The boys and I have been over in the
UK
for 10 days now. Our departure was a bit
fraught as Emre had his second exam on the Sunday morning in Muğla, we had a
barbecue on in the evening and I had been so busy getting things ready in the
hotel that I hadn’t had time to pack.
Add to this the fact that I hate flying and Emre had left his ID card somewhere
and only realised as we were leaving the house for the airport (where we use in
place of a Turkish passport) and you will understand why I was hyperventilating
and overdosing on kalms by the time we were ready to fly.
Actually the flight was fine, but my
trial was not over as we then flew over to Germany
for 3 days with my cousin who lives near Dortmund. That was very nice…especially spending time
with her twin boys who are nearly 4 and very sweet.
Since being back in the UK we have been mostly in Kent where my
sister, various cousins and friends live. The weather has been drizzly but pretty
warm. The only thing it has spoiled was
a surprise I had organized for Emre the other day – a flying lesson from a
little airport near my sister’s house.
Unfortunately rain stopped play but we are hoping to squeeze it in
before we leave.
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| Kaan on a bike ride |
That is easier said than done as our
3 weeks suddenly seem not nearly long enough.
We have a rental car (with satnav – how cool is that, no more looking at
maps!) and spent yesterday driving round the beautiful area of Sussex where I
grew up. We even stopped at what used to
be my mum’s farm shop and when I admitted that I was having a nose, the current
owner was lovely and we had a chat about the history of the place and which of
the old neighbours are still around.
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| Emre 'levitating' Lulu! |
We are currently with Deb and Tom (who
had second kidney transplant 8 weeks ago but is doing very well), driving up to
Oxford today to see other uncle, then up to Blackpool where Kaan is insisting
on going back to the Pleasure Beach (more sitting on benches for me and Grant). After that we have a couple of days in London, leaving only next friday back in Kent before we
fly home.
I am sure Cem, Murat and co are coping
fine in the hotel but by the time we return it will be the frenzy of high
season with 80 guests and everyone flopped round the pool as it’s too hot to do
much. That is great – but it’s always a
bit of a shock when I first return and haven’t got back into my routines. For now though I’m going to forget about that
about enjoy my holiday…the sun is even doing its best today so we might have a
good drive up to Oxford.
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| Kaan and Tommy - playing Xbox of course! |
