Time for Catching Up

I have written much in other places about our life.  Today we drove to Baneasa Mall where we could buy Tacos!  What a nice lunch and though it is considered fast food I think it must be the healthiest we could eat since for me it is reminiscent of South Texas and the wonderful Mexican food we can get there, so often much better than this one place here but the competition is so far away that it does not matter.  At first the lines were so long that it was discouraging, but now Taco Bell is still busy and still serving tasty treats available mo where else within my reach.

We had a wonderful celebration on Wednesday for the 84th birthday of Eugeniu who invites his colleagues each year to enjoy a day in the village of Peris a bit north of Bucharest.  Within reasonable distance for the architects who live in the city, we are blessed with the presence of these friends of many years who come to say La Multi Ani|!  Oana Pop, Eugeniu's daughter, cooked food to dream about for this huge crowd.  She prepared an enormous pot of ciorba, sarmale (with the help of Gigi and Mita), pate and vinete (with the help of Catalin), a salad of varsa (coleslaw) and then there was the meat, seasoned pork chops and sausages (grilled), also mashed potatoes with dill,  and a chocolate cake (that she especially made before she came).  A feast unparalleled!  Oh yes, the deviled eggs, too!