we're world travelers - don't even worry about it

OK, wow! Will and I have safely arrived in Vác, Hungary! We woke up at 4:30am Wednesday morning to catch a 6am flight out of Marseille, almost missed our bus, but while running were cheered on by a group of transvestites/dates drunk and wobbling down the street. We caught our bus by a few minutes and headed to the airport. After preparing nutella and jelly sandwiches (don't try it at hoem folks), we ran and caught our plane too!

2 hours later we were enjoying a long layover in Paris-Beauvais (which may be misleading because A. it's 80 miles north of Paris B. it's not even close to the town of Beauvais!) Will and I had coffee in the same place twice, played an hour-long game of war (I won), and took goofy pictures at a large real-looking town backdrop. (pictures to come most definitely!) When we finally made it into the boarding area, genuinely, I've never been in a more diverse language/cultures group of people in my entire life! There must have been over 25 languages being spoken at one time in a 200 square meter space. Incredible. It was also a new experience to be holding my US passport and feeling incredibly blessed. There were so many people around me that came from oppressive or uncaring/unmotivated countries that I was consumed being thankful for freedom and liberty and a just, democratic governement.

4 hours later we were grabbing a inter-city bus on our way to Hlvana Statica (that's not pronounced like the movie title Gatica it's with a 'st' sound in place of the c - we learned the hard way). We kept our eyes glued outside the bus for our 30 minutes "tour" of Bratislava, Slovakia. We had a few hours until our train left for Budapest, so we sat down and ate a true Slovakian meal at the "Antic Restaurant" and wandered around the train station area.

2 hours later we were getting off the train hoping we were at the right stop because it was all dark without a soul in sight when there at the end of the platform is a guy in an Australian hat waving to us! Lea told me to look out for a guy in an Australian hat, so I put two and two together when he was the only person in sight AND he was wearing a hat.

10 minutes later we were sitting in Lea and Doug's flat in the center of Vac muching on crackeers and asking about a million questions. It is such a blessing to be with such gracious hosts and a hot shower, comfortable bed - you name it! (for those of you who don't know, Lea and my mom were college buddies)

So, Easter's on the horizon, along with hotsprings in Budapest (?), Will's branching out and going to stay with a church friend and live in Budapest for the week, and we'll be aiding Doug in a baseball camp here! Oh and Will turns 21 on Tuesday :)

Pictures to come. Mom, Lea says HI, although you already knew that...and now we're sitting down to lunch we're real hungAry...