Day Ten

It is hard to believe that I have already been here for ten days. Time really flies by. I have not yet heard anything from the job yet - other than a quick inquiry whether I have access to email - so it seems like my stay in Hungary will be longer than expected. But then, of course, I always knew that this is going to continue to be a period of uncertainty. I really do wish that at least I could have some sure fire indication that this thing is going to happen. 


The weather in Hungary is kind of gloomy. Kind of the usual spring. I am used to the Nevada sunshine which is quite constant despite sporadic snow or rain. Here when it rains, it is also dark and humid and quite prolonged as well. Mom and I still managed to go for our walk on Saturday and we were accompanied by our cats. She was surprised since the younger one almost never goes with them but since I am home, he decided he would grace us with his presence. We are not going very far but it is still a little shocking that they would come with us.  Yesterday we could even take Dad out for a short walk. Of course, he is not able to do much but I believe it is important for him to be outside and just move around a bit. 


It was nice to have him home for the whole weekend. My brother and sister-in-law came over for lunch on Sunday. This is our usual family lunch. Lunch here means soup as the first course with vegetables and meat cooked in the soup itself. Then comes the second course which this time was stuffed chicken with salad. I am teaching Mom to mix salad the American way. Generally Hungarians do not make the kind of salad we eat in the U.S. There is usually just one kind of vegetable (or does cucumber and tomato count as vegetable) in vinegar/oil or some kind of dressing. Everyone liked the mixture of lettuce, cucumber, olives, tomato and such in yogurt dressing. Mom was very proud. Then we had some cake for dessert. I wish you could eat Mom's cakes. They really are delicious but it is hard to even describe what they look like let alone explain what they taste like. I might take some pictures and attach them here. 


In the evening we watched the Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Mom still remembers watching it together at the movie theater ten years ago. It is kind of crazy how much attraction that ship still draws after 100 years. There is an exhibition in Budapest with things that have never been displayed anywhere in the world before. I was planning to see it but I am not sure how long it will be there. 


I hope you all had a great weekend! Good luck for this week. I miss you all a lot!