We're Back!

And I bet you did not even know we were away.

Dear Husbola and I decided to take a trip "Across the Pond" to two of our favorite cities--Prague and London.

Not for antiquing mind you. Well--may be little bit of antiquing.   For sightseeing-good coffee in cafes--walking around with just a light jacket--looking for that good blood orange marmalade we like-poking through Hatchard's bookstore that is like no other we have seen--rumbling on a train to our favorite secret UK auction destination--spending a day with two men who have renovated a castle and now serve gourmet lunches--  shopping in a favorite grocery store to stock up on the quirky things we like and drinking good wine and really good beer--being called Madame and not really minding it--and poking in little museums and gardens that have treasure we do not have back home.

Our Prague portion involved a week with the incredible Harriet Landseer who shows you the Prague of Rudolf II (think Queen Elizabeth I Czech style) and Charles lV, Cubist art, art nouveau like we have never seen it, Alphonse Mucha and the incredible Czech cuisine.  And beer.  And wine.  all good.  Our traveling companions were particularly good this trip--congenial folks who liked to laugh--even when learning that to get to the incredible  gold leaf chapel at the top of a castle you had 400+ steps.

We love home.  We REALLY love home.  We did not miss our daffodils.  Dear Husbola's bees are buzzing happily.  We are getting ready for our active show selling season.  But it certainly is nice to escape for awhile--to remember that America is  not the center of the universe.  And to appreciate home.