Third Time's the Charm!! Georgia, Here We Come!

 Saturday, July 30, 2022 Sleeping in is grand, even if it only means 6:30.  But I don't have to get up just because I'm awake!! But  Beqa comes forty-five minutes early, which we weren't quite prepared for, but that's okay!  When he leaves we think about whether we're hungry yet.  I think I might be and while I'm blogging Ammar goes out and brings me back one of the square katchapuris and makes me a cup of tea.  I'm so spoiled! Our scary elevator door!  And it makes noises like in a horror movie! Every lake has to have swan boats, right? Support for Ukraine is still strong! We remember that there were great massages at the Wyndham on Europe Square and so we walk down there.  It's about two miles, so another virtuous day! Along the way Ammar teaches me about the recent history in the Middle East.  It is more convoluted and confusing than I even thought!  We go upstairs and make appointments for tomorrow at noon and go down to the Radisson...

 Friday, July 29, 2022 We received a text last night saying that pick-up would be at 7:45 this morning.  Imagine our surprise when there was a flurry of texts around 6:45 asking where the heck we are;  our driver is out front waiting for us!! I, of course, wrote back with a screen shot of their message and got an apology and a plea to be as fast as possible!  But no one told the driver that it wasn't our fault and he doesn't speak English.  But you could sure tell what he was saying!!  And it wasn't very nice!  I wrote Anna in the office and asked her to call off her dog!! Then it got better and he even drove us to McDonald's for breakfast, which we didn't want;  but coffee never goes a miss! Then we drove to pick up a Russian family who was going with us and they were delightful.  They used to vacation in Ukraine and hate what's going on there! We stop for snacks and a potty break and there's a lady selling what I guess is toilet paper but s...