More Of The Trip.......

When we arrived at Norek and Natasha's house a real meal and a very upset and worried Natasha was waiting. After 10 hours of driving and being lost it was a real pleasure to see our town and family. Not 10 minutes after we got in the house Maryna called and wanted to know why I was late and had everyone worried. I told her about the wait at the border, the drunk customs officer and the lost bag. What ? Who bag is lost? The bag that had all of the gifts and most of my clothes in it.. Oh no honey, how you did loose it ? I not loose it , the airline did. Not good , not good at all. Have any of you ever had to explain how and why a bag was lost and the paper work you had to do to trace it back to where you were. No problem sweet, when the bag gets to Budapest they will bring it to me. It did arrive 2 days later with all but two things in it.The bag was torn and beat up, however it did arrive, tape and all.
Babushka is fine and looking great. For a woman who can't speak or hear and a man that can't speak the language we had no problems at all. As a matter of fact the only problem that I had was trying to get some dental work done. Not enough time I was told, not by 1 dentist but by 2. One said he could do it however it would cost double or triple because of the time it took to make the bridge. I have had a lot of work done in Ukraine and it is great. This time was not to be.
These people love to eat and drink. I mean big meals and big drinking. One night I had to set and drink through 18 toast. Now one might think no problem, just take a sip at each toast. Nope !! Not a chance. You drink a shot of vodka.This vodka is made by the vodka gods of the world. This is not the nasty assed stuff you buy in the states and other places in a pretty bottle. Smooth as silk and goes down real easy. Not to drink a shot is very bad taste and just not done. On shot number 12 I started to get light headed and wanted to set down. Shot number 15 , I was getting 6 eyed drunk. I do remember the last toast, I sat down and just kind of slobbered something to the person next to me who happened to be a factory owner that makes leg garments for export all over the world. I do have 3 new pair of pants that look great . They were a present from our cousin that is a big boss in the UK owned factory in Uzhgorod. The factory owner is now one of my new best friends and I have been invited to the UK to see how a real country works and people of means live. I told him about our pal Limey and he said come on over and we would find him and have a few drinks. All and all a very good night from what I remember. I do have photos and will share with all my pals. You can see for yourself some of the party..
More to come, this was a very long trip...
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