Europe part 5 UK (Yorkshire) - Odyssey 2014

After a brief rest day at Dave and Claire's house in Essex, I took a train to the North of England to Kingston Upon Hull. I traveled there to meet with a old lost friend whom I lost contact with almost 20 years ago. When I lived in the UK in the mid 1990's I met with Boris, who was visiting his friend Max in the apartment above where I was living with my daughter's mother at the time. We instantly hit it off and went out and had many shenanigans in London way back before the Internet was common. Boris invited me to visit him in Israel which I did for a couple of weeks, and had an awesome time visiting all the historical places that one does visit in Israel. I ultimately ventured home and ended up loosing contact with Boris, and felt very strongly that something had happened to him in conflict in Israel. It was not until I randomly searched for him on Facebook in October last year and to my surprise, there he was with a profile. I sent him a friend request, which was accepted immediately and a link to his skype account. Within 30 minutes here I after almost 20 years having a video call with someone whom I thought was not with us any more. So elated with this revelation that we immediately made plans to catch up when I was in the UK. Boris, is now part of a busy household of five...yes five children in Hull. And a successful businessman and property developer. It was very interesting to hear about the path he traveled over the past 20 years that led him to being in Yorkshire for now the past 15 or so years. His English and comprehension of life is better than most, and like most of my good mates, we quickly slipped into that comradeship that we had 20 years ago....it's like the years hadn't passed. Hat's off to Boris's lovely wife Anna, who has the helm and manages the frenetic nature of her kids lives with aplomb and always with a smile. It was just beautiful to be around, little Eva, Mia, Emily..the boxer Dylan and the future Basketball star Oliver. I had a bit of trouble with the Yorkshire accent, and I'm sure they had trouble with my Aussie accent and slang words that are thrown in as a natural part of our Antipodean lingo. To be honest I really noticed my Aussie accent in Yorkshire, funny how you don't notice it in your own country. haaa. I had the privilege of traveling with Boris and Family to York to visit that lovely city again and the National Rail Museum, the old town of Beverly and experience the country village of Cottingdom, which I was always mis pronouncing with my Aussie accent..haaa. I thoroughly enjoyed travelling through Hull with Boris has he worked and managed his properties and the many discussions we had on business, his ventures and my ventures. It was cold, wet and windy, and probably a very true Yorkshire experience, the Summers are not long here, so I do feel that what I experienced was a traditional local and family experience in this part of the world. Looking forward to seeing this family again when I return in August for a wedding :)