MOM :)

K so my mom flew over for a visit on the 22 and after our own little euro trip headed home on back penticton way on May 6th. What a lovely visit. It started out with a hollywood worthy airport greeting involving the essentials: a sign, tears, running towards eachother, dropping the bags, ending in embrace and ended with tears and a quick goodbye. The middle was where it got good. We had a great time traveling together (despite me stressin over the details...) as well as just chilling out cuddling into a few movies.

The TRAVELING, we stopped in Bratislava, Budapest, and Prague (on the last we were accompanied by a friend of mine, Vítek) for a few days each. Just long enough visit the tourist hot spots and discover a few places of our own. Some of the highlights included our fine dining dinner on the top of New Bridge in Bratsilava, visiting the ZOO in Budapest, hoofing it up the 299 steps for the perfect view in Prague and having a mother daughter get together with a few friends and their mommies back home in Ostrava.
The CHILLING: though we did some traveling it was nice to have some down time. firstly because I was able to show my mom my town, friends and families and secondly because downtime was definitely needed between coming home from the Brat+Buda trip and heading out for Prague. One of moms first evening my host family and I hosted a family dinner with all of my host familes and mom, so perfect. I loved being able to show my mom some of the people ive come to love here and vice versa :) I played tour guide for a few days as well, showing my mom the "it" spots in ostrava and a few of the places I like to go exploring in the near forests.

I think above all I liked being able to say goodnight knowing that the next morning I would wake up knowing she would be here with me.

So this leads us into may..


PS. I just want to put in a little love note to my grandparents. I love you very very much and I cant wait to see you and give you hugs when I get back. Stay strong Grandma. I love you.