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.
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.
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"...
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.
