One thing that you never think about living in Budapest is that it forever changes trips to the US. A major part of every trip is shopping. It isn’t casual shopping, but power shopping. Valerie sent me a list of things that we can’t get in Budapest (cake mixes, velveeta cheese, wolf brand chili, and much more). Also, birthday and Christmas shopping have to be done at once. While living in the US, you have the luxury of spreading your shopping out over a month or two. I’m doing it all in 2 days. I’m learning to close my eyes at the checkout counter. I have a don’t ask don’t tell policy as to the total. I just get what I need and go by faith.
It is fun to be able to do everything in english, but it sure is stressful to try to find everything.
At least today, I was joined by my sister Amy and her husband the famous blogger, Grant. Their three kids Cooper, Camber and Cayden were there too. They drove down from Little Rock to hang out for a few days!!! We had a great time together. It sure beat doing it all by myself.