Russian Journal 2013 - Day 12

Day 12 - Last day Gelendzhik

We've spend our last full day here in Gelendzhik at the beach, trying to entice a not very enthusiastic small Treadwell into the waves. I think he's now pretty bored with the sea. Tried to keep him entertained with Snakes & Ladders, Ludo and Connect 4 but it's been hard work. He's been restless and very badly behaved toward his grandad. Who's advances are met with screams of "Nit Nit." It's a different matter how ever when grandad mentions the word, "ice cream", (which has pretty much bean Max's staple diet since we arrived). Max will follow Vladimir anywhere for an Ice cream. It's quite comical to see Max walking behind Valdimir (keeping a safe distance of ten paces or so) while maintaining his grandad's every move. Vlads the Russian equivalent of the Pied Piper.

We've been reading today about the bad weather in Moscow. Seems when we go back tomorrow we can expect rain and cold. While in the UK the heat wave is continuing with record temperatures, and will do into next week!

This evening we took Max for a couple of rides on the fare. Both racing orientated. First a mini quad bike that he rode around an extended track and then, on a smaller track with a mixture of vehicles and contestants racing around after one another. He whipped all the ruskie kids and sailed home in first place. We were all very proud.

We then watched our last Black Sea sunset and headed for a slice of pizza or two before heading back to the apartment.

Tomorrow afternoon we fly back to Moscow. Our Russian holiday is nearly at an end. It's been great to have a change of scenery during this trip and experience this culture. As it goes beach holidays are not really my cup of tea but this break has served it's purpose. It's been, for the most part, relaxing, different and enjoyable. I probably couldn't do this every year, but as a one off, it's been great. And much better then the alternative.

I probably won't be able to update the last few days of the journal (Days 13,14 and 15) till I get back to the UK. So expect then sometime next week.