The day looks to be much warmer and stickier than yesterday. We had scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast with the usual coffee, orange juice and buns and bread. We headed to Campona (a large mall) near the house to buy a cell phone. This proved to be difficult since we wanted to be able to use the phone in Hungary and Italy and Austria. Vodaphone was our first choice. After going back and forth to other stores we decided on an unlocked phone where we could add a simm card. Buying the Samsung phone was easy, but the simm card we bought from Vodaphone... (00 36 70 584 1418) They would only take Forints so we had to change money first. This is not easy to do at a bank where the exchange rate is better. Jansci had to deposit the money and then withdraw it using his bank card. Unfortunately he could not remember his pin number so Gyorgyi had to withdraw the money with her card. This took much extra time.

We then went shopping in Tesco for some groceries and other things. We now have Hungarian Forints so we can purchase things. Even in most stores so far in Budapest you need Hungarian money. The Euro is still "foreign" to most retailers.
After shopping we when back to the house for Ebed (lunch). We had fried fish which Jancsi cooked in a frying pan with oil on the little burner they use in the summer. It was very, very good and a nice light lunch. Gyorgyi also steamed broccoli and cauliflower.

Gyorgyi showed how to make "kovaszos uborka". This is a type of pickle that you make outside in about 3 days. Small cucumbers about 4" long. The ends cut off and the sides have slashes or fork holes. The flower and stalk of a dill plant in salty water with several cloves of garlic and 5 or 6 bay leaves and peppercorns. Also add a slice of Hungarian bread (dark or light). Let it sit in the sun for several days before eating. Cover with a plate, use a large old pickle jar.

The rest of the short afternoon was spent trying to figure out how to get the cellphone to work. I did not realize the security needed. I had to download the instruction since the original was in Hungarian. Even then, things like the security on the simm card had to be entered. The menu system was a little daunting but eventually I was able to get it working...but then we were off.

We went to Orsi and Gabor's home about 20 minutes away. They live high up on a hill in Diosd. They bought the home a year ago and are renovating it. They have already put on an addition and have done a lot of work on it. The lot is large and they have a terraced garden with different kinds of fruits and vegetables. Samu had a lot of fun with grandma and grandpa. We ate a lovely guylasleves bogracs which Gabor had made at lunch time. It was very much like what I make. It was much easier to eat than the polkoltt that I had at the restaurant the day before.

On the way back we stopped at the Soviet Park and took some pictures. We met up with a one-eyed young black cat who was looking for a home. He/she was very thin and it reminded us of Blackie when he was young.

That ended our day and the night was warm and a little sticky. The dogs started to bark so I closed the window and we fell asleep very nicely with the fan on.