Romania - a year too late

 This post was supposed to be written a year ago. It was long due, because I was not ready to write it, I skipped posting about so many other happenings. 

With Covid slowing down, we took a trip to Romania, to visit our parents. First time when we would not visit and hug grandparents. Even now it’s surreal to think I won’t hug my grandma. And this made the trip to Romania extremely difficult. A year later, when I am writing this, I remember only parts of the trip. As protective mechanisms only kept a surface memory. So I’ll enumerate what I remember.

We arrived in Botosani first, so Marius can spend his birthday with his parents. Maybe those protection mechanisms also made me forget most of the visit ( l.o.l), but I do remember a visit to a historic site in Romania. A beautiful castle in ruins, holding the memory of Romanian heroes, battles lost and won. We followed with a visit to a museum of “Romanian village “, and it was relaxing to remember my childhood without the pressing memory of my Bunica’s passing.

And then we went to my side of the family. My mom with white hair, not dyeing after my bunica went to heaven. 

Petro and Silvia in Philly!

 Chronologically, it has not been THAT long. We’ve seen the whole Foss family right before Covid ruined our lives. They came to philadelphia for Cati’s  birthday. And then nobody traveled anywhere, nobody knew how long we’ll be separated. Vaccines came, cases decreased and our first visitors arrived! On their way to Romania, Petronela and Silvia stopped in Philadelphia. What a hug for sore souls!

For the first time since the girls were born we visited the Philadelphia museum of art. It was a wonderful afternoon in the city, just us the girls. 

Camping trip 2021

 Every summer a staple in our outings is our trip to Delaware shores. Tent, inflatable beds, and pretty much half of our house gets loaded in the car and away we go! This is the one trip Covid did not cancel, not even in the terrible 2020. With cases as low as we’ve seen since March 2020, we were excited. 

The weather was great. The camping site was great as well. We had an electric stove for fast cooking and even faster coffee. The girls were not unhappy. The beach was awesome as usually. The only great downside is that for the first time in years we were not able to book a site for

What’s not to love? Lazy summer days, beautiful family. And most importantly, we’re still healthy.