Diary 7 Saturday June 5th 2010
This is my last diary as we leave Romania tomorrow
morning. The Wednesday evening boat has been cancelled and we must be at St Malo by 7 am on Wednesday; so to allow for delays (and give
me the opportunity to shop in St Malo) we need to
leave tomorrow morning.
Today we decided was to be a day for Flori. Flori
suffers with renal failure and has been on dialysis for 6 years – it is clear
her health is deteriorating so we wanted to give her a special day. Initially
she wanted us to take her to visit her brother which would have been fine if
she could have contacted him to check he would be there, but none of the
numbers she had would work. We weren’t keen on driving a round trip of 100+
miles to find he was not there, especially as there had been some trouble with
the brother and debts and Beni advised that it would
probably be better if Flori was accompanied by a Romanian speaking male.
So Flori decided she would like to go into Oradea and
meet up with some of the friends she has not visited since she moved out here. Of
course Flori goes to Oradea by hospital transport 3 days a week for dialysis
but she is often quite unwell after that, so not appropriate to visit friends
then. First we went to the home of Salomeea (name may
not be spelt accurately) – it was really moving to see the delight of both
Flori and her friend and also the welcome of all the family. Salomeea is engaged to be married in October so we admired
the wedding dress and I expressed my amazement that anyone could possibly walk
on such high heeled shoes!
After that we went to MacDonalds
where we all ate and Flori ate an extremely hearty meal (I remember when she
was with us in Jersey she was a joy to feed as she ate well and liked whatever
was offered her).
From there we went to Agape as Flori had not seen
Doris for a long time and when she heard she was there and we knew where she
lived she was keen to see her. So we went there again and again we received a
lovely welcome – not just from Diana, the family and workers there but also
from Marinella who was there. It was a lovely way to
end the day out.
Now we are back home at Cefa – and it is clear Flori
has really enjoyed her day. She is telling the others all about it now. Phil
and I must sort out the car and get as packed up as we can ready for tomorrow
morning. The weather is finally warmer and sunny (it was COLD yesterday) and no
rain today so far! We understand it is hot in Jersey – I think someone said 30
degrees.