Goodbyes. Saturday October 20

Woke up to a 7:27am wake up call from Rony. Tired doesn’t even start to describe it. We got to his game at 9am only to realize that his game wasn’t even starting until 10am, so we were there to root for his friends. I asked him if it would be ok if I went to the store and came back at 10, to which he said sure.

Watched his game, and then left Sue there to go back to the house and spend some time with the other kids before heading to the airport around noon. It was both fun and kind of emotional. Luckily some of the kids had gone home for the weekend, so it was a little bit quieter. Oana started to cry which then of course made me cry, but luckily little Ana and Dana, the 6 years olds, were there with the “nu plunge” (don’t cry), and Dana leaned up to wipe a tear off my face.

As we waited outside for the taxi the mood lightened as well as the kids pretended that they were leaving on a trip and we were staying. They were all geared up with our luggage and ready to go. Dana wanted to wear my big duffle like a backpack and it was so heavy she fell over. It was hilarious!

Hugs, kisses, and see you soons, and we were off to the airport.

Flight was nearly on time and capped off with my favorite thing about Otopeni airport. The beer machines by the gate. Made the departure and wait a little nicer to have a nice cold Ursus.