5/17: Saturday!

This morning at 8:30, I walked the two older girls to their religion lessons. I wish had taken a picture of them in their rain gear: they looked so cute! I didn't need to pick them up until noon, so I had three hours to explore the city. Despite the drizzly, cool weather, I had a blast! I tried to take a video to upload to the blog, but my apparently I can't hold a camera and walk at the same time. I should have taken more pictures to compensate, but I was too busy experiencing everything. There will be more opportunities later. Anyway, here are some pictures from today and last week.

The park across the street from where the girls have their lessons

Ju Ju's class preforming for Mother's Day. This picture was taken Tuesday. I was so lucky to see the inside of the school! Normally, parents and guests are not allowed to even enter the school after the first two weeks of fall. This performance was a special after-school event. The children told a story about a little girl who wanted to give her mother the best gift of all. They all had several lines, some of the them (like Ju Ju) sang, and they played the recorder throughout the story. I could not understand any of it, but Eszter and the girls explained later.

I made banana bread last night. The family had never had it before. Eszter, Ju Ju, and Hanga like it. Attila adores it. Saci wouldn't try it. I don't blame her. Sometimes food from other countries seems pretty weird!

The girls are playing English games on the ipad.

Saci playing a variation of bannagrams

Attila and me playing. I tried so hard to get pictures of him, but he's always moving! It's an impossible task. Yesterday, he learned to open doors. Pretty soon, keeping up with this little guy will be quite a challenge

My American food. I'm the the family's third American Au Pair, so before I arrived, Eszter emailed me and told me that she had peanut butter and jello waiting. I also brought a few granola bars from home. Here in Hungary, they mostly eat cheese, sausage, and (delicious) soup. They also have bakeries on every street.

So, you didn't really need to see my closet, but I washed all my clothing today! That doesn't sound like such a feat, but the electronic machines are labeled in Hungarian, and you can't even open the doors without turning them on and then pressing a certain button. The dryer collects water in a container that has to be emptied after every use. Maybe we have dryers like that in America too, but I've never seen one. I can now wash clothing in Hungary. I feel talented. :p

That's just a brief peek into my daily life! I'd better get to bed soon. It's mid-day in the states, but it's late in Europe.

Viszontlátásra!
Renee