So here we are, up at 4am...we are still getting used to the time change! Sorry some of this page is in Hungarian (Magyar), but we could not figure out how to stop that from happening. Now that we are in Hungary, Google is recognizing our IP address as such. We have set all of the language settings to English but the page still displays some things in Magyar.

The locals here dress very similar to how we dress back home. For the women, it is skinny jeans and big heels. For the guys, the one difference to back home is....capris! LOL! Yes, the men wear capris here. We are not sure if we will get used to seeing men walk around in peddle pushers. The people are absolutely beautiful here. The ratio of attractive people is much larger than back home. The styles are very liberal here, we have seen different colored dyed hair, plunging neck lines, piercings, tattoos...The population of the town is mainly young people, at least from what we have seen. There is a college in town but we are yet to see it. We are looking forward to visiting one of Hungary's many thermal lakes, which is right here in town, very soon. There is also a water park in town which will be fun when it really starts to heat up.

We are getting eaten alive! There are so many mosiquitos here, but they don't look like mosiquitos. Instead, they look like tiny bees. This morning Dusty killed about ten of them in the living room as we began to type.

It is currently 4:20am and the sun has begun to rise and the birds are singing. This really is a magical place. The neighbors appear to be awake as well because there lights are on. Electricity is extremely expensive here, so people are very conscientious of leaving lights on. Dad had a neighbor knock on the door a few weeks ago. He initially had no idea what he was talking about, but finally realized the neighbor was trying to tell him that he had left on an outside patio light.

We have gone shopping in the local markets. Tesco is a local store which is part of a chain from Great Britian. Tesco carries food, clothes, electronics, cds, and so on (it is like a Walmart Super Store). In order to use a shopping cart, we needed to insert 100 forints (or about .50 cents) into the handle of the cart to release it from a lock. When we were done shopping, we returned the cart to the locking area, inserted the lock, and got our coin back. There are absolutely no rogue carts rolling into cars...everyone returns the cart to get their money back. We have found that many things are very cheap, except for the American products and the electronics. While shopping for a straightening iron yesterday, we saw some that were over $100 or 20.000, (20 thousand) forints (Hungarian money) and sunscreen that was $25 or 5.000, (5 thousand) forints. Notice that they use commas instead of periods and periods instead of commas. The money has been eager to figure out. Dad explained it like this...look at the forints price and to understand how much it is American, remove the final 2 numbers and divide what is left by half. While shopping in Tesco, P Diddy (or Diddy Dirty Money which he now goes by) was playing along with other popular American songs. We payed .60 cents for a huge loaf of wonderful homemade bread, but then $7 for a bottle of Listerine! The breads are very inexpensive here, in the market a danish costs under .30 cents.

Out in the pubs, beer and wine are cheaper than sodas and bottled water! lol. All bottled drinks are in glass instead of plastic and the locals drink out of them with a straw. Supposedly, all tips are included in the tabs, and any extra tip goes to the owner.

Today, we are walking with Dad down to the walking area to purchase cell phones and computer adaptors. We may possibly have lunch down town also. We are looking forward to doing some sight seeing and taking pictures (which we will share).