At the Black Sea

At the beginning of June we spent a few days at the Black Sea, in Eforie Nord, with our friends Dan, Lili, Luca and Eva and also my aunt Mio who joined us for a day there.

Mio, Maria and Will in our first day at the sea

So nice to be back at the Black Sea after more than 10 years

Maria and daddy hiding from the sun

"Love being on my feet in the sand"

Daddy time

on an empty beach in Eforie Nord

"I had enough sun; now it's time for a nap"

what a cutie!

Maria and mummy out for dinner

I love to be on the beach

"look at my foot!"

it's so hot, I really need a pony-tail

moon over the Black Sea

how lovely was to spend time with our friends, Dan, Lili, Luca and Eva

Luca taking out Maria for dinner. What a gentleman!

Just before dinner at a nice restaurant with a great view

with Luca and Maria at the restaurant

Smile for daddy!

Maria sitting up and thinking...

Maria's Christening

On a cold and rainy day, Maria was baptized in Sf. Gheorghe Orthodox Church in Brasov. Here are some pictures from the event.

Maria waiting patiently in front of the church

Maria and her Godparents at the start of the ceremony

The Godmother getting Maria ready for...

sinking into the blessed water

and out

and in and out again, until Maria thought it was enough and started crying

and after the "bath"

ready for the party

Maria with the vicar

Now I am an Orthodox girl

Group picture

Brasov

We have been in Brasov for a week. The plane journey from London to Bucharest was good and quite easy for Maria, but the temperature at landing was 35 degrees C and Maria had a hard time adapting to the very hot weather. We finally made it home to Brasov in the evening and were very welcomed. All my family was very happy to meet Maria.

We visited Brasov and took some pictures of my beautiful home city.

In the back is "Tampa" hillPicture taken from the White Tower with the Black Church in the backVisiting my old primary schoolPicture of my primary schoolMaria and Will patiently waiting in their desk for the Romanian lesson to startLa CetateNext to the Brasov Citadel

The narrowest street in Brasov, Sforii Street

Taking a break

At the Black Tower
Old Brasov in the backgroundWith my friends, Lili, Maurizio and their little girl, Desiree

Maria with my dad

Spring time

Sorry for missing a whole month of blogging. We'll try to catch up. I thought I would write a few updates before our trip to Romania, which is coming soon.

April was a good month for us, with Maria finally gaining more weight due to her first solid food. She is not fussy at all, eating pretty much everything. It's been a month now since her first solid food and she really enjoys it. The only thing that she did not like was the avocado, but we'll give it another try later.

Maria enjoying her veggies,
her yogurt,

and her milk
in daddy's arms

We spent Easter this year with our friend, Graham, in Blackpool. It was very nice and we were lucky again of good weather. Therefore, we did more geocaches; actually I was quite spoiled 2 days, when Will, Graham and Maria went by themselves and I got to rest a for a few hours (thank you, guys!).

Graham explaining Maria who is the "Genius..."

Going for a walk along the coast, in Blackpool

The other weekends we stayed around the house, doing gardening, having Grannie Mary and Granddad Peter visiting us.

Maria showing her garden to Grannie Mary

Every Thursday we meet with Maria's friends, babies which are born within a few weeks of each other.

Maria and her friends