Sunday - a day trip

Three ladies clad in pink playing and having fun

Today the four of us - Alena, Mia Rosie, my sister, and myself - drove an hour north to meet with great friends who earlier this year moved back to Germany from Portland.  It was so wonderful to see them and catch up.  We all really miss them a lot...our girls and the daughter of our friends have been great friends.  It took them about 10 minutes to warm up to each other again, and then they just played.  It was great to hear the girls mixing German, and English; tells me that we have chosen the right path by raising them bilingual....

We met for lunch, and later went for a nice walk along a little creek.  The girls had a ton of fun - see them playing by the creek? - plenty of fresh air - and we also got to catch up.  Later we went for coffee and cake.  That was difficult, as none of treats were save for the girls. I did have some food - but that was challenging.  Just one of the lessons to learn when traveling in Europe.  Always carry plenty of snacks, because there will be times - more often i Europe than in PDX in my opinion - where there are no safe options available...

In any case, afterwards it was time to say good bye. It is always hard to say good bye to good friends, as we never know when the next time we will see each other.  On the way back Mia Rosie kept asking when we will see them again,  if they would visit us in Portland soon, and why we now live so far apart...