We have arrived, but are experiencing technical difficulties

Frankfurt was kinder to us than anticipated, and so we managed to get through without any above normal delays. Sure there were several security lines, but we made the flight to Budapest in plenty of time, and I even had time to chat with a former colleague of mine who happened to be in the same security line up in Frankfurt.

We grabbed our cab at the Budapest airport and had a little extra tour when our driver, who did not know any English (at least that he'd admit to) and so for some unknown reason, we went around the block one more before he dropped us off.  He was pretty made about it too!

The rest of the afternoon was called try to keep mommy awake.  Been struggling under jet lag a great deal, and even feels asleep on a bench I the middle of Budapest.  Tools the kids to parks, wondered and wandered around.  Will provide more impressions tomorrow,  but suffice it to say, old world charm suffused with shadings of modernity.

The highlight for me today was watching my Chinese Canadian kids tear around a park, one in sn Italian jersey, playing hide and seek with a French girl in a downtown Budapest park.

Much go know, falling asleep at the keyboard. Will send oics tomorrow.