Family Gathering
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June 30
Written July 28
Dear Friends and Families,
One of the absolute highlights of our ten-day visit to Hungary was a family gathering at Cousin Klara's "weekend getaway" in the hills south of Budapest. Klara and husband Gabor have a strip of land with a little house, where they can get away from the big city cares of Budapest. For our visit, they arranged a three-generation family gathering, with everyone enjoying the pleasant weather, the authentic open-fire potato stew, a little wine (not much since Hungary has a zero-tolerance policy for drunk driving) and lots of chatting.
We were also treated to a computer-slide-show of Klara & Gabor's latest adventure, a three-week drive to and through Iceland. I was thoroughly impressed with the trip, the pictures and the slide show. If you have a chance, visit their website, where you can see the Iceland tour as well as other excitement (including this weekend family lunch!)
This Sunday lunch will remain a fond memory, with or without the high-tech records -- our or theirs!
John and Marianne
| The setting of our picnic or barbeque was very pleasant. It was a neighborhood of strip farms, some as narrow as a few meters. | ||
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 The tent proved necessary on this sunny day, but, still, it was about perfect temperature. |
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 Marianne and Klara prepared the potatoes. |
 Gabor prepared the fire and the hanging pot. |
 Everything together looked and smelled wonderful |
| Mostly, we hung around, talking and seeing people we had not visited with in a few years. The "kids" are grown but the rest of us are exactly as we were. That's our story.... | ||
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  Klara & Gabor's Iceland adventure filled the theater. Well, at least five or six of us could squeeze our way in! It was well worth the effort. |
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Websites:
-- Klara's site: http://www.omniplan.hu/
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