So neither Evelyn or I have been sleeping that great. And Ben's schedule got all weird and one night he came home pretty late (we were sleeping) and the baby heard his voice and her eyes popped open and she wanted to play. To explain she sees Ben as her personal playmate more than a caregiver because he spends very little time actually looking after her and his time with her is usually spent making her laugh and entertaining her.
She does not like him in the bed though with me, she kicks him in the ribs and face while he's sleeping and spends most of her night trying to push him out of the bed. I can't help but laugh most nights.... I have lots of space :)
Because of the lack of sleep I have pretty much felt pretty beat and so my days consisted of walking around this part of town, window shopping, finding a patio for lunch and enjoying the afternoon reading my book, and returning late afternoon for a bit of nap and then we wake up and see if we can't find Laarni and her kids for some dinner. That's been my last 2 days.
I have discovered Hungarian Lemonade is the best in the whole world I have tasted so far! It's got fresh orange juice, mixed with lemon juice, some kind of sugar, and then put they put a whole bunch of cut up fresh lime, lemon and orange slices over crushed ice. It's very thirst quenching and I love it!
Another popular dish here is goose, especially goose liver in all kinds of ways... Ben has ordered it a few times and I have tried it and quite liked it. It's can range in flavour & texture to something like Fois Gras we get at home or something much more mild and creamy (which I prefer)
So this morning I was awake again at 5am as per usual and got Evelyn a bottle and settled back to sleep and of course I am unable to go back to sleep... so I lay there awake for almost 3 hours before finally dozing off. Ben got up with Evelyn and had the idea he would take her for a walk and give me some time on my own. Except that I had to help him pack her bag with all her things, and measure out her cereal for breakfast and help him with a variety of Evelyn things. So by the time they left and I tried to lay back down I wasn't tired anymore.... and instead I just lay there worrying and missing them. Ben is taking Evelyn to some island on the river you can get to by bridge and it has a big park on it.
So I got up took a long hot shower, had some breakfast, now I am having a cappuccino and updating the blog.
The plan is for Ben to come to the apt at 2pm and leave the stroller here in exchange for the baby carrier and go to a patio for some lunch and then tour the Opera House at 4pm.
It's 24 degrees here today and HOT! I am loving this weather and hope it follows me home to Toronto. At night it still gets cool to down around 10 degrees or so, but the daytime is lovely. The last few days have all been above 20 with full sun compared to when we arrived and last weekend when it was mid teens, cloudy and windy.
It's hard to believe I have been here just over a week because so far I have only spent one day with Ben. I hope this long weekend we can actually spend some time together reconnecting as well as some sightseeing.
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