Yesterday we were both quite sad to wake up and discover that 90% of the snow in our backyard and around the town had disappeared overnight. It seems that Hungary has been struck by a pre-Christmas heatwave and local temperatures have soared from -5 degrees to 10 degrees over the last few days. So it looks like we're not going to get the White Christmas we'd been hoping for :(
Anyway, the lack of snow and ice has had one positive impact - it's now much easier to drive. With this in mind we set off on a roadtrip to Romania yesterday afternoon. After checking out a neat still-frozen lake on the way, we soon arrived at the border town of Vállaj.
Unfortunately Vállaj was as far as we got. The border guards weren't prepared to let Iago into Romania without an official Pet Passport (even though he has all of the vaccination and health clearance certificates that are supposedly required), so we had to turn back and come home. Ah well.
In other news, this afternoon there was a Christmas Eve nativity play and carol sing-a-long at the local church in Máriapócs. Many of the performers paraded through the town (and walked right past our house) on their way to the church. Daniel and I were rather impressed by the massive shaggy coats that some of the performers were wearing! The play itself was also really lovely and we got to catch up with many of our students, colleagues and friends after it had finished.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
- Amanda, Daniel and Iago
- Amanda, Daniel and Iago
aww, sorry you didn't make it all the way to where you were going... but that frozen lake alone made the trip worth it, no??
ReplyDeletemerry christmas, my favorite aussies!
Yeah, it was pretty awesome. :P Oh well, we'll get a pet passport for Iago then try again.
ReplyDelete- Daniel.
How do you know whether the ice is thick enough to support your weight?
ReplyDeleteDoes Iago have to pose for a passport photo?
We threw a rock on the ice and it seemed to bounce, so I figured that I'll just walk onto it and see. It worked out better than expected.
ReplyDeleteWe're not too sure what's involved with the passport, we're going to the vet tomorrow. I hope he does have a photo that'd be cute. :P