Leaving the beach of Cesenatico and returning to our apartment without garden wasn't as big of a change for Auro as I thought it would be. He was quite happy to rediscover all his toys and re-appreciated our small balcony from which he could 'chat' with the lady downstairs (and all the other ladies that were willing to smile at him from their windows).
Things were back to normal... at least for 10 days, because on the 30th of June we flew to London. Remo had to be there for work and Auro and I went along to visit some friends from Japan. I met Marina when I was studying at the university in Osaka and it was Remo who introduced us to Phil. Phil and Marina got married (they had a beautiful wedding in Japan) and I ended up with Remo ;-) They went to live in England and we finally moved back to Europe to settle in Italy. Auro was born in September 2008 and Alexander, Phil & Marina's son was born in December of the same year. The last time we had seen each other was 2 and a half years ago, so we had some catching-up to do. While Marina and I chatted for 3 days, the boys got acquainted with each other and by the end were able to call each other by name (Auro called Alexander by his nickname 'Sasha', but pronounced it more like 'Shasha')! After four days of playgrounds, aquarium (we visited the aquarium of London), sightseeing and a little bit of shopping (beautiful beautiful Windsor), we returned to Genoa a little tired (plane was delayed for 2 hours because of a technical problem), but completely content of having 'renewed' our friendship ties. Thank you, Marina, Phil and Sasha!!! See you in Genoa!
