Hello everyone,
this is me again, after an eternity has passed! I don't want to start with excuses...
I wanted to blog about my trip to Berlin in Febuary. I only went for a week, but it was oh so lovely. I'll try to get some pictures up! I even went on a one day adventure to see my 91 year old gran in Hamburg. Adventure it was, because I took Bennet along with me. Silly me had booked a seat on the train. I spent the entire journey chasing after Bennet on the train. :) When we arrived at my grans flat I realized it absolutely wasn't childproof! To top it of my cousin brought her little Westie who doesn't like children. The growling didn't keep Bennet from trying to cuddle it the toddler way. You can imagine how well I slept that night! It was lovely to see my gran again though! (She is going to turn 92 on 26th of June!)
Other memories from that trip are: first day I arrived there was snow! I saw my mums new flat. My niece Noelani is turning into a proper madam! My nephew Levon is such a sweet shy little boy.
Then on 20th May Ryon and I had our 2 year anniversary. Hooray! Despite the normal trial and tribulations of day to day married life with a toddler we're doing quite well. Didn't think about divorce once. :) To celebrate we went to a nearby Restaurant to have breakfast - just the 2 of us! What a rare treat!
The next day Ryon's parents came to stay with us and we took them to Burnham Beeches (lovely wood near us) in the afternoon. From 22nd until 25th May we were in PARIS!!! That was a real adventure! We stayed at a hotel right across from Cemetriere du Pierre Lachaise (a great big old cemetary that loads of tourists go to as a lot of famous people are burried there). On our last day we got to go there! We saw the graves of Chopin, Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde. We really got a good sweep of french culture, too! The reason for that is that we had the best tourguide that you could ever wish for! If you want to get to know Paris from a different side, get yourselves shown around by a countryman (or woman in our case) who knows his/her city inside out. But don't forget to bring proper walking shoes as you are going to do LOADS of walking! We took many beautiful pictures! (Off topic: Never leave a desert unattended around Ryon!)
Memories that stand out about Paris: parisian breakfast at a parisian flat, walking through a farmers market on a Sunday, going to a "Clown Raustaurant", relaxing in Jardin du Luxembourg, spending lot's of quality time with family!
Once we came back to England we had another week to spend with the folks. Luckily the weather was fantastic so we went to see Leeds Castle, Sissinghurst Gardens, Ray Mill Island and Boulter's Lock, Savill Gardens and the London Aquarium.
Those were some action packed 2 weeks!
Now it's back to our daily routine, but we had a lovely break from it!
Milena
