yes!! Spring is definitely here!

"The sound of ......frogs"

An abundance of colors, smells, sounds and sights .

 Spring is here and I couldn't be more happy!

We really love to go on daily trips with our pickup truck.

 It's always an opportunity for us to spend quality time together.

 Talk, admire nature, picnic together and listen to music we like.

This time we were all overwhelmed by the sights.

   Multicolor flower beds and the music of flowing water, bees and frogs ....

the enchanting sounds of frogs.....

now you can play..."hide and seek with  the frog"

This year we were blessed with rain,

 and while driving through the paths of the river Dishon in upper Galilee

 we couldn't get over the intensity of the river flow .

I presume that for someone coming from Europe this is not a rare sight, to say the least.

 But I can assure you for us it is!

 We have made this same trip 3 years ago, and i can tell you

our car didn't have to pass through the river in order to continue our route....

By car...

By foot... 

I love music. I listen to music most of the day,

so every once in awhile I like to add a song I just heard to my posts.

  This time you're welcome to listen to Willie Nelson's song "On the road again".

Gil and I like to watch a programme named... "Spain... on the road again"

with chef Mario Batali, actresses  Gwyneth Paltrow and Claudia Bassols and the journalist Mark Bittman. It's a fun well made programme...

Enjoy!

while beeing on the road ...again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TD_pSeNelU

My trip to Bruxelles or Were did all the "Patisseries" disappear?

        The "Magritte like" clouds, and the view of the church tower situated in the
 Grande Place ,were an adequate welcome to Bruxelles, for me and my sister, after 20 years of absence.

       We were both invited by our mother to join her for a nostalgic trip to Bruxelles, were the two of us were born. And I admit, as shallow as it may seem, I was determined to make it a "Patisserie" trip...

Images of endless pastries ; croissants, tartelettes, madeleines and other sweet tastes invaded my subconscious. And that was all I could think of....

Well, my fantasy wasn't fulfilled....

I remember as a child, on every street corner you would find a pastry shop. Walking back from school we would make a hobby of stopping at every shop and trying a "pain au chocolat" or a "chausson aux pommes".

 This was no longer the case. To my surprise and disappointment I literally had to hunt for  "patisserie"s. And when I did find one, It was French...

It appears that during my absence, the Chocolate shops  invaded the city, leaving the pastry tradition on the sidewalk. It's not that I don't like chocolate, I really do. Every break we used to smell the scent of the famous Cote d'or chocolate from our school courtyard, and I was very much impressed by the design of the chocolate boutique "Pierre Marcolini".

 But nothing and I insist nothing, can compete with a "Tarte aux framboises" in Wittamer.