Visiting Regina's Family

Thursday, May 8, 2014

   We made plans ahead of time to see my cousin Regina on Thursday. Petr arranged a small family reunion for Saturday but Regina had plans for Saturday (she organized a team from her village to attend a cabbage soup contest in Slovakia - they finished 5th out of 15!). Petr and Jarka drove there with us on Thursday morning as we did not know the way. We got to see Regina, her husband Petr, her daughter Nela and her mom Pavla. 

   We visited and caught up on the 12 or 13 years since I last saw them. Regina lives in the old house in Nosovice where her grandmother used to live. She and her husband have done some amazing work and the home looks beautiful. They also have a gorgeous garden. 

Regina and Pavla made lunch and after lunch we walked to the nearby playground. The kids had a  blast. We returned to Regina’s house around supper time and had sandwiches.  

 

   After eating, we drove to Nizni Lhoty to visit cousin Jena. He was having a small family gathering at his house and we joined them for a little while. The kids kept busy climbing a tree. Jena and his girlfriend have also put quite a lot of work into home renovations. My dad was born in this house and we used to come visit here in during the summers when I was kid. My aunt Marta (Jena’s mom) used to live here with her family. 

   We walked across the street to see Vilda’s (my dad’s cousin) weekend home. They also renovated it quite a bit and pretty much the only thing inside than stayed the same was the staircase.

We drove back to the chateau at 10 PM and just crashed after a busy day.