| S'vivon, sov sov sov. Chanukah hu hag tov. Chanukah hu hag tov, S'vivon, sov sov sov! Chag simcha hu la-am, Neis gadol hayah sham. Neis gadol hayah sham, Chag simcha hu la-am. | Dreidel, spin, spin, spin Chanukah it is a good holiday Chanukah it is a good holiday Dreidel, spin, spin, spin A happy holiday for our people A great miracle happened there A great miracle happened there A happy holiday for our people |
The best part about Christmas for Basti was singing his favorite song - Silent Night. He loves this song so much that he even sang it at Adrienn's choir concert, causing the audience to turn around and look at him instead of the choir...He was happy enough to perform it again, as long as he got to see the video afterwards...
For the Hallowe'en parade at school, Ilo was radiant as Tinkerbell.
The entrance to our farmhouse. Not pictured: the chickens, goats and sheep that ran around just outside our gate.
We shared the garden with a family of turtles, to the great delight of Adrienn, who likes nothing better than to catch and photograph little animals.
Practicing was fun with the great acoustics in the big farmhouse. We didn't bring Basti's violin along, so he (and cica-meow) just stood next to Adrienn to give moral support.
Boat excursion on small motorboat, exploring nearby islands from the island of Murter.
Ilo's Condé Nast photo.
Basti smiling after a long nap on the cruise to Kornati islands.
They day we left our kind hosts surprised us with a wonderful fish lunch and plentiful wine (which made it rather hard to leave)
(the other side of the view; photo by Adrienn)
In the 0ld square in Sibenik Basti tried to have a conversation with a little Croatian girl who couldn't understand a word he said. He was feeling a bit shy so he brought his big sister along.
One of many, many ice cream stops.
Part II of our trip was at the Makarska riviera, where our local beach turned out to be not only clean and beautiful but also filled with the most spectacular fish we had ever seen in Croatia.
Adri's ready to chase after some fish.
Enjoying the view from our balcony.
Adrienn was happy to spend her birthday by the Adriatic, having been named after it.
And she was thrilled to find, in the bottom of her present bag, two different kinds of Croatian liver pâté (her all-time favorite food).
Bast-Ilo digging around with some make-shift sand toys.
Adrienn was more into creepy-crawly things than dirt, and took good care of her new caterpillar friend, who was provided with free transport and a new apartment decorated with flowers.
Harabuji-style babysitting.
Halmuni was stationed by the river to keep Basti from jumping in. He usually needs at least two or three grown-ups to keep him out of trouble....
Unless he is safely perched on papa's shoulders!
