7 am seems to be the magic wake-up time for me – alarm or no alarm. This morning, Kathy put out a quite a spread for breakfast, and my parents and I noshed and hung out in the kitchen. Shortly, Anita and Peter came over too, and then we all made our way to Tommy’s house for brunch; another stop on our three day food odyssey!
Tommy and his family moved back to Toronto from Bratislava a year ago and this was the first time I was visiting their new home. It was another nice sunny day in Toronto and while the adults ate some more, the boys all played nicely together in the yard (Kathy has two; Jack is 6, and Ben is 4; and Tommy has two; Max is 6 and Sam is 4). They have very symmetrical families.
After brunch, Tommy’s wife, Katka, helped me in my continued quest for my Slovak/EU Passport by translating a CV for my application for citizenship (just a small step I skipped in my original attempt at obtaining the passport; it helps to be a citizen of the country first). Yesterday, Peter helped me translate the actual application form. This process is really becoming a full-on family effort.
It was another nice afternoon of hanging out and catching up. Thankfully, while my ankle was still swollen, I was able to walk on it more easily. Kathy drove me to the airport in the afternoon, and my parents accompanied me. It had been a brief visit, but extremely worthwhile and I was happy to have seen my parents as well as the rest of the family.
I planned to sleep on the flight home and so I took an ambien as an aid. Apparently, I should’ve finished eating first, since I had to get up and hurl the entire contents of my Alitalia meal before settling in for the (brief) night.
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