A Perfect Day!

This week has been very busy for both Glenn and me because the Eden House was almost full all week. I should have taken a picture of the mound of laundry that I started on Saturday when 3 families left! Right now, we have a bit of a breathing spell. There is only one couple there now through Tuesday, and then no one until next week! Wow! How did that happen? Hopefully, this down time will allow me to get caught up on some other things, like returning emails, preparing for my Dad and Emogene's arrival on October 1, and who knows, maybe I'll even get in some language study!



Speaking of language study, this week we had to meet at our language teacher's apartment because she was waiting on the plumber to come. (Some things never change!) It was interesting being in her apartment and getting a glimpse into her family life.


Books, books, and more books, but not a one could I read!

I knew her husband liked to read, but I had no idea how much!! They have two bedrooms in which 3 of the 4 walls are covered completely in books! NO JOKING! I have never seen anything like it. They had more books than most used bookstores! I love to read, and would have been in literary heaven had the books been in English!



This past week we also had the pleasure of having two young people come to stay with us while they renew their tourist visas for Greece. Jennifer and Dean are friends of a friend of ours, Kristin. (Kristin was at ILC last Oct.-Dec. with us.) We were really busy with the guest house and doctor's appointments so we didn't get to spend much time with them the few days they were here, but it was cool that Jennifer is from Peachtree City and Dean lived some in Athens, Georgia!



After a hectic week and with one of the last gorgeous days of the summer, Glenn and I decided to do some exploring in Budafok, which is the extended neighborhood in which we live. It is a subhurb of Budapest. We live about a 25 minute walk from the Danube River, and we heard that there is a bike/walking trail along the river. Unfortunately, there is a pretty busy road that runs along the river too, and so we had to find the bridge or tunnel that went under that busy road to get to the walking trail.

It took us a little time, but we finally found it. The water was flowing fast, was full of plastic bottles, and the scenery was not all that beautiful down in our area of town, but it was a nice walk in the warm sunshine.

We then headed into the downtown area of Budafok. Do you notice the long row of apartment houses in the distance? Those are some of the many apartment buildings that were built during the communist era.

From the top of the hill in Budafok, you can see some beautiful views!

Glenn in downtown Budafok

Communist era apartment buildings

Run-down train station in Budafok, right next to the river

Taking a walk with the Pollards

Since we were so close to the Pollard's house, we decided to walk up and visit them. They live at the top of the hill in Budafok so we definitely got our exercise in today!

Abby and Chloe find a ladybug

On the way down the hill, we saw lots of new houses being built, trees that have born their fruit for the season, and this magnificent door! Actually, this is a gate door to someone's yard. I found it odd that the massive door is attached to a green chainlink fence! We walked about 2 1/2 hours in all so tonight we are going to watch some DVD's. I imagine that tomorrow I will be sore!

Well, another week, another weekend. Can't believe how fast time has flown by! Until next week...