Blogs from Hungary, Europe - page 153

Ah yes...fabulous Budapest. I gotta say, being a traveller is rough. Yesterday we slept in, wandered around town, then spent over three hours trying out different thermal baths at Szechenyi Furdo baths in the central park in Budapest. Yah...life if rough. We arrived in Budapest after a 7 hour train ride through the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the Hungarian countryside, at around 7pm. Train rides are getting very boring, and we are starting to realize at certain moments just how stupid we are. It's really very humbling. Before we got on our train we actually spent a full hour panicking because our train was late and we thought that maybe we were in the wrong place. When the train actually arrived, we realized that it was in fact on time, and we are all just ridiculous ... read more

For the most part in Hungary there were mainly believers at the concerts. In one city (Godollo) we had a concert in a nightclub. Mainly believing youth came. In Budapest Kaspars felt led to ask if believers needed prayer to renew their relationship with God. In response many youth came forward for prayer. I also spoke with a guy from California who is in Budapest doing missionary work. We even got to have an outdoor concert on a big stage. The only down side was that the dance surface was concrete so we didn’t do one of the songs that requires many movements to occur on the ground. Since it was outside many random people walked up to watch out of curiosity. That night thirty people responded to the prayer for salvation. All of the guys ... read more

Here are some more pictures from our time here in Hungary... read more

Our last day in Budapest was well and truly family day. A visit to the cemetery to see the old man in the morning turned into a 3 hour mission to tend to all the graves of the dearly departed that used to live in Nagymama’s block. The place is huge - there are roundabouts in the middle of the cemetery - so you can understand how a quick visit turns into a day trip and lots of false turns. The cemetery is literally snowed under over winter so most people are only just beginning to return after their Christmas visits…notable by the number of Christmas trees and decorations that hang over a lot of the grave sites. As a result the place looked a little run down, but in a couple of weeks the Spring ... read more

April 22, 2006 What a surprise this day turned out to be!! Again, I’m getting ahead of myself … Ok… Early this morning, around 5:30, Mom and I woke to photograph the area at sunrise (see pictures) and complete our historical documentary of the Castle District… I should have known then that the day was going to be leisurely when we were able to slow down immediately and have an espresso while waiting for Nagy and Liz to join us…Breakfast was served at 7 and… we took our sweet time… Our car arrived around 8 am, but was promptly blocked into the parking spot when we weren’t looking… Oh darn… We had to spend the morning shopping, touring the Matyas Church, and enjoying a German Orchestra in the garden next to the Bastion… The goal for ... read more