'Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.' H.C.Andersen

'Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.' H.C.Andersen

2009. május 26., kedd

2009. április 26., vasárnap

Spring has arrived!



Here are a few pictures from yesterday's excursion to the so-called 'Cool Valley' (Hűvösvölgy:)) Yeah, it was cool, -in both a real and in a figurative sense- but very sunny as well, as you might see its results on my face...:)
In the woods...








In the valley...







And in the woods again...




2009. április 22., szerda

In Memoriam Grandma

It happened almost three weeks ago that Grandmom passed away. It is still so unbelievable, and I miss her a lot. Now, instead of words, let me display a few pictures of her and our family.

Grandma in the 1930s, at the age of 14-15
The two Grandma-friends in the 1940s: now they are friends in heaven
1950s: Grandmom and Grandpa with their seven children
In the 1980s in Michigan, USA
In the 1990s at Alberttelep
Around 2000
The happy family: parents and the seven children
2009, january. The last encounter with Grandmom
I believe it was the last encounter here on Earth but not the last encounter in our life. See you, Mama!

2009. február 7., szombat

Ohne Mamma mia

The past few weeks passed by so rapidly that we could hardly believe today: it's time for Mom to leave us. Maybe the reason why we did not 100 percently realise the fact that she is REALLY going away, -and REALLY for 5 months, and REALLY, we will not see her until June- was due to our trip to Wien. This trip focused our attention to other things as well, not only on saying: 'goodbye'.


We 've got up at 4.30 in the morning and departured at 5, arriving to Wien around 8.30--soon enough to conveniently catch the plane since it was due to leave at 11.20, though the boarding started as early as 10.20. After a few moments of slight panic -caused by me, of course, who else could it be- when started thinking about the possible differences between Hungarian and Wien time zone made Mom and me healthily reddish for a few minutes, but thanks to Dad -and a stewardess- we finally got reassured that 10 o'clock is 10 o'clock in both the European countries. So no panic. Mommy won't escape America. :)


Arriving home around 2, I immediately rushed to the computer and searched for the flight infos on the website of JFK and looking for the map, which more or less precisely shows where the plane is at the moment. Luckily, I did find it. Here it is.



The OS87 flight yet above the Atlantic Ocean


And here, already at the shores of the other continent