Wish I Could Write

I can't write and I'm just not good about posting on this, but I wish I was:) I'm debating with whether to continue it and take the stress off my plate or just really try to be better about posting. I get so many good blog ideas when I'm away from the computer or sitting somewhere and it's impossible to blog. I have good intentions - ha!!!

We had the ground-breaking for John's project here. It was over the top, nothing like what we do in the USA for a ground-breaking. The owners are very excited to be in Europe and Hungary is excited to be the first. We met the US Ambassador to Hungary. She attended the event and spoke, as well as, the second in command to the Prime Minister of Hungary. It was attended by people all over Europe. Lots of introductions and hand-shaking along with interpreting from Hungarian to English and vice-versa. The following pictures are from that:





We went to our first Christian music concert in Budapest last night with our dear friends. Jars of Clay were in town. They did a great set in a club alot like "Bogarts" for all our Cincy fam and friends. We missed being with our concert going buddies (Icthus and LifeLighters). They sang two new songs that they haven't sang in the US yet, so the kids thought that was great. We stood in the middle of the venue but the kids were at the front of the stage. They said they could read the playlist and touch their shoes :)HA!!!!



Here's a picture of ONE of our favorite things to eat here: PIZZA.

We like pizza no matter where we are but it's VERY different here. They have the most wonderful tomatoes and we've not had a bad one ~ they taste like a tomato should taste. We are trying to not gain weight because we are loving the Hungarian dishes. It's all much healthier than how we eat in the US so hopefully weight-gain won't happen. We do a lot of walking and that is helpful. We will miss getting the type of exercise we get here. The surroundings are amazing and so walking is always a treat. It won't be in winter but for now, we really enjoy it, even if we are walking up a steep hill and our abs burn.

We are cheering for our Reds. We spend a couple of evenings a week watching them. We want our team to go to the World Series. We have some friends here who are also big Reds fans and we enjoy chatting with them about our team.



I'm getting ready to start doing Ladies Bible Study with other women from our church. I will be leading along with two other friends. We are doing Beth Moore's Daniel Bible Study. I have done that study several times but it hasn't been done at our church here. I'm excited to do it again with ladies from around the world. Our church has 20 different nationalities represented in it.

School has begun and we are soaking up European History that lies all around us. We are very grateful for this opportunity.

Trouble with posting because of.........

Well, forgive us for being away from the blog for SO LONG!!!!!! We have not been able to post because of a, well, lack of techie-knowledge on the user's part :) Not to mention every time we try to use blogger to post it is in Hungarian and we aren't fluent in that yet - ha!!!!! So, we'll get to right to what you want to see....PICTURES.

Our first birthday boy of August (but the 2nd born)
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Touring Vienna, Austria

Friends in Budapest

Flower Ice Cream a almost daily treat :)

Opera House in Hungary

My car here :)

Our 2nd Birthday boy of August (but the first born)

The First Week

We will try to give you a taste of life in the big city. This is not going to be our norm but for now it is. We don't move into our home until July when our belongings arrive. Until then, we are on one BIG vacation trying to get our bearings. We are currently at a hotel and will move to a "condo" next week.

When I have to start cooking again it's going to be a sad day. The food here is AMAZING!!! They are very healthy eaters - only fresh, nothing prepackaged.

Freezers are not common here. For instance, they don't do ice in drinks and you very rarely see "fountain" drinks. We are big water drinkers. We have to order water and always have to be sure to order "still" water. The kids hate sparkling water. You have to be very careful at the market when you buy water that you have purchased "still." The breakfast at our hotel has such a healthy, tasty selection every morning. J and I are coffee drinkers and we just can't wait to get downstairs each morning and have coffee - it's amazing here. There are coffee houses on every corner. The first Starbucks opened in the city at the largest mall today. There is no need for Starbucks here though. The coffee houses here put Starbucks to shame. They don't do coffee as a drive-through thing. You go in and sit for hours and relax and chat, it's addicting :)
Our favorite restaurant is around the corner from us. It's our special family place to sit and discuss our day and how life here is different. Here's two pictures of it that the kids insisted I post-ha!


Right now our days consist of sight-seeing and trying to figure out the subway, bus and train system. This city makes NYC seem like a piece of cake to get around in, even by car. It's a good thing our kids have traveled alot and know how to use a subway system well, if they didn't, this would be even more complicated!! They have a much better sense of direction than their mama!!!

We will blog about some of the sites we've seen in a few days.