Budapest ZOO

So it happened that my brother and his family were heading to Budapest, to the Zoo and we ended up joining them on this outing. The train ride with them, and the kids were fun. It seemed Viki (my niece) enjoyed it a lot, Bence (our godson) enjoyed it somewhat, especially when he was with his daddy.





We went to the ZOO. I can't remember when I was there last
time... hmmm too many years ago. It was a pleasant day. I enjoyed the time with my family there, my brother and his family, and my husband. Not like Wally had never been in a Zoo, but together we went, it was a very special time.
We visited the camels. :D In the Sahara Wally saw a lot, and his family had camels before.




My brother (Jancsi) and his wife (Anikó) and the kids, Viki and the little one Bence.
It was a very hot day, for some, a nice walk... for others, the comfort of a carriage.






US. On Heroes' Square.
Wow, I miss those sunny days.








Any comment needed?
Me, Wally and Viki. Perfect monkeys.








The MEN. I tried to get out of the picture...with not much luck.
The MEN are, Bence, Jancsi, Öcsike and Wally.

Even Bence is having a good time there.






Little rest after the day of walking around.









Candid picture, we are staring at...I am sure...some kind of animal.
We had a great time at the Zoo. Perfect weather for this kind of activity.







Wally and the camels. :D










Wally and his favorite animal, the Cheetah. I am glad we had that safety glass between us.







Wally and Viki. They are in the patting zoo trying to catch the Llama.

A special date in Velence (Hungary)

After the long week of work, I really miss spending time with Wally. So, on a Saturday afternoon, after we were done with our chores at home, we headed out to Velence. Yeah, not the Venezia from Italy....but to Lake Velence, and the city of Velence. It is only 12 kms from us, so it's CLOSE.








We parked and walked around and found a nice place where we can sit by the lake and talk and have a little romance (until the mosquitoes ate us all up). I think we need to do special times like this. We talked about life in the Sahara, no, no, he wasn't getting homesick, only old memories.






I like to hear stories from the Sahara and from Morocco.
So interesting, so different, so ... I don't know.. I just want to know more.
I have my "Morocco" forever, and I enjoy every moment with him.

Happy Birthday Wally! June 16

Yeah, I know I am late with my blogs. Maybe sometimes I will be able to catch up and be sort of on time with it.
So, this was a special time, finally, as a family we could celebrate Wally's birthday together. We are so blessed for this.
(On this day we had an unexpected visit from immigration... No comment!)





I was making special Moroccan bread and a very nice cake for him. We had candles, slices of cakes...and shared some kisses.


Happy birthday Hubbi! and many many more!

I love you so much!!!!

Welcome to Hungary!!

Finally!!! FINALLY!! Wally arrived to Budapest on May 30. 2010. This day was such a happy day for both of us and for our families!!!!
What an adventure again!!! Some times I feel my life is CRAZY in an exciting way.
So, on May 30th, my parents and I traveled to Budapest to pick up Wally. We got to the airport quick and waited and waited... That's the hardest time, waiting... Finally the plane arrived...people came out... and we waited... and... Wally didn't come out... I went to information, and checked, the woman said, the plane has landed and all the people are out... But where is my husband??? Ohhh I was sooo nervous. But this woman was helpful, and checked, he left Casablanca, but the plane left late... so he missed the connecting flight..."I should check with Lufthansa"... I went and checked with Lufthansa, and they said, he had his ticket changed to the next flight, which was already in the air. My mom and dad had to leave and go home, but I waited patiently. The plane arrived...people came out... and I waited... and Wally came out. OHhhhh I was sooooooo happy to see him. And his great smile showed me the same feeling. I had my hugs again and some kisses too. And the smiles, all for me!!!
We traveled home, a little bit of bus ride, and subway and train and lucky we took the car to the train station... in the storm we didn't have to walk home. And at home!!! Anya and apa, my brother and his family, and grandmother was waiting!!! They were sooo happy to finally meet Wally in person.
I made some delicious fish for lunch and we had a small lunch together. Finally ALL my family was together on this day!!!! Wally met the "little" Bence and Viki. From the beginning they love him
(too). Viki saw him online many times before and sent him lots of kisses. But this time she was a bit shy and that was very funny.
Time is passing and Wally is getting used to being here. He can say it with very well Hungarian accent "Nem magyarul. Arabul. Angolul." "Not Hungarian. Arabic. English." But he is getting along well. Sometimes he surprises me with a word I wouldn't think he knows.
I am sure the food is different for him. Well, I KNOW. I love Moroccan food, and it's different. He experienced a few meatless meal, which he enjoyed. My friend made meatless stuffed cabbage, which was really really good , and even Wally had a second serving too. We try to make delicious Moroccan food too. I especially good at making the Moroccan bread. For sure he loves it, and that's the most important, but I love it too and my parents said the same thing too. So it's all good. So when I work in the afternoon shift, he usually waits me with food. Oh, and of course we found some meat for him in Budapest. I remember when we got home, and the first thing was taking the meat out of the bag, wash it... and put it on the stove. Quick meal turned out fantastic. And of course he is making the tea always. Now, as the weather is getting better, we can go in the garden and make it in the fire place that we built not long ago. (if only the mosquitoes would leave....!).
Wally is getting along great with my parents. The first day I left him "alone" at home, when I called home, all I was hearing is laughing, so all is good. Because my parents don't speak English (nor Arabic), Wally is not speaking Hungarian too well yet, so they talk with their hands... or draw... or... who knows, but they are doing well together.
We traveled to Budapest. But oh, we had such bad weather. We visited the Moroccan consul, and registered there with him. Mr. Driss is a very nice man, he helped me a lot when I had questions, and when I was ready to take my papers (for the marriage) to him for the final stamps. Very nice experience there.
We went to Székesfehérvár too, there we went to the immigration office for Wally's residence permit. Here, also, we had a nice experience. For some reasons I am not used to meeting helpful people. So there, we wanted to walk around in Székesfehérvár.. but the weather was bad too, this time also. Windy and cold.. (in June). Well, there will be other times when we can travel in better weather.
We had a chance to go to Dunaújváros and meet some friends there, and we went to Velence too (well, this is the place where we can go shopping now, because it's close, we have a car, and maybe in the summer we can go to the lake too).
Wally is so funny. He is changing a lot around the house... he thinks about something... and then... we have to work on it, and make it come true. And dang... sometimes he has interesting ideas. But lots of changes...Maybe he is bored a little bit, so he's thinking what we(he) could do, and I take his ideas too, if it makes a nice change.

Special Harvest

We work hard in the garden... or in the garage...After picking some super delicious strawberries, we had a special harvest of mushrooms. Oyster mushrooms as somebody translated for me.
It is amazing how they can grow in 2 weeks from pretty much nothing, into something so strange, so great and yummy.





My mom was turning the bags to show the other side of it too. You can compare her hands to the mushrooms or vice versa. They are BIG, and I mean the mushrooms. We harvested them yesterday, and we picked almost 14lbs. They didn't look that much at first, but when we measured them...ta-da, OK, wasn't 14 but 13.89lbs. We made some deep fried mushrooms, some "Swedish mushrooms" and more dishes to come, and of course we had so much, my brother took a few pounds too, and we froze some (because you CAN freeze this kind of mushrooms, and use it all year round).
And this was only the first harvest. They grow all summer long, even in fall too. Last year we had in the winter too, but it was too cold for them to grow... Amazing!!!

Happy happy happy

Finally after long struggles and obstacles, Wally is gonna join me in Hungary!!! I can't tell the happiness I feel, and it's so great to see the love and excitement in Wally's eyes. I never thought, that we'll be living in 2 separate continents for 5 months after we are married...I thought maybe 1-2.... maybe..maybe 3... but 5... nah... But time has passed anyway, and he will be here in 5 days. I will pick him up at the airport in Budapest at 8.40 in the morning!! I am soooo excited!!!! And my family is very excited too. It will be funny how they will communicate, but knowing Wally, he will make it work, (and will make a joke out of it too), and my family is flexible and fun, so they also will try. So the countdown has began. I could even count the hours too, but ... OK I am in love, but I am not crazy (just a little bit bouhalia). hehehe And at least the upcoming few days will be full of work at my job, and also at home too, so time will fly by quickly.
Of course pictures are coming too, but we have to wait for them also (only a few more days).
Our little family will be reunited on May 29. Yippieeee. I am excited and very happy.

Oh I miss my husband so much. Maybe today even more than other days. Last night, his grandmother Maya passed away. Everybody loves this sweet lady. And I will always be grateful for the chance that I met this woman when I visited Tan-Tan. We didn't speak the same language, and she didn't speak at all (because of her illness), but her eyes showed great love and happiness. This time I wish to be with the man I love, so I could show my support and I could share my love. Oh I love him so much!

Spring 2010

Spring has arrived to me!!!! Well, it's still cold outside and we have lots of snow, but in my room... these plants started to bloom.
My dad and I planed these flowers 2 weeks ago.
And I water them, my room is nice (warmer than outside) and the sun came out too a few times, so the flowers, the green part, started to grow.
Every day I looked and looked and didn't see anything only the leaves growing, which is good, but....
And this morning I woke up, and they already started to bloom during the night.
They are like hyacinth but... they are not. Look like them, but less flowers, but still sweet strong
smell of the Spring.
They are light purple, and oh so pretty when so many of them bloom.
I'm very excited about Spring. Anyhow I look at it, it is my favorite season.
I love it when the snow melts, and the green grass start to grow, when the flowers start to come out of the ground and bloom. When the trees sprout and bud, and have flowers and later maybe we can enjoy some fruits.

I love Spring, so soft sunlight getting stronger, giving more hope to people and to all.

I want to share many many Springs with my man who has never experienced hard winter, neither any of the seasons. Only hot summers and cold summers. It will be wonderful to show the miracles that happen this time of the year.

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