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Today was our annual trip to Budapest’s City Park (Varosliget) to go ice skating. It has become a tradition for us and many of the other American families here in Budapest. It is a great day to go because Hungarians are busy on Christmas Eve as today is when most of their Christmas activities happen (I thought it was interesting that the movie theaters were closed today, Christmas Eve, but open on Christmas). Therefore, it isn’t very crowded and we take the place over.

Kirby Ann had never skated before and at first she could hardly stand up. She got the hang of it though and we had to drag her off the ice by the end. She absolutely loved it! She never came off the ice and took a break in almost 2 hours. It was fun to watch her learn and see her enjoy it so much.

I watched from the sidelines this year, but I’ll be back in the game next year.