Elena's Hungarian Grandma

This woman is the mother of a fellow pilot at Jeff's company, a Hungarian by the name of Jozsef. He also happens to be our neighbor. Both his mother and mother-in-law (not pictured) came for a three week visit and these grandmas took great care of Elena. They cooked dinner for us many times and while I ate the grandmas watched Elena so that I could relax while eating. We went to a friend's BBQ and they did the same.

I'm sorry to say that I don't even remember their names, because I only called them "grandma." Neither of them spoke English, but one was brunette and the other blonde, and I remembered the blonde as the in-law, so that's how I kept them apart. We did lots of sign language and sometimes Jozsef's six-year old daughter had to do some simple translating, even though she has only begun learning English six months ago! I guess it shows that human kindness transcends words.

This grandma cried so much on her last day in Bahrain when we said our goodbyes.