Day 13 (Thursday): (written by Dave)
Ah... normality restored, the Slovak Gipsy Kings are up and running again and once more plying their merry trade; announcements made and all's right with the world again.
The neighbour wants to paint his house and so wants the car moved, which Elena is doing as I type; he seems to me a little 'needy', in that he has erected massive scaffolding on Elena's family's land, which he appears in no rush to use and remove; things seem to work a bit differently here. Anyway; what to do today, as the sun is shining? A cup of coffee to get the ball rolling I think.
...and so, this 'family' blog is rapidly turning into a one man show; I seem to be the only contributor of late. You will just have to put up with my inane ramblings for now!
I went up Turña, to try to fly on the west side of the hill, which is tree covered. There is a small clear patch and it was my intention to inflate the wing, bring it up and wait for the right conditions to launch and try to turn to the right in front of the trees. It's quite a confined space and quite brambly, so would not work well with my new, lightweight glider. Luckily my old ragged one, with lines the thickness of schooner ropes, was not a problem. No, instead the problem was that the wind was not really west at all, but more like north, or at best NNW. After three fairly comical attempts I decided it was time to call it a day and landed and packed everything away again. Unbeknown to me Elena's brother Martin, who was watching from below later said to her that he would teach me how to do it, as I wasn't doing too well. I don't think he was joking either!
Back down the hill and at the family home, I found Elena about to head out to Mary and John's house, so we headed there as a crowd, via the Co-op supermarket to gather some provisions to arrive with, as one does in these parts. On our arrival, there was no sign of John, Mary, or the boys but, the signs of life suggested they were not far away; doors unlocked; fairly new petrol lawn mower abandoned on the freshly cut grass etc.
Elena and the kids set off to Babka's field to collect some fresh produce, in the form of; carrots; beans and a weird thing like Cinderella's coach before the magic happens. Just then John and Mary arrived with the two Tasmanian Devils Jano and Jakob.
Soon all the family were back assembled and I was treated with a taste of Johnny's freshly salted and smoked bacon, with some horčica and bread; it was A-mazing! I proceeded to give the bacon due consideration, ensuring a thorough test was conducted and Mary announced that we could take the remaining piece of the joint away with us; I was in heaven right there!
Disclaimer; if you are vegetarian, you might want to look away now!
After an hour or so, just shooting the breeze, we headed back for Babka's house and a little respite from our exertions.
Later, Elena is planning to go back to Namestovo to visit some more friends, who apparently couldn't make it last night; #complicatedsociallife
Maybe someone may see fit to update you further dear reader, meantime; I recommend you do not hold your breath while you wait! 😉
After Elena had left for Namestovo, we were having problems with the home wifi, so we spent a good amount of time trying to correct the problem (I'm sorry to report to no avail). Giving up on that, Anna, Max, Lara and Kyle and I went to the nearby pub, where we knew they have new puppies only a few weeks old. We were in luck; we had just sat down with our drink, when the landlord decided it was time to let the four boisterous characters out for a little exercise (no Lara, I'm afraid you can't keep her!)
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