Trips with Mom

I've been enjoying the last few days with my mom. It is so nice to have someone to talk to all the time at home when The V is gone off from work .. but even better than that, it is so nice to have home cooked meals! Mom also takes care of me as well -  coffee in the morning and ironed clothes as well the next day :) well I told her she does not need to but she wants to keep herself occupied when I am not at home. She has been very independent as well doing things herself - shopping, going to the library, the pharmacy and other stuff. She does not care even if she does not speak German at all! So proud of her.. I have met some people much younger than her who are very scared to get out of their houses and just wait for families or partner because they don't speak the German language..

What we are now trying to do is do some trips during the weekends. So far so good - the weather has been really nice and this is her second weekend - she might have some expectations to see more of the neighboring countries ( like Paris and Rome for examples) but we want to show her Germany first. There are just too many things to see here and I repeat it - Germany is just so under rated when it comes to its tourism.. so many things to do and see here.

Today we went along the Mosel River and Mosel River - it was a beautiful day. Amazing that it is still early May.

Mama in Germany

My mom's here since Monday. She is having a wonderful time and enjoying all the things around her. It seems everything is just so new to her..We brought her immediately to Frankfurt and showed her a bit of  the  town.

I even made a new blog for her so if you are interested to see it, you can check it out here.

http://travellingmila.wordpress.com/

I figured if I put all her pictures and stories,  I might end up maximizing my picture storage. I will still write the stories but it will be basically about the things she would see and do with us of course.

Mom is coming to town

Finally! My mom got her most awaited visa and will be visiting us here really soon - well not that soon but in a month's time. The V. and I are very excited and are making lots of plans now what to do- Hopefully the weather stays this nice till summer so we could really do lots of trips around Germany and even visit neighboring countries.

Updates

It was supposed to be an exciting week at work. I am doing a project with the kids on the different continents and of course I started with Asia - I also got a lot of involvement from the parents. Unfortunately I got sick so was out since Wednesday ... so sad to miss the event and the food!!!... in the end I missed Indian, Chinese and Japanese day.. But had to stay at home - I could not even get out of bed . To make matters worst, I had to go to the doctor's and sit in the most uncomfortable chair for an hour and half with the worst headache and pain from all over! I hate these doctors appointments here - they tell you to come at a certain time but let you wait nevertheless for at least an hour!!!

So that was the start of my February - aside from that I have started the procedure for my Mom's trip - well there are a  lot of things to organize behind it but just gotten started with  getting an approved  inviation from the Aliens Department in our town. I even made a mistake when they asked for our mortgage.. and The V said this might affect the duration of the visa -they will be computing our earnings plus mortgage plus cost of living and costs of  having a guest!  Good thing The V was able to reach the woman who got my papers- Whew - I just hope my mom gets her visa and on time.