"...gledilega paska..."
...we are here in Iceland again and today is Easter Day..chocolate from two countries surrounds the house, Jolyon and Toti are trying to control unnaturally strong sugar rushes, I have come to the end of Lent and am waiting to share our favourite supper this p.m (the thing that Toti makes with tortilla chips and guacamole..the snack you fell in love with last year Erika) and Elijah is wondering what all the fuss is about..until next year perhaps when the significance of all those eggs becomes clearer :-).
Yesterday, we had an open house and got to see lots and lots of our family and friends and we thankyou all so much for coming and making our Easter that bit more special... sorry if we didn´t get to spend enough time with everyone but the memories of our special times with you all remain very close to our hearts and minds. I got the chance to catch up with my girly friends and Letetia and I discovered that we both went to Manchester Uni..as did her her husband Sturla, who lived in the same area of Didsbury that Toti lived in when he was studying in Manchester and (coolest factoid yet) Jolyon and Chanelle were both born in the same hospital..what a small world this Icelandic society turns out to be...
Kremena bought her Mum and baby Yulia, who is now ´cruising´along the furniture and smiling at every passing person. She will be one year old on Friday (Yulia not her Grandma!) and as I just missed her baptism so I now will miss here birthday party
:-(. Lovely to have 3 generations of ladies from one family in one joyful space and with 4 languages shared between them (bulgarian, icelandic, english and french). How cool is that?
Great to finally meet Kate´s partner Oli too..they seem to have both survived their whisky tasting trip back to Kates home country of Scotland ;-)..Kates research post comes to an end this summer but it looks like she will be staying here in Iceland..all the more friends to see when we return to our other home on a more regular basis...
So, all in all, a really lovely time to come back..I still love it here, miss Iceland and would love to move back but Toti refuses to even consider it as a future option..surprising perhaps to some but I was always the one who pushed the move and was reluctant to return to the UK..Toti feels that we have been too scarred as a family to consider living here again and indeed, it is fab to see J so much brighter, happier and calmer. But, hey! never say never thats what I say ;-). I quite fancy T in an Icelandic police uniform in 10 years or so...!
Happy Easter to you all
Lots of cross-cultural love and best wishes from Joanna, Toti, Jolyon and Elijah xxxxxx
Yesterday, we had an open house and got to see lots and lots of our family and friends and we thankyou all so much for coming and making our Easter that bit more special... sorry if we didn´t get to spend enough time with everyone but the memories of our special times with you all remain very close to our hearts and minds. I got the chance to catch up with my girly friends and Letetia and I discovered that we both went to Manchester Uni..as did her her husband Sturla, who lived in the same area of Didsbury that Toti lived in when he was studying in Manchester and (coolest factoid yet) Jolyon and Chanelle were both born in the same hospital..what a small world this Icelandic society turns out to be...
Kremena bought her Mum and baby Yulia, who is now ´cruising´along the furniture and smiling at every passing person. She will be one year old on Friday (Yulia not her Grandma!) and as I just missed her baptism so I now will miss here birthday party
:-(. Lovely to have 3 generations of ladies from one family in one joyful space and with 4 languages shared between them (bulgarian, icelandic, english and french). How cool is that?
Great to finally meet Kate´s partner Oli too..they seem to have both survived their whisky tasting trip back to Kates home country of Scotland ;-)..Kates research post comes to an end this summer but it looks like she will be staying here in Iceland..all the more friends to see when we return to our other home on a more regular basis...
So, all in all, a really lovely time to come back..I still love it here, miss Iceland and would love to move back but Toti refuses to even consider it as a future option..surprising perhaps to some but I was always the one who pushed the move and was reluctant to return to the UK..Toti feels that we have been too scarred as a family to consider living here again and indeed, it is fab to see J so much brighter, happier and calmer. But, hey! never say never thats what I say ;-). I quite fancy T in an Icelandic police uniform in 10 years or so...!
Happy Easter to you all
Lots of cross-cultural love and best wishes from Joanna, Toti, Jolyon and Elijah xxxxxx
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