mummy, daddy and yasmina on the road

Recently we have been so tired that we have been struggling to keep going. Kenneth has been ill twice in the past year, last spring and early summer with vertigo (no don't laugh, it's very debilitating, nothing like the James Stewart film!) - he had slurred speech and couldn't walk properly. Then he was quite seriously ill again at Christmas and through January with flu, bronchitis and pneumonia ... so, finding ourselves with a week free of teams/visitors, we decided to take a wee break. We went to the travel agent and found a last minute holiday in Greece if we could drive ourselves there. So we did! We left the travel agent, went home, threw a few things together and set off.

After 24 hours of driving we arrived at the Atrium hotel in Greece and had a lovely few days of relaxation. Yasmina quickly made friends with everyone - they all thought she was adorable. All day long she played in the pool with her new German friend Ana-Lena and had a great time! She made frequent visits to the bar to ask for ice ... not juice, just ice! The barmaids, two from Romania and the other a local girl, all spoiled Yasmina!

We were very excited to be going to Greece and thought it would be wonderful to see some of the ancient ruins that we've always heard so much about. We made one trip to the early Christian church at Solonos (pictured), two trips to the nearest Lidl and a drive one evening to an old village, but sadly that was it. Too hot and too tired we spent the rest of the time swimming and lazing around (and playing darts!)

We met some lovely people from Germany, Russia, Poland, Australia, England and Romania, including a Romanian dentist who is working in the UK to pay for his new dental practice in Arad! His name is Teo and is very kindly offered his help in setting up out medical/dental room in the basement.

We drove home via Macedonia and Serbia, passing through some truly spectacular scenery and as we waited at the borders, we reminisced about the old days when Hungary and Romania were not in the EU and border crossings could take a long time! As you can see, Yamina was completely worn out from all the fwimmin in the fwimmin kool ...