we DO get some very nice fresh corn in the summers here in prague

so what I did was grill some english bacon,

then cool it in a round form,

so we could put Mrs' Famous Corn with Jalapenos

in it to serve

Chagall's Prague

Asparagus Rissotto . . .it's that time of year again . . . 

a little amuse bouche

Spinach Soup

                                                      Scallops with Spinach puree & foam

Grilled Pike-Perch