Eger, Hungary

We took a train up to a small town in rural Hungary called Eger.


We spent the day at a water park and the evening in the luxurious Turkish baths which we had almost completely to ourselves. We had a hard time understanding the signs...
The baths were wonderful. They had these really hot showers that you could have on as you sit relaxing by the pool.
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After the baths it was pretty late, but we managed to get a seat in a restaurant. Jaxon ordered strawberry soup as a starter which was very tasty. They gave us soft blankets to keep us warm as we ate on the terrace.
We got some authentic Hungarian Goulasch.

We were the last ones out. They had cleared all the tables and chairs by the time we finished.
While in Eger we stayed in a bungalow right out of town. It was fun and really cheap.

There were goats that lived on roof of the house across the street.

On the way to the airport this guy asked an old lady to stand up so he could sit with his baby on the chair. They must have forgotten they had an enormous stroller with room for the whole family.

At the airport we had to wait a while and found this great seat for the boys.
After 10 days and three countries we headed back to Switzerland. We had a great time and enjoyed discovering Hungary, Slovakia and Vienna with Tracey and the boys.

Vienna continued

We visited the Schonnbrunn palace which had some great costumes which we fully took advantage of. Don't we look very royal?


Janet and her sister look like they come out of a Jane Austin novel.
The wigs were our favorite, but I was a big fan of the shiny green coat

Our family picture. Jonas and Jaxon are the little kings.
Like I said, we really enjoyed the costumes....

Jonas loved the hair dressing exhibit.


and the medieval toy room....
We did not have time to see everything, but the grounds were immense and very beautiful.


Jonas found a Austrian snail which he carried with him for a while.
Hundertwasser, a famous architect and artist redesigned a few buildings in Vienna.


We looked for Wienerschnitzel the whole time we were in Vienna but only succeeded in the train station right before we left.
When we left Vienna Jaxon started crying. We asked him what was the matter and he said he missed his spider friends we saw every day going to and from our hostel to the metro.










We went to a park with mazes for the afternoon which was harder to get through than I thought.
Which way???
Even the snail enjoyed the mazes although he cheated by sliding over the walls....




We wandered around Vienna and watched the street performers who were actually really good.

Jonas had to pee while on the metro so we jumped off and found a spot.