Day 21: Addendum

Dearest Alex,

This is just an addendum to the previous letter but I have enough to say that I could make it into another letter to you. The day just got weirder and weirder, but in a good way.

We didn’t want to leave you but we had to. We went back to the hotel and rested a while, then called the Radzinski’s to meet for dinner. My knee was feeling pretty good so we walked a few blocks to our old haunt, Mamma Mia’s Pizza Restaurant. The servers even recognized us! We were sitting eating, when in walked several American basketball players. We had seen some before at another restaurant in town and Sasha had told us that many come over to play in Europe if they are not drafted into the NBA. We struck up a conversation with them and ended up procuring a promise for some tickets to an upcoming basketball game. We won’t be in town, so I know you will be disappointed, but don’t worry, we will take you to many pro sports games in the US.

G3 figured that the kids at the orphanage would be excited to be able to go to a game and maybe they could be persuaded to come visit the kids at the orphanage. So hopefully we will be able to get something worked out. We will make the contacts but after that, it will be up to the Radzinski’s to carry that ball forward!

Then the MOST embarrassing thing - ok maybe not the most embarrassing thing - that was me falling splat on the sidewalk in London - happened. We tried to pay for dinner and then discovered that the credit card machine was not working. Then when we went to get cash - we discovered that most of our money was back in the hotel in my purse, which I did not bring because of my knee. So, here we had tried to buy dinner for Becky and Kevin to congratulate them in meeting their kids the first time that day, and ended up by filching dinner money off of them.

After finishing dinner, we were walking back to the hotel when we heard some loud bangs. Resisting the urge to fall flat to the pavement and take cover, we looked around and discovered the most spectacular fireworks display. It only lasted a few minutes, but was pretty and a most deserving end to a special day!

Love,

Bethany, G3, G4, & Amanda