A Walk in the Park

We have ALL day, EVERY day together as a family. In real life this won't be possible with working and such...and it really is a blessing to have all this time together to get to know eachother.

But there is only so much you can do with limited belongings that have to fit in a suitcase including 2 games and a deck of cards. The pool helps, and we eat and clean a LOT of the time.

Thank goodness there is a park only a five minute walk away. We go when it's not so hot in the evenings, although we still come back all sweaty because it's so muggy out. And buggy. But it's beautiful!

Daddy and Monkey love the 'monkey' bars and the jungle gym...climbing all over like little spider monkeys. Princess prefers the 'hinta' (swing), and can swing for days if she was allowed.

In the other section of the park is a zip line where you can fling your children...and they love it!

Daddy won't fling them until they say "ready!", so this is one English word Princess knows well.
Sometimes the other kids in the park stand in line to get flung by this big strong daddy...it's so much more fun than just sitting on it and going slow!

On the way to the park we usually see miniature horsies and a camel, waiting to haul kids around on their back. Too expensive for us, but we did sneak in a pet when we passed the horse once. Look at this poor camel, hiding under the bleachers to get out of the sun, poor guy.

They also have two- or four-person bikes that you can ride around the park. One of these days when it's not so muggy we might scratch together some forints and try this out. They also have 'mini' bikes for two little kids....AND a 'super mini' one for teeny tiny kids. Too cute!

Some days we hear music from the zip line, and we can see the old man playing a violin. We went over and threw in a few forints (about 20 cents worth) into his open case so the kids could do it. And we wouldn't feel so bad about standing and staring at him for a whole song.

This is right next to the fountain, with all the pretty flowers around it. We like to make a scene and reach over the edge and splash around to cool off.

And just beyond that is a little open area where vendors open shop every day. It's fun to look around sometimes...not so fun to say "nem" so many times when they want to buy stuff.

Then there is this big Bell structure, which was a privately funded memorial to all the people who died in the battles in the wars to free Hungary. I think it's customary to ring bells here in remembrance of the fallen. It's really pretty, anyway!

And then there's this. I have no idea what to even say about this. Very random! We thought it was funny. That's daddy's face.

So that's where you'll find us most days....walking in the park!