1 More Week

14 March 2014

1 more week until we fly to see Darren. We will be flying to Kaunas, Lithuania this time. I was sitting here thinking about that and what I need to do before we take off and completely forgot to post pictures from our last trip to Riga, Latvia. I am feeling the need to post more and more since this is the modern version of journal writing. Something to show the grand kids some day, ya know?

Bradyn and I flew out of Stansted Airport on 21 February with an aquaintance-Danielle. Her hubby is also in Lithuania, so we were happy to have company. I thought I would need the extra hand, but turns out we did just fine and B was the perfect travel companion. The iPad and excitement of the whole flying process was enough to keep him entertained. He did fuss once when I was trying to pay for his juice he had sucked down before leaving the store! Toddlers I tell ya. The flight was just over 2 hours.

Darren and his friend picked us up and we drove to the hotel. It was a joyous reunion. Lots of giggling and "daddy" from B. We ordered pizza and crashed because it was already 2300.  This picture is actually a couple days later. Pizza the size of our table and we ate every last inch!





The next day we did some major site seeing-- in the cold. Not a fan of flying somewhere and it being colder that where you started from. We need to do something about that!  The city was gorgeous though. We stayed in old Riga and I'm glad we did.

Brotherhood of Blackheads-Old Riga-my fav!

Riga Bus Station

Freedom Monument

Playing in the park

Darren has a couple more months in Lithuania-- hopefully. We can't wait to see him next weekend and tour another new place. I'm very proud of the hubs-he's in the bottom left of this picture.   

A pilot performs pre-flight checks in a hangar at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania March 11, 2014. The 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, sent an additional six aircraft and more than 50 personnel to augment the four aircraft and approximately 150 Airmen already supporting NATO's ongoing air policing mission, at the request of U.S. allies in the Baltics.