Hello everyone.
Here we are back in the house of Kohimarama. 5 weeks have now passed from date of return. It was July 15th when we again landed at Auckland. A rainy and cold that day. It 'was a traumatic moment I would say almost off the plane arriving from Italian and especially after 3-day stopover in Hong Kong, where the temperature was 34-35 degrees with 100% humidity. But we did it. With the help of our Foster Parents Epsom (Peter & Linda) and that they came to get her home.
The second and trauma 'was set foot in the house. Umidissima and cold. Before cosa fatta ancor prima di mettere giu' le valigie e' stato accendere i termosifoni e il deumidificatore. Salutato e ringraziato Peter & Linda ci siamo fatti un bel te' caldo e dopo via di corsa a letto. Credetimi. Eravamo esausti. Noi in aereo non riusciamo a dormire. Ci siamo infilati sotto le coperte ancora mezzi vestiti, tutti e tre nel lettone matrimoniale. Lina aveva anche riposato, ma ad ogni modo era sveglia dalle 7 del mattino anche lei, quando avevano iniziato a girare per l'aereo con la colazione. Fortunatamente cinque sei orette era riuscita a dormire. Dovete sapere che alla partenza da HK (alle 9 di sera) abbiamo passato quasi tre ore da incubo perche' dopo essere crollata all'aeroporto verso le 7 mentre aspettavamo l'imbarco abbiamo dovuto wake (in fact if I remember correctly and it 'woke up alone) to board. So 'we've ruined the sweet sleep. Gia 'This, to us adults, it runs the boxes, then try to think for a little girl dead tired being in the midst of the confusion of people trying to settle in the various seats. The hostess who kept running back and forth with a thousand things to do. The lights still on. The take-off. Dinner. The people who went to the bathroom. . . etc. ..
Lina in all this and 'passed the stage overtired and then ...... tantrums and crying. Three hours worth of poor. Then the collapse. Good night, good night, floret ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkosxIvEQw ) By the grace of Signore non ci sono state forti turbolenze che ci avrebbero costretto a riprendere in braccio la tata e quindi quasi in automatico ..... duro risveglio ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdJL7mKVYbM&feature=related ).
Dopo quasi oltre due ore di riposo (vorrei dire profondo sonno) ci siamo a fatica rialzati. Non potevamo dormire tutto il pomeriggio, altrimenti poi la notte sarebbe stata ....... in bianco.
Dovevamo inoltre cercare di riabituarci al nuovo fuso orario. La sosta "tecnica" a Hong Kong da questo punto di vista ci aveva agevolato parecchio. Tre giorni con un fuso orario di +6 rispetto all'Italia e -4 da Auckland erano stati sufficienti a calmierare l'ampio gap fra le due destinazioni, the departure and arrival. When we woke up it was almost dark as here in the middle 'of July the sun sets at around five in the afternoon. We looked and we did quite a wry smile. We were no longer 'used to these short days. We left Italy where the sun set at nine and a half and Hong Kong where he started at eight. We had left the northern hemisphere and we were back in the Southern Hemisphere. This was the real "problem." Within us a tremendous sense of nostalgia. We spent five fantastic week and met wonderful people. We could safely say that any better than this' could not go. Even Lina had changed! He had the opportunity to embrace part of that world to just before the voice had always been told or seen in photographs. What is most 'beautiful for us and' that seems to be liked so much. Thank God
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