Back in Finland

After one day in Bucharest (38 degrees hot, one movie - Cassandra's dream - and some short shopping), we are now back in Finland: 11 degrees in the evening when we arrived, only about 18 promised during the day... Well it feels good though to be back here.

Monday shopping and saying good-bye

On Monday we spent the morning shopping: we bought the gifts for the ones in Finland. In the afternoon we visited grnadma again and then said good-bye to Andrei-Luca and the rest. My father saw us off to the railway station... a night ahead in a sleeping car to Bucharest and then a day in the capital before returning to Finland.

Bye-bye Satu Mare!

A grilling trip on Sunday

On Sunday, we went on a trip 45 km from Satu Mare in Valea Mariei. We were some 15 people there, family mostly, cousins, uncles and aunts, nephews and so on. Not too hot, just perfect for a summer day out. In the evening we went bowling with Darie, Lucian and Raluca.

Visiting grandma

After Andrei-Luca has entertained us on Friday morning, in the afternoon we visited grandma in Hrip, a village 15km from Satu Mare. We picked some plums. This year the plum crop was outstandingly rich, the trees were overloaded.






I also found an older picture of mine since the times I was a student and wearing beard. During those times, once traveling by train, the conductor in the train thought the reason for my half price ticket was me being "retired"...

By train to Satu Mare

We traveled over 20 hours by train to Satu Mare. We left Neptun around 13:00 on Thursday and reached our destination on Friday morning around 10:30. The journey was quite pleasant as we had a first class compartment with 2 beds in a sleeping car. Today around noon we visited Anderi-Luca, my brother's son, 9 month old.

More sunbathing and more shopping

A similar day today, with some 2 hours on the beach in the morning. Then some shopping in the afternoon... but in the evening we had a delicious fish dinner at the restaurant "Insula" - The Island - situated on a lake next to the sea. Then we went to a terrace and watched the second half of a football game while enjoying some desert.

Too hot...

Only about 2 hours today on the beach, the sun was too hot. But the water was excellent and no waves today. In the afternoon - some shopping and some "sightseeing" - the resort is quite small... not too much to see - but the atmosphere is nice and quite peaceful.

The first day in Neptun

A bit cloudy in the morning, but around 11 o'clock we left to the beach. A bit winddy, not too hot, very big waves, the water was pretty warm and I got a bit sun-burned in just 2 hours of sunbathing. After lunch, we walked through the shops and checked out the center of the resort.

Off to Romania

After the 2 weeks Mexico trip in May it is now time to visit Romania. We'll be there 10 days, we'll spend about 5 days on the Black Sea shore in Neptun and the rest in Satu Mare to visit my family.
The weather forecast is not exceptional, meaning that there will be only about 25-27 degrees, so something like here in Finland at the moment.
I will post updates about our trip and some pictures from time to time on this blog.