We flew to Budapest for a weekend in July to attend Gabor and Marianna's wedding. Greg and then I met Gabor when we lived in NYC. We hadn't seen him in a while and Lucie had never met Gabor. Our first evening in Budapest, we went over to see the house Gabor and Marianna are renovating. We ate pizza in the backyard and Lucie was THRILLED to discover this tiny house that the previous owners had built for their children.
The morning before the wedding, we took advantage of the warm weather and local bathes, which in this care were really elaborate swimming pools.
In the afternoon, we went to the Buda Castle for the wedding.
The lovely couple!
Then is was off to the reception... Gabor and Marianna had hired babysitters to occupy the children. They were marvelous! As you can see from the facepaint and balloon, Lucie had a blast at the reception.
Lucie also fell madly, madly in love with Gabor.
On our last day since we didn't get back to our hotel room until 1am, we took it easy in a nearby park.
Somehow, we completely forgot to bring a stroller with us. There was a lot of transporting Lucie on our shoulders that last day. Note too that she still hadn't left go of the balloon from the reception.
But as we got to the school, she became happier. It probably helped that she took Monkey George with her.
In the schoolyard...
With Julie... Julie and Lucie's birthdays are 2 weeks apart and they have spent almost every weekday together since they were 5 months old. They are in the same class together, which has definitely made starting school easier for both of them.
