those twins again: the big one, Lboy8
Brasov, Romania
“I liked Malaysia for the food and iced lemon tea. I liked Mongolia for the ranch, for riding horses and milking cows and herding goats. I liked England for the food like Cornish pasties and vinegar on chips. I liked Italy for the pizzas. And I loved the fresh crispy apples off the tree in Bulgaria.”
Here is a boy, who experiences life through his stomach!
To prevent his memories being solely related to food, we proposed another question: what have you learnt this last year or so? He almost got stuck on a foodie train of thought (“Other countries have open air markets”), but managed to digress…”At Angkor Wat when a new group of people took over the temples they would change the carvings to make them into their own gods, or sometimes they even just put a shawl around the statue’s shoulders and that made them new.”
“Before we went away I didn’t know a capital I meant an information centre.”
He was on a roll….
”When Chinese people take a photo they make their fingers into a V.”
“I’d like to go back to Poland in the snow, because it would be interesting to see the differences.”
Plus, we all know how much he loved the kremowka (special cream cake) and sernik (cheese cake) and paczki (doughnuts) and kielbasa (sausages) and pierogi (dumplings) and zapiekanki (pizza breads)….. 😉
Tags: 2008/09, children, food, learning, postcard: Romania
rayres
THANK YOU for sharing your children with us. I see your trip has less than 2 weeks before you are home. My husband and I have LOVED reading your post. We enjoyed it WAY BACK when you were deciding on journals and back packs for the children to use on the trip. Do, let us know how things are when you return to NZ. Pass on to GrandPa he is missed and we want to hear from him,too.
MarthaAnn ( sitting in Florida,USA reading your updates– and taking note that you must take a breather sometime)
I discovered your blog in July and have been reading it faithfully since then. We have 5 children and are planning a one to two year trip similar to yours so it has been wonderful to travel vicariously through you. We also homeschool our children so it has been nice to see how you work that with a large family. You are an amazing woman with an amazing family and when I feel low or the kids are driving me crazy, I brew myself a tea and steal away to find out how the “kiwi family” is doing. One of the nicest things about the blog is how committed you have been to writing regularly! I hope you post a few entries once you return. One thing I am curious about though – Why did you cut your trip short? I thought it was supposed to last a few years? Okay, one more thing? Was it hard to convince the oldest to embrace the trip? My oldest is 12 and she is not too sure about leaving home and friends for so long…
Nicole in Canada
I discovered your blog in July and have been reading it faithfully since then. We have 5 children and are planning a one to two year trip similar to yours so it has been wonderful to travel vicariously through you. We also homeschool our children so it has been nice to see how you work that with a large family. You are an amazing woman with an amazing family and when I feel low or the kids are driving me crazy, I brew myself a tea and steal away to find out how the “kiwi family” is doing. One of the nicest things about the blog is how committed you have been to writing regularly! I hope you post a few entries once you return. One thing I am curious about though – Why did you cut your trip short? I thought it was supposed to last a few years? Okay, one more thing? Was it hard to convince the oldest to embrace the trip? My oldest is 12 and she is not too sure about leaving home and friends for so long…
Nicole in Canada