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

Amsterdam Trip

At the end of March, we went for a 4 day trip to Amsterdam. It was Maria's FIRST flight, train trip, boat trip, bus trip, tram trip and underground trip. She was very good and we all had a great time.

We had a very nice weather that allowed us to walk and visit different places. One of the nicest place and a main tourist attraction was Keukenhof Gardens, where we spent one day. We also visited the centre of the city and were entertained by the Scottish supporters who came to cheer for their team when playing against the Dutch. They were very nice and funny, but also very drunk... In the last day, we went for the Heineken Experience. It was quite cool! All in one, our trip was a successful one and very relaxing and nice.

Ready for the tram/underground trip in Overamstel Station

In Keukenhof Gardens

On the stepping stones

Late in the afternoon, the gardens were almost people free

Some of the tulips that were already bloomed

Let's have a rest

Nice reflection

Big feet!Looking at daddy and listening to him

Maria seemed to enjoy a lot the flowers. Her favourites were the orchids.

On the river cruise with daddy

and with mummy
Me and a Scott in kilt
Scottish group celebrating (before the game)... (Holland beat them 3-0), but I guess they didn't really care as they had a good time
Let's have a beer, daddy!
Daddy's little princess

Friends visits and working in the garden

Maria has two very good friends: Ben and Sam. They visit us often and we like to play on the play mat or test the new additions, such as the Bumbo seat. Here are some pics with Maria and her friends.

Ben and Maria doing their tummy exercise and encouraging each other

After a minute.. almost giving up, getting tired of this

Sam having a chat with Maria
We moved in the living room, as it was too sunny for good pictures

Moving on to the Bumbo seat

"Daddy is home! Yeah!!"I have my time with daddy

Last weekend Will finished the garden and the two green houses. Now the veggie patches are ready and the seeds will be planted soon. Our daffodils give a bit of colour to our garden. They are really beautiful.

The 2 greens houses made by Will and Peter next to the last of the 4 vegetable patches