Brad and I snuck away for a getaway this past weekend to Budapest. We had never been away the two of us without Chase. Its amazing how much you can see and do without a 2 year old in tow. Huge thanks to friends who watched Chase for us. Apparenetly he asked for me a lot but got to go to the pumpkin and play with friends.
With the old blogger I had to upload pictures backwards but I guess not with the new updates, so these pictures are in reverse order. Anyways, I was really wanting to go to Budapest to see a eastern europe country but it really wasn't that different. The first cafe we went to had Eminem playing over the speakers! It was part of the communist Soviet Union so that was different. On Monday we headed out to Memento park to see some of the rements of the communism.
Stalins boots. This used to be a statue of Stalin but when it was torn down only the boots remained so it became a symbol of revolution.
What the statue used to look like.
The car they all had to drive. It was small!
About 200 forint equaled 1 dollar.
Our indulgence. Chocolate croissants for breakfast!!
Proof we got to see some of Europe at night.
From the night river cruise on the Danube.
We decided to do the mineral baths and spas that are very popular there. We figured it was something that we wouldn't do if we had Chase. We went from scarves and coats to bathing suits so it was a little cold but the water was nice!
In Hero Square
Parliment
Budapest used to be three different cites. Buda the mountains side (that we are on in this picture) and Pest was the flat side across the river. It became Budapest sometime in the 1800's.
The first night there we basically just went to dinner and crashed. We wanted to try some hungarian food. Brad is eating a curly haired hog and I tried the pullet with fried zucchini yougut. They were both good - but I wanted to go for something a little safer the next night so we got pasta and pizza.
We had such a great time together. I read a whole book on the flights and we got to sleep in and get up whenever we want. We missed the little guy though and were glad to be home. Chase was making me pay for leaving and was not behaving pretty good the next morning. I hated having to be so strict after being gone but once he realized he wasn't getting away with anything he started acting better.
One last random picture, sometimes blogger is very annoying.
5 comments:
Excited to see your pics at Budapest! Glad you had a weekend trip together. Love, Dad and Mom
Thankful that you had a special trip together. Amazing the world that you are seeing and recording in your memories! Happy that you were able to arrive home safely. Always enjoy the pictures and documentary.
Those pix are awesome!! That's great that you guys got to do a trip just the two of you.
When Jim went to Moldova on a missions trip, they ended spending some time in Budapest. He also went on a ride down the Danube river. I am so glad you guys had the opportunity to experience different places in Europe.
Esther
Great pics Janell! I was there with Tyler and wanted to go to the Spa...so I will live vicariously through you :) You show incredible restraint if those pastries were your indulgence...I eat those like tic tacs! haha! Glad y'all got a chance to getaway :)
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