20 July 2009

Romania again

Most of the pictures recently have been taken on my phone, which is why the quality isn't that good. This is the entrance to the Romanian city of Timisoara. Triumphal arches like this were a typical feature of cities in communist times. This one has faded a little and looks in need of repair when you get a bit closer.Here's a nice Romanian sunset in July, not far from Timisoara. I really wanted to see if my phone would reproduce the colours, and it hasn't done all that badly.

A Real Fire

After the goulash we had some songs round a campfire. Just one problem: it was a very hot evening, and the fire was so hot that this was the closest we could get!

17 July 2009

Real Gulyas!


This is gulyas (goulash) made the real Hungarian way in a bogracs (cauldron) over an open fire. Wonderful!

10 July 2009

Modular School, Romania


This is the ninth and final teaching module of Part "A" of the Modular School in Timisoara, Romania. Tania Person is teaching about counselling skills. The weather is hot, and it's a real blessing to be able to use the huge main hall of Agape Church, the biggest charismatic church in Romania.

08 July 2009

Someone ought to tell them!

We bought this breakfast cereal in a local supermarket in Hungary. Maybe somebody ought to tell them what it really says?

05 July 2009

Slovaks in our garden

Last Wednesday we treated a group of Slovaks (who were at the Ellel base for a Holiday Week) to a Traditional British Garden Party in a Traditional British Garden. Just as they all arrived, a tanker truck came to empty our septic tank. Very reluctantly, because getting hold of the "honey-dipper man" is quite difficult, I had to tell him to leave. He promised to come back the next morning, but we haven't seen him since. Never mind, nothing appears to be overflowing ... yet ...

01 July 2009

Couldn't get better than this!


Sitting on a sunbed under a shady tree in our beautiful garden with a nice mug of tea ... It doesn't get much better than this! Now we've got to get ready for two dozen Slovak guests coming for a typical English garden party.