last night we came back to Peters house. it is an old old house with a lot of history. his grandparents lived here. his father was born here and Peter grew up in it too. it is simple but it has beds and we are here in peace and we are happy. very happy.
mom is here and we are all still adjusting to each other. les is a funny bird. mom is a funny bird. and i am a funny bird. i so want everyone to be happy.
the first night she overdrank and when she overdrinks she is hysterical. she talks loud and tells many stories. les wanted her to stop drinking. well, at seventy five years of age, she can drink and talk loud and have all the fun she wants. it isnt like this happens every day .... all i can say is that daniella and edoardo took pics of her and with her. not with les. not with me. but for sure especially with mom. they are amazed and i mean totally amazed at how great she looks and how sprite she is. she is amazing and we are lucky to have her in such great heath of body and mind.
last night les looked up the weather report and major rain was scheduled for vienna. and for budapest. so we decided, rather, les determined that we could not go anywhere by car ... so we slept in. then when we woke up at seven, it was gray but not raining. so we got in the car and went to vienna. vienna is a very pretty city. it turns out that today was a holiday. no one on the road. no problem parking. we had a lovely lovely day.
at some point we were all talking and mom and i came up with the thought of she and i taking the bus tonight to budapest and coming back tomorrow. les would have a day to rest and we would love the time exploring a city i have always been interested in seeing.
on the way back, les got spooked. he does not want us to go. he is going to drive us there tomorrow. i think we would have been fine just going by ourselves but i love it that he is going. i do want experience it with him...
so we are off to hungary WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
another country
then we come back tomorrow since i cant find claudia = dont have a number = dont even have her new last name and my emails are not going thru. i have tried three times already inthe last two days. shame. i really wanted to see her and meet her little boy. i will try one more time (turns out I sent her a cell phone number but no prefix as to what country it was from ....such a dumb mistake. she didn't think to email me, she tried different country codes. the cell was actually from Italy - no way for her to figure that one out. Know what else ? We changed cell phone chips so many times, I made this mistake more than once)
vienna is very expensive
the buildings are all specially architected
they have porches on the top floors, unlike other cities
palaces in the city everywhere and now they are stores and hotels and restaurants. such beautiful palaces
Now, however, let me tell you about slovakia
it is incredible
there are grape vines everywhere and the wine is outstanding
it is not exported, it is drunk by locals, it is cheap and it is drunk a LOT ....
their hospitality is unparallelled. i have never seen a people that bring you in to their homes at the drop of a hat and make sure that you are taken care of at every second. it is a bizarre experience. peter's family has gone out of their way to make us happy. his dad comes over to check up on us with a huge smile from ear to ear and he cannot understand one word we say. his brother in law and sister put us up like a royal family. she cooked. he cooked. she is a gourmet and he a amateur chef. imagine the food .... then imagine it better .... his brother in law gave us this computer and gave us the access to the internet and will throw us a bbq tomorrow.
life is good. life is very good. life is fabulous. wish you could be here with me.
mom is here and we are all still adjusting to each other. les is a funny bird. mom is a funny bird. and i am a funny bird. i so want everyone to be happy.
the first night she overdrank and when she overdrinks she is hysterical. she talks loud and tells many stories. les wanted her to stop drinking. well, at seventy five years of age, she can drink and talk loud and have all the fun she wants. it isnt like this happens every day .... all i can say is that daniella and edoardo took pics of her and with her. not with les. not with me. but for sure especially with mom. they are amazed and i mean totally amazed at how great she looks and how sprite she is. she is amazing and we are lucky to have her in such great heath of body and mind.
last night les looked up the weather report and major rain was scheduled for vienna. and for budapest. so we decided, rather, les determined that we could not go anywhere by car ... so we slept in. then when we woke up at seven, it was gray but not raining. so we got in the car and went to vienna. vienna is a very pretty city. it turns out that today was a holiday. no one on the road. no problem parking. we had a lovely lovely day.
at some point we were all talking and mom and i came up with the thought of she and i taking the bus tonight to budapest and coming back tomorrow. les would have a day to rest and we would love the time exploring a city i have always been interested in seeing.
on the way back, les got spooked. he does not want us to go. he is going to drive us there tomorrow. i think we would have been fine just going by ourselves but i love it that he is going. i do want experience it with him...
so we are off to hungary WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
another country
then we come back tomorrow since i cant find claudia = dont have a number = dont even have her new last name and my emails are not going thru. i have tried three times already inthe last two days. shame. i really wanted to see her and meet her little boy. i will try one more time (turns out I sent her a cell phone number but no prefix as to what country it was from ....such a dumb mistake. she didn't think to email me, she tried different country codes. the cell was actually from Italy - no way for her to figure that one out. Know what else ? We changed cell phone chips so many times, I made this mistake more than once)
vienna is very expensive
the buildings are all specially architected
they have porches on the top floors, unlike other cities
palaces in the city everywhere and now they are stores and hotels and restaurants. such beautiful palaces
Now, however, let me tell you about slovakia
it is incredible
there are grape vines everywhere and the wine is outstanding
it is not exported, it is drunk by locals, it is cheap and it is drunk a LOT ....
their hospitality is unparallelled. i have never seen a people that bring you in to their homes at the drop of a hat and make sure that you are taken care of at every second. it is a bizarre experience. peter's family has gone out of their way to make us happy. his dad comes over to check up on us with a huge smile from ear to ear and he cannot understand one word we say. his brother in law and sister put us up like a royal family. she cooked. he cooked. she is a gourmet and he a amateur chef. imagine the food .... then imagine it better .... his brother in law gave us this computer and gave us the access to the internet and will throw us a bbq tomorrow.
life is good. life is very good. life is fabulous. wish you could be here with me.
Blanca, eu estou rolando de rir, pensando na minha amiga Eva "a bit drunk"... sensacional! Essa é a nossa amiga Eva, feliz, divertida, alegre, com certeza amando a experiência e o prazer de estar com vocês! Eva, beijão, amiga!!!
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