We will return to Europe on Thursday, to Bucharest…

….and depending on the timing we might drive straight off back to Rakhiv. It’s a nine hour drive and Tim is more than capable of the distance after a flight, he says.

I am enjoying this visit, and sitting here in my grandmother’s large sitting room with some of her friends and chatting. They have been very appreciative of the photos of me that I’ve shared with her and they are full of compliments.

We are enjoying homemade lemon and limeade, a lime cake that my grandmother has made and the little nibbles she has presented as a treat for us all to enjoy while talking.

I’m still only wearing my short sarong and bra top and none of the guests have looked at me as if I am immodest in my apparel.