Sicilia: luce del sole, pomodori and wonderful madness!

What an amazing place Sicily is- so full of life and energy! It's a vibrant island with mountains, seaside, farmland, islands, small villages, big bustling cities and a very active Volcano...! The cuisine, the people and the culture all reflect this active nature and vigor as if Mount Etna's bubbling vitality excites the whole island... perhaps bordering on the volatile....? I loved every second on this island even if some moments were less than choice....they were few though:)

Palermo back streets....

Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele

Part of the Quattro Canti

Palermo Cathedral- Baroque, Gothic-Catalan and Arabic style....

Palazzo Reale

Inside the Cappella Palatina (Palantine Chapel)

Arancini- yummy!!!

Back in Prague for a quick AHOJ!

Last meal at Hanoi with friends: Jitka, Magda, Mason, Zach, Sebastiaan, Caroline and Emma!

The Peachars and the Ondraceks together again in Cerncice with Vaclav....

Louny's St Mikolas kostel

Lunch with the lovely ladies- Kacka, Mrs Křížová and Lucy

Letna Beer Garden with Mason, Zach, Sebastiaan, Rob and Deneise on a beautiful sunny day!

One of the last dinners with the family

Back in Prague to visit family and friends..from the 18th to the 27th of August.. as well as having a chance to pack for Milano and to say good-bye to the beautiful and amazing city that was my home for a year....

Berlin

Berlin is a vibrant and liberal city filled with artists, cafes, students and history....

 Checkpoint Charlie

 Historical photos- Prague, 1968- part of my personal history

part of the wall

 .. the big gate!!

Berliner Dom

Alexanderplatz  with the Neptunbrunnen (Neptune Fountain) in the foreground and the Rotes Rathaus (the Red City Hall) behind it.

Fernsehturm- Berlin's TV tower

 Kjosk- bar and cafe garden run by friend's of Kavita and Thilo's in Kreuzberg...

Kavita and Thilo and I re-living Vietnam....
Kavita cooks at the Prinzessinnengarten and cafe... an amazing public gardens that host a gorgeous cafe- well worth a visit if you are in that part of the world....

 Berlin street art

Windmills, cheese, herring, bitterbal and a sense of humour.....

The Hague

Delft: seeing some of the family....

 Poffertjes: melt in your mouth!

 Scheveningen pier and beach

 Madurodam in The Hague

and meeting the lovely L

and with the lovely J...

 Amsterdam

 back in Delft

a 'tram driver' around the corner from our hotel in The Hague