A Sunday Picnic

It was the perfect day for a picnic at the Szeged Botanical Gardens. Together with our friends, Andras, Erzsi, Anna, and Balazs, we enjoyed walking the trails, finding turtles and lizards, and taking pictures of pretty flowers. These are some of my favorite pictures from our outing.

The Latest Treasure

Whenever we travel, whether two hours away, or to the next country, we visit grocery stores. Part of it is the fun of seeing something new, but we partly go to see if they have any products that we can't get here in Szeged. I have a running list in my head. The most looked for goodies include: frozen blueberries, cheddar cheese, vanilla, brown sugar, tortillas, and peanut butter.
While in Gyula last weekend, we hit the jackpot! Interspar was selling TWO kinds of frozen blueberries (afonya) and THREE kinds of cheddar cheese!! Gyula is a very small town compared to Szeged, so I must admit I was surprised to find such delicious treasures.
This morning we enjoyed Baked Blueberry Oatmeal! Thank you, Interspar! Thank you, Gyula! Thank you, Rob, for going grocery shopping with me on our weekend getaway!!

My New Favorite, Little Town: Gyula

Here we are in a great "cukraszda" - pastry shop - where we had exquisite pastry for under $2!

This is the 600 year old castle of Gyula, where they fought the Turks centuries ago.

Downtown Gyula walking street, all renovated with brick and fountains.

A city canal that runs thru downtown.

Another section of pretty walking street area.

Going over walking bridge.

Join the Line

By all means, get in line!! One of the things I've learned while living in Hungary is that if you see a line, it's almost always a good idea to get in it! Most of the lines I'm talking about involve food--langos (fried pastry topped with sour cream, garlic, and cheese), fornetti (pastry stuffed with a variety of yummy things--fruit, cheese, mushrooms), ice-cream. Or in this case--HAMBURGERS!
Rob and I went to a small town for a weekend birthday celebration. Every time we passed this little window stand, there was a line. There was a line at 6pm, 9am, 11am, 3pm. So, on Saturday, we got in it! And we were very happy we did! We enjoyed the best hamburgers we've ever eaten in this country. And the french fries were better than McDonald's.
Not to be outdone by the citizens of Gyula, we decided to be FIRST in line on Sunday--which meant eating lunch at 11am. It was just as delicious the second time around!