I have had a busy summer so far and it hasn't slowed down yet. I spent one week in June in Bowling Green, KY, training to teach AP Government. I went home for a week and then headed to Washington, DC for a two week seminar on separation of powers (Pres/Congress) which was terrific. Yesterday morning, I boarded a plane for London and arrived around bedtime. I am now a believer in daytime flights to Europe to cut jet lag. It probably helped that I had a short night's sleep on Friday night (bed around 9:30PM and up at 2AM to shower and take the shuttle to BWI for a 6AM flight). I flew all day, arriving at 9:00PM London time. Got on skype and talked with Will and the girls (and Popo) and then headed to bed around midnight London time. I got a full 8 hours sleep and woke up quite refreshed, ate a hearty breakfast and headed back to Heathrow for my flight to Serbia (which sat at the gate for an hour and then another 20 minutes on the taxi way--it's amazing we were only about half an hour late arriving in Belgrade).
I got to Novi Sad around 7:30PM local time. Eleanor and the group went to the beach this afternoon and weren't back when I arrived, but Stevan's nephew called and checked on them and she hurried back...unfortunately the cell phone call had been cut off and I didn't know she was headed back, so I went out to the town square to get some dinars (money) and some food. I came back and she was waiting for me, not having eaten yet. Apparently they have been keeping a pretty late schedule. I went back out with Eleanor, Allie, her mother Lynda and Amanda for dinner. I had a dessert crepe since I had already had dinner. It's 12:42AM on Monday now and I still feel great....no jet lag at this point at all. I think I will take daytime flights from the US to Europe from now on!
I'm not sure what's in store tomorrow. Eleanor will have dance all day. I may search out a laundromat. I came with a suitcase full of clean clothes and can make it to London on Saturday (where there is a washer/dryer in our apartment), but I think she is about to run out of clean clothes. She washed leotards and tights out in the sink today....don't want to do that with jeans!
The weather is much more pleasant this year.....those who read my posts last year know that it was 106F here last year with no A/C, etc. We are staying somewhere different this year. There is A/C and Wifi....woohoo! Tomorrow's temp is supposed to be 73 degrees though, so I probably won't really need the A/C at all during the day tomorrow. Electricity is really expensive here, so I only plan to use the A/C when I need it--like tonight--it was hot today and is still 78 degrees after midnight (not really hot, but stuffy). The only drawback I see so far is that this place isn't a non-smoking facility. There is a slight smoke odor in the furniture in our room. I think I'll be o.k. though. Eleanor has been keeping the windows open to dissipate any of it and the A/C should also help. I have my inhaler if I need it!
Gonna run to bed now. This isn't very exciting yet. I'll try to spice it up when I'm more alert. Good night!
I got to Novi Sad around 7:30PM local time. Eleanor and the group went to the beach this afternoon and weren't back when I arrived, but Stevan's nephew called and checked on them and she hurried back...unfortunately the cell phone call had been cut off and I didn't know she was headed back, so I went out to the town square to get some dinars (money) and some food. I came back and she was waiting for me, not having eaten yet. Apparently they have been keeping a pretty late schedule. I went back out with Eleanor, Allie, her mother Lynda and Amanda for dinner. I had a dessert crepe since I had already had dinner. It's 12:42AM on Monday now and I still feel great....no jet lag at this point at all. I think I will take daytime flights from the US to Europe from now on!
I'm not sure what's in store tomorrow. Eleanor will have dance all day. I may search out a laundromat. I came with a suitcase full of clean clothes and can make it to London on Saturday (where there is a washer/dryer in our apartment), but I think she is about to run out of clean clothes. She washed leotards and tights out in the sink today....don't want to do that with jeans!
The weather is much more pleasant this year.....those who read my posts last year know that it was 106F here last year with no A/C, etc. We are staying somewhere different this year. There is A/C and Wifi....woohoo! Tomorrow's temp is supposed to be 73 degrees though, so I probably won't really need the A/C at all during the day tomorrow. Electricity is really expensive here, so I only plan to use the A/C when I need it--like tonight--it was hot today and is still 78 degrees after midnight (not really hot, but stuffy). The only drawback I see so far is that this place isn't a non-smoking facility. There is a slight smoke odor in the furniture in our room. I think I'll be o.k. though. Eleanor has been keeping the windows open to dissipate any of it and the A/C should also help. I have my inhaler if I need it!
Gonna run to bed now. This isn't very exciting yet. I'll try to spice it up when I'm more alert. Good night!
P.S. The picture was taken up at the Petrovaradin Fortress on Saturday. The girls from the US and the girls from Serbia all went on the excursion. I don't know who everyone in this picture is...but Eleanor is 4th from the left in the little blue jacket.
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