Our family has joined us in Hungary! The three of them (mom, Rachel, and Grandpa) arrived Saturday night. They were all exhausted, after having a challenging trip across the globe. First, their flight out of San Luis Obispo was an hour and a half late, and that gave them barely enough time to check in at the San Francisco Airport. Once they arrived in London, they were again behind schedule, and had a difficult time finding their way around the fifth largest airport in the world. Dad picked them up in Vienna and then brought them home to Pápa. We all stayed up for a few hours talking and catching up.

Sunday was Dad’s birthday, and fortunately no one was too jet-lagged. We took Grandpa to Tesco and Interspar, he enjoyed checking out all of the Hungarian products. For Dad’s birthday, we all got ready and headed out downtown.

We began our “night” at Dad’s Talbot. Mom and Dad had fun playing the slot machine while the rest of us watched. Rachel was very popular with the local guys, and they practically fell over themselves trying to light her cigarette. We next went to Ürdog and finally to The Red Box for dinner. Dinner was absolutely wonderful!! In addition to the six of us, four friends joined. As a table, we enjoyed different steaks, pork and chicken dishes. For dessert, we had the server bring Dad a chocolate-rum cake with lemon dressing, on a plate with a candle. After dinner we headed into the restaurant’s bar and then back to the Ürdog. Dad really enjoyed his birthday and all of us had a great night.