pasta - mimi would love this

Had pasta (140 krona = $8) in Prague yesterday, it happened one of the best I have had including in Italy.

beer, i bought it for the picture

MIranda in Prague on a rainy day

Rain and Rain

A terrible day in Prague. The rain comes down non stop all day, we went out for breakfast and did some shopping.

Different part of Prague, behind is the castle.

Prague

Czech sausage with saukraut, you find these everywhere

Prague

At last we arrived in Prague. The flight was 70 minutes, not bad at all. We took a taxis (700 krona ~ 45 dollars) to the Sheraton. The drive was beautiful, the city is surrounded with mountains and river. Checked in and got an up grade to a suite that has a cappucino machine in the room, YES!
Sarah - U have a great convention with your friends OK.

STEAK FOR DINNER

This restaurant only has one dish on the menu, steak. U come in and the waitress would ask u if u want it rare or medium, that is it...then after u finish, they bring u more steak and fries. The steak is so tasty with curry sauce. The best steak in Europe.

why are we going back to Paris...the answer is LADUREE MACARON

Last night in Paris

checked in at the Holiday Inn CDG - 5 minutes later, we left for Paris. The traffic was pretty bad, but we were determined to see Paris one more time. The girls got their macaron from LADUREE and had crepes for lunch at Suzette - walked around to see Nortre Dame Cathedral and then to De Pres Saint Germanin to have steak dinner. What an experience!
As Sarah getting off to US, we are heading to Czech Republique for 7 nights and then London...I hope Czech is wonderful as people said?

Paris - croissant and cafe au lait

7:30 in the morning, we are about to leave the hotel heading to Paris, the city of excitement and lights....So many destinations that we have covered in the last 25 days, so many stories to tell and to remember...Sarah will be missed, but I hope to do another trip soon in the future.
Lets hurry, Paris is waiting for us...I will have a cup of tea with Mimi this afternoon in Paris.
Miss u a lot wife.

Boeuf Bourguignon

Had a great dinner in Dijon, two more nights in France for us. We are leaving for Paris very early in the morning. Its 316 kilometers from Dijon so I am expecting to get there around 12 and 1 in the afternoon. I am going to miss having Sarah with us :-(

Paris at last!

Dijon

Finally we got our Beef Burgundy, it was ok not fantastic - We have been searching all over France for this dish, but apparently only Dijon serves Beef Burgundy in the Summer (its a winter dish). Dijon is pretty, but not Strasbourg. I am hoping to take a tour to the mustard factory or champagne vineyard.
The girls enjoy the trip immensely (me too). We are heading back to Paris tomorrow for our last goodbye (we will return...) - Sarah is leaving on Wednesday 27, we are going to miss her dearly (i call her my co-pilot#2). You can get a better "huckleberry friend" than Sarah (she knows our joke :-))

Arriving in Dijon

Left Nimes at 8:30, stopped in Orange for breakfast and Vienne for lunch and arrived in Dijon at 4:30 (360 kilometers only). Holiday Inn is very nice not far from the center - We are coming in to town in 1 hour. Stay here 2 nights and then Paris. (Vienne for lunch - a picturesque town on a river)

Bullfight in Nimes

Girls in Nimes

Nimes - got hungry so we stopped at a vineyard to have some free grapes

Mimi

Three nights in the row I saw Mimi in my dreams - Mimi is with me here! Miss u wife.

Saint Martin for Breakfast

Arles - Bullfight anyone?

Arles

No reservation

We are in Nimes, but decide to stay here for one day instead of 2 so tomorrow (Sunday) we are heading north closer to Paris to Dijon. 400 kilometers north so it will take 5 hours at least with breakfast and may be lunch in Lyon. The girls want to go back to Paris one more day so i have decided to stay in Paris near the CDG airport for July 26-27.

Provence

Breakfast in Cagnes sur Mer near Nice

Provence

Nimes

A great beautiful day in Aix en Provence, we decide to go to Arles (Vicent Van Gogh's birthplace) this morning for breakfast and then to Nimes (our pit stop for 3 days). Everyone is healthy and happy.

movie

Leaving NICE this morning

Its 7 am, I am down at the lobby using the free internet while the girls are still sleeping in bed. Our plan for today is to leave the Le Meridien around 9, have breakfast in old town Nice and drive to Aix en Provence (1 hour 30'). I had a dream last night, do not remember the details but Mimi was in my dream. The view of this picture is from my cafe (tea with you Mimi)

Nice

Aix en Provence

Great day in Nice - Girls went to the cold water ocean and shopping around. Tomorrow we are heading to Aix en Provence.

NIce

Arriving in Nice

Left Milan at 8 after a great breakfast at the hotel, we drove south to an outlet near Genoa. There was not much of a sale so we left at 11:30. Stop for lunch at a beach town in Italy, 3:30 we got to Nice. Pictures coming up soon.

A canal in Milan

Last dinner in Milan

We went back to L'immagine Restaurant that we dinned last night. Same hospitality...Started out with free champagne which I had a small sip, free bruschetta, dried sun tomatoes in olive oil, after dinner drinks, peanuts, fresh blackberries,etc...When we left, the waitress asked if we want any more drinks....If u happen to be in Milan, come to L'immagine near our hotel (Double Tree by Hilton). People are so friendly, this makes the trip to Milan so memorable. By the way, we did not stuff ourselves so we could eat terimisu dessert which was in a glass bowl, just enough for three of us to share.

Nice, France (our pit stop for tomorrow for 3 days)

So far, the journey has been wonderful in many ways. I love my time with my daughter and niece Sarah. I left Hawaii did not know what to expect. I have wandered the streets of France and Italy thinking a lot about Mimi. I know If I were Mimi i would have wanted my spouse to be happy and move on with his/her life.
I am going back to France Mimi - pate, foie gras and croissant tomorrow....

Girls know to have fun! behind is the restaurant where we had lunch today.

Milan

Dinner Last night at a local restaurant near our hotel, an excellent meal and great italian hospitality.