Day: October 16, 2009

Goodbye Sebey and Tia Marita

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Alejandra at lunch with Nadia and our friend Vesna
Alejandra at lunch with Nadia and our friend Vesna

 

 

It was a sad week as Nadia’s sister Alejandra and our nephew Sebey left us. Their school in Bahrain closed because of H1N1 flu fears. All schools on the island closed and so they took advantage of the unexpected October holiday and stayed with us for almost 2 weeks. It is only a few hours flight away and only one time zone difference. 

It was great to see them again. Sebey is growing up very fast. He spent a lot of time “roughhousing” (an USA upper midwest term) with his cousins. Nadia and her sister are quite close. 

 

Sebey with his cousins - October 10, 2009
Sebey with his cousins - October 10, 2009

Winter Weather Has Arrived

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Pumpkin Carving
Pumpkin Carving

It felt like someone turned on the winter switch as the cold, wet weather came in a hurry this week. Up until Monday, the weather has been absolutely beautiful with warm temps and sunny skies. This week temps were near freezing, although yesterday it finally warmed up a bit and the skies cleared. It has got us all in the autumn mood and as you can see by the photos in this post, we’re doing all of the fall activities. 

 

Nadia receives help from kids in sorting through the winter clothes
Nadia receives help from kids in sorting through the winter clothes

 

 

It is a nice change of pace after so many years in the tropics. This week we took the winter clothes out of storage. We also carved the Romanian pumpkins that we stole from a peasant farm a couple of weeks ago. I also finally figured out my blackberry and uploaded all of the photos to my flickr.com site. The phone takes excellent photos.