We had a nice relaxing weekend. After the ISB Welcome BBQ we headed down to Dorcol suburb of Belgrade. This is a trendy area of bars, cafes, restaurants, and really expensive cars. We went down to an Italian restaurant and had a nice pizza with some Serbian red wine.
Sunday morning Owen and I went for a bike ride. I then took the kids to “Ada” the sport island and my current favorite place in Belgrade. Everyone went for a swim, we ate popcorn, ice cream, and the famous Serbian “palacinkes” which are crepes. We had the nutella with biscquit and I thought of Andy when we had them. The last time we were in the Caribbean Mall in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela and it was a flat crepe covered in a jar of nutella. This was the perfect crepe so I took a picture of Owen eating one. I have a food theme with Andy in this blog! It is sooo great to spend time with my children. Precious moments abounded this weekend. From watching Owen hoot with exhilaration as he is riding down a hill on his bike, to Ocean waking up, sitting in my lap with a bottle and caressing my arm as she drinks. Then to top it off, when she is done she turns around gives me the biggest hug and falls asleep in my arms. What an angel! Ollie was his positive crazy self and he drank eagerly from my wine glass. He talks with everyone and is always in a good mood. I am a lucky man.
Nadia survived her first week in the PYP. Despite her freaking out, she is doing great and will have an excellent year of teaching. She went to school this morning for a couple of hours of work.
We finished up the weekend by going over to my friend Tim’s house for pizza. He has two daughters that take care of Ocean and the boys, so it is so nice to go over and socialize with them.
Well, it is to bed and a fresh week ahead of us.
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