Red lentil cream soup

Hi :-)

So, here's a simple recipe for red lentil cream soup.

All you need is:
- one glass of red lentil
- two onions (rather small ones)
- two large tomatoes
- two cloves of garlic
- three table spoons of olive oil
- some water
- spices (pepper, salt)
- toasts (to add to cream, optional)

Wash one glass of red lentil and boil it in about 0,5 liter of water, add salt. Chop onions and garlic, saute it on frying pan for few minutes then add to boiled lentil. Peel and cut the tomatoes- add to boiling soup. Now pour 3 table spoons of olive oil and add spices. Simmer for few minutes until soup thickens. Blend it to get creamy consistency.

You can put in some toasts if you like.

It's really simple, not time consuming and delicious.

And here's a picture of my friday dinner:

Spring Sandwiches

The sun, green grass, birds' chirping, smell of flowers- spring is beautiful! It is ideal time to eat breakfast on the fresh air (don't worry, when you don't have a garden, a balcony is also good :)). I'd like to write about two ideas on tasty morning meal.

One of them it is a sandwich with radishes. To make it, you need: a bunch of radishes, 12% cream, salt and pepper. Firstly, you grate radishes (on two sandwiches take three). Later add a few spoons of cream, mix it and finally season with salt and pepper. You may also add fresh basil, if you like.

Second sandwich you prepare with cottage cheese, natural yoghurt, a bunch of chive, salt and pepper. At the beggining, you must connect cheese with yoghurt, later add chopped chive, salt and pepper and mix all.

When mixtures are ready, slice a bun and put them on slices. You may decorate your sandwiches with chive or basil for example and serve.

I know that these recipes are really easy, but eating these sandwiches on breakfast may be a good beginning of a day.

Railway photo gallery

Hi!

I want to talk You something about my dad’s photo gallery. Of course it is only internet gallery.

First, come back to the history. In 1991 my dad and my uncle went at the river, next to the railway bridge in Suwałki. It was winter, a few days after my born, so they are a little drunk (…). They are talking about photography, because my uncle was semi-professional photographer. Instead my dad was talking about trains crossing the river. He liked trains, because his father (my grandfather) was train driver, it is something like “family background”. Adding three elements: photography, trains and of course a bit of alcohol, born idea of “railway photography”. They was at the river, but my uncle, fanatic photographer, always has at least one camera in his bag. He gave to my dad an old, soviet camera… ZENITH and said to him: “ok, go. Let’s start taking trains photos”.

In 2005, after digital revolution, my dad bought first digital camera. Firstly he complain, that “digital picture never emulate real analog camera photo”. After few years, he understood, that digital photo and internet are a great chance to promote railway photography.

A few months ago he opened his own gallery www.stalowekadry.pl. In the internet are a lot of different galleries about railway, but my dad want to promote his own style. It’s not only simple “take trains photos”. It is something like art, combine landscapes of his homeland, impressions and trains theme –family passion.

Of course not only my dad upload photos. There are a few other users, for example me ;). There are two exemplary photos, first is take by my dad, second is mine.

I invite You to visit www.stalowekadry.pl. You can look at the photos without registration ;).

MOSZNA

Moszna – a small village (about 350 people) in south-west Poland, approximately 40 km from Opole.

Why is so special?

Here is located one of the most beautiful castle in the region and even in Poland.

source http://www.moszna.pl/

The history of the building is really long…

Here is the shorter version just to interest you:]

Everything started in 1723 when Georg Wilhelm von Reisewitz built the palace - the central part of today's castle - in baroque style.

Unfortunately part of the palace burnt in 1896. The palace, in the years 1771-1866 passed from hand to hand. Finally in 1866 Hubert von Tiele-Winckler from Miechowice bought the palace.

In April 1896 part of the palace was burned in a night fire. Hubert’s son Franz directed the reconstruction and extension of the palace. In accordance with his wishes, the building had 365 rooms - how many days a year, and 99 turrets and spires.

The number of turrets was intentional - when the building has 100 or more turrets, the owner is obliged to maintain a regular army, which means the cost. To annoy the administration and the government Franz has built only 99^th.

The western wing of castle( the Neorenaissance style) was built for by the German Emperor Wilhelm II, who visited Moszna twice, purpose of

visit was to hunt In “Bory Niemodlińskie” located nearby.

The eastern Neogothic-styled wing of the building was built by 1900, along with an adjacent orangery.

The castle was owned by Tiele-Winckler until 1945, when he had to flee to Germany, before the forthcoming Red Army. The Soviets have done the most damage by destroying most of the equipment.

Since 1972, there is Public Health Care Centre for Therapies of Neuroses.

But a big part of the castle is opened for the tourists.

source: http://opole.gazeta.pl

The entire complex includes, apart from the castle itself, a big park, which connects directly to the surrounding forest, meadows and fields.

source http://moszna-zamek.pl/

The biggest attraction, especially in late May and early June are blooming azaleas and rhododendrons, and more than 300 years old oaks and over 100-year-old eastern white pine.

The entire park is traversed by numerous canals. Inside the park on your left side is a small island - Easter Island, which can be reached through a Chinese-styled bridge.

A visible trace of the war are the traces of bullets on the monument the owner of the castle, which is located in the park.

On the other side of the castle is bordered by a horse-riding stables, where horses are bred thoroughbreds and half-blood. Stud a several times a year organizes a competition in horse jumping.

information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moszna,_Opole_Voivodeship edited by me

source http://www.moszna.pl/

I invite you all to Moszna!!!

source http://www.moszna.pl/

Want to know more?

Visit:

http://moszna-zamek.pl/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moszna,_Opole_Voivodeship

http://www.strzeleczki.pl/

http://www.moszna.pl/