Ilari and Ildikó's House warming

A couple of weeks ago Ildikó and Ilari moved home to a bigger flat in Tuira.



Ildikó's parents, Julista and Arpad Hamós, have arrived from Hungary.

It was wonderful to renew contact with the Nobel Laureate and his gorgeous wife.

Guess what we talked about - How to get a bargain at a Flea market! he was thrilled to show me the bargain he had picked up at the flea market - a small cupboard for the due grandchild!

Ildikó says she is being treated like a "princess" as she awaits the arrival of their baby, first, around mid July.



Ilari is also enjoying having his in-laws look after Ildikó and consequentially, him!

They decided to have their house warming today as a sort of Open House for friends between 14:00 and 17:00 hours.

I had a pretty tight schedule, but I managed to drop in and say hi to everyone. It was nice to see so many of the new CHAFF group present.

Tomorrow, Sunday, between 16:00 and 18:00 hours a general tea / coffee session will be held in Cafe Sara (Kirkkokatu / Asemakatu corner.

An attempt to restart our regular Sunday face-to-face meetings? Hopefully so.

I guess I will be there.

CHAFF Meetings - New Schedule

I just had this email from Ildikó.

Dear CHAFFists,

Thank you to all those who enriched our first gathering of the new era CHAFF last Sunday at the Restaurant Marrakech. We had a good time getting to know each other, having good food and enjoying each other´s company. We also agreed on the following schedule for the coming CHAFF-meetings:

Our CHAFF-meetings will be held at the known time, Sunday 1 pm.

Once a month we will gather for a full lunch at Restaurant Marrakech, Kirkkokatu 55. I´ll let you know the next date for our Sunday lunch there in time. For these lunches, I ask you to always sign up in advance by sending me an email, so that Miriam and Said will know for how many of us to prepare their delicious food. The details about the next lunch will reach you soon.

Otherwise, we will meet every Sunday at 1 pm. (apart from those we spend at Marrakech of course) at Coffee House, Pakkahuoneenkatu 16. There is no signing up necessary for these coffee meetings, as there is always enough space at that time and day of the week to fit us in. You can consume whatever you wish, there won´t be any pre-ordered meal or drinks in these coffee-meetings.

So, until further notice, we will meet this and the coming Sundays at 1 pm at Coffee House. Please do not rely on me and my husband Ilari always being at the coffee meetings, we are both busy sometimes and not always in town.

Remember: CHAFF does not need me to be CHAFF. The meetings can be held without any problem and lots of fun and helpful hints and tips even with me or Jacob not being around. The lunch meetings will be organised by me personally, so for those I´ll be around always.

Have a nice week, don´t fuss about the rain - see the beautifully coloured leaves instead ;-)!

Take care

Ildi
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Ildikó Hámos

What I would like to add is thatyou should look at this Oulu CHAFF Blog for any announcements, requests for assistance, offers to help, items for sale, etc.

You can send me details and I will ensure that they go up olinr as soon as possible.

If you need anything special and would like to meet up with a set of people, let me know, and between Ildikó and myself, we shall try to organise the private meeting.