Attila, Zsuzsa és ...

szerda, május 7

Prague pics

We drove to Praha, Prague, Práha...for a couple of days. Kati és Laci and Leslie és Zsoka also joined us. It was a great time. Thanks to Leslie - our tour guide.

csütörtök, április 3

Our trip was uneventful...mostly. We were delayed 45 minutes at the airport due to a hydrolic problem. The plane actually pulled out from the gate, then they realized this problem and we pulled back into our parking spot. Almost everyone on our flight had another connecting flight in Frankfurt, with not much time between. Attila and I did not sleep at all. We watched 2 movies: Juno and Notebook. Transferring in Frankfurt was smooth and the flight was very rough, including the landing.

Gyuri met us at the airport along with the rental car guy. This year, the rental car is a huge let down. Can you imagine...Ford Focus! Oh my god! No GPS! Oh my god! And it's only a 5 speed! Oh my god! We relaxed a bit at his place; got some Forint; loaded up the phone with minutes through the bank machine; and went for dinner. I was going downhill pretty fast by 7:00. Gyuri's bed...Oh my god! It is hard like a rock...made from coconut. Anyway - thankfully I was really tired, I slept great that first night. The next night we had to put all the blankets we could find on top of the mattress for padding.

Next day we met up with Kati & Laci at the Vasár Csarnok, ate lunch, and planned the next couple of weeks. The shopping along Váci utca was average. we DID manage to buy a few things, but not crazy like in previous years.

Dinner was at Margitkert Étterem with Kati, Laci, Böbe, Gyuri, Gergő (Dűvő).

This morning we left for Prague, and that is where we are now. The hotel room is awesome. We walking around a bit. I had to stop Attila from buying a $4400 Louis Viton bag. Now we are waiting for Kati, Laci and Laci, Zsoka. We'll be going out for dinner somewhere. Right now we raided the mini bar. I'm drinking white wine with tonic. IT'S REALLY GOOD! Honest.

szombat, március 22

Productive (Zsuzsa) and Relaxing (Attila) weekend!

John, Brian, Mike, Dan, Attila

Mike, Attila, Brian, John, Dan

This has been a very productive and relaxing weekend, both at the same time. Ati went to Palm Springs - Indian Wells - for the Pacific Life Open Tennis Tournament. He watched Rafael Nadal defeat James Blake; Mardy Fish defeat Roger Federer...just to name a few. It was a guys weekend and his childhood buddy - Gyuri - also joined him from Budapest. I miss him alot! Attila - that is.

My world was different. I rented a construction garbage bin, and tackled the little job of cleaning out the garage. Thursday, I came home from work and the purging began. I nearly filled the bin that first night. Friday continued with much the same. Anyu came over early afternoon to help. Between the two of us - we got SO MUCH done! At 6:30 we came in the house, bathed Tisza's feet for 1 hour. She was filthy! Small price to pay - she really enjoyed the entire day outside - chasing the cats around; obliviously running through mud. Needless to say - we were all very pooped. Anyu and I made a kick-ass salad and salmon burgers...and shared a bottle of Tokaj white wine. Mmmmmm. We tried to watch a DVD, but kept catching each other falling asleep. Off to bed we went.

Saturday (this morning) was a blast! We slept till 9:30, made coffee and sat out front on the swing...listening to the sounds of spring. About a week and a half ago, Attila and I noticed that a geese pár have moved into the the forming pond beside our house. I love this! "Our" pond attracts such a variety of wildlife. I can hardly wait for the frogs!!!! Anyway, these geese are just doing their thing, and along comes another pair. They decide it is romance time. The first pair are pretty much cheering the second "romantic" pair along. Three more show up. Not sure what kind of relationship these "3" have. The three were walking along the side of our driveway. Well, Pubi-I guess-didn't like that they were on her property. She kindly escorted them off. Hilarious.

Things settled down and as Anyu and I were sitting on the swing, Pubi and Pezsgő come around the corner. PUBI HAS A MOUSE IN HER MOUTH! AWESOME. She showed us and disappeared into the garage, Pezsgő tagging along behind her. Pubi just caught herself lunch...CRUNCH-CRUNCH!

After Anyu left, I laid the leftover stone-tile into the gaps along the path leading to the fire pit. As I was doing this, I looked up and saw the cats playing...playing WITH something...something is another MOUSE! This time Pezsgő had it. Well, not for long. If you take your eye off it for just a second, it will be stolen. Now Pubi had it. And that was the end of the mouse. Pubi didn't bother going to the garage - this time she ate it right there in the field. No sharing.

I spent the rest of the afternoon sitting on the deck. It was pretty nice. Definitely sunny - not a cloud in the sky (well, just a few little ones); and breezy.

Tomorrow I have a few things I want to finish before picking Attila up from the airport.

Aaaaaah!! What a great feeling of accomplishment.