Hip Hip Hooray!

Rather than focus on the horrendousness of the laundry situation here in our apartment (although I will quickly recap for those unaware by saying that there's a single washer and dryer down the hall shared by our floor which is in German, with a dryer which warms rather than actually dries clothes), I will instead focus on my fabulous laundry drying rack purchase from Ikea.  Instead of wet, semi-wet and semi-dry laundry scattered around every square inch of my apartment all the time in an attempt to dry it, I now have a huge drying rack.  It's permanently squeezed in next to my bed...but I just don't care.  It's fantastic.  I can't at this moment imagine appreciating anything more!

 

Isn't it lovely?!?

Ikea - Budapest

St. Louis may have a Target, but Budapest has an Ikea!  I hadn't been to one in years, and the kids had never been.

You don't see this at Ikea in the States. "Yea!  Our rugs are from Iran!"

Or this!  You purchase a token from the concessions line, who also give you an empty cone to use in the soft serve dispenser.  It's really yummy.  It's the kids' reward for wandering the never ending paths of Ikea.

This is What My Life Has Come To

 

I don't think I expected to miss hearing English voices as much as I do.  Even just having background noise that's in English is somehow comforting.  EuroSport has been showing a dart tournament every night.  And we've been watching.  Pitiful!  Even more pitiful is that I had EuroSport on one morning as I was cleaning up...and realized it was a rebroadcast because I recognized the competitors.  Yikes!  Time to turn off the TV and pick up a book!

Sign of the Day

 

 

I spend a lot of time taking advantage of the gym downstairs while the kids and Tom are gone during the day.  The treadmill has this sign on it.  The translation ("Nobody with the sensor connected nearness"?) and the rather well endowed female always make me smile.

 

Who Wears them Best?

Tough call!

 

Cheers! (with ginger ale)

Tom is in heaven.  Hungarians love ginger ale as much as he does.  It's in most soda dispensers.  They never have ice.  But they do have ginger ale.

 

Notice the lack of other patrons? Not a lot of dinner business before 6!

First Day of School - American International School of Budapest