The view from Budapest

Not to be outdone by Jerry & Rob, I have upgraded my blog using WordPress.

I’m hoping to clean things up in coming weeks, but at least the big hurdle is cleared!

Let me know what you think and if you have suggestions for me!!!!

This morning I checked my webstats just out of curiosity and low and behold, I had 288 visits in one day. I’ve never had more than 100 so I knew something was up. When I looked at where people had come from, I saw that I was linked to from John Lopez who is a [...]

At 7pm last night, our whole family gathered in the living room to watch the Astros and the Braves play in the Division Series (around the computer, not the TV). Since Valerie grew up there, she is a huge fan, and I’m a pretty big fan since I was born there. Also, [...]

New Bread Knife Originally uploaded by Budapest Tom.

Okay, not better than sliced bread, but just sliced bread.

Most of the bread in Budapest comes in large loafs like this one. Therefore, our days are filled with slicing bread. We have a huge Chicago Cutlery bread [...]

October Sunday Lunch Originally uploaded by Budapest Tom.

The weather here in Budapest has been unbelivable. It is October 9th and yet the temperature is still in the 70’s.

When we walked out of church yesterday, the city was calling our name. It [...]

Jessie’s BirthdayOriginally uploaded by Budapest Tom.

I wanted to let you know about another Budapest blogger and our friend Jessie. She moved to Budapest with Exxon/Mobil this past summer. We are still unsure how, but she was given our name before she moved here and Valerie began swapping emails with her. She told us the [...]

Trent at Middle School Soccer Game Originally uploaded by Budapest Tom.

Trent played in his first Middle School Soccer Game yesterday. He is not quite in Middle School yet, but in order to have enough players they invited the 5th graders to play. It has [...]