Quick Stop at the Citadella

We've been to Budapest many times, but we still haven't seen everything. This time we only had half an hour or so, but we walked up to the citadel set on a hill beside the Danube river, overlooking Budapest. It's a pretty cool sight:

That is me at the very bottom. The statue is of a lady holding up a huge leaf...

Guy holding a torch

Guy punching a dragon

This was a struggle: fitting a gorgeous view into the picture, as well as two simultaneously smiling faces, and all the while trying not to show a trace of the struggle you're having with the camera, and the wind, etc...

...like so.

Inside the fortress/citadel are some restaurants--we think. We didn't have time to go in, but might go back. Lots of over-priced souvenirs for tourists!

Buda Castle

The famous chain bridge--the first of it's kind--was ruined during WWII. But they've built it up again, since. Hungarians have had a rough history. They've been picked on a lot.

Stories & Desserts

Here’s a story for you:
I’m reminded of this every time we have General Conference. One Saturday October morning we were going to listen to Conference. We don’t have T.V., so we just listen attentively to the radio with treats and notes and bingo to keep us occupied. But in order to use the radio, you have to have electricity. That morning we didn’t.

We took blankets and pillows out to our 15 passenger van and turned on the radio in there. Dallin and I had competitions on how well we could draw black cats and jack-o-lanterns. (Of course we were listening—we would only draw when the choir was singing). Then we had Sadie draw one and she definitely beat us both. I still have that paper in my journal:)

Here's another story for you:
I had to make treats for an English class the missionaries teach. I wanted mini cupcakes because they were easy and fast and cute and yummy and little, and my mom had just given me her recipe. There was no time to do them the next day—I realized at 10:30pm—so I started 'em up quick!

 First, we had to convert the oven temperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius. Of course I handed that job over to Jeffrey because it includes numbers. I trusted him completely--which was the first mistake:)
They were bubbling over in 20 seconds because we converted it wrong and put the temperature too high. This is what they looked like. It's okay, I still ate a lot of it. It was so buttery and chocolaty! We tried a second batch at the correct temperature...and they still looked like this...

I finally realized that I had forgotten the flour! So, we bought cookies the next day for English class. The end.

This was our Easter weekend treat:

 Chocolate chip ice cream with strawberries and Milka chocolate. I told Jeff next Easter, I’m gonna have my own candy bar:) We shared this one over the weekend. Besides going to church and teaching a lesson, that one chocolate bar was about all we did to celebrate Easter this year. No starburst jellybeans. No bunnies, baskets, or colored eggs. Lame? I dare you to find food coloring in a Hungarian grocery store...

We also played our home-made Qwirkle game. I still have the highest score so far:)