Sorry about the lack of recent entries, but the last week has been a little hectic. In addition to the new school year starting, and all the fun and games that entails, Daniel and I also had some guests come to stay with us last weekend. Our good friends Lin and Will stopped by for a couple of nights during their epic European holiday.
It was really great to see them both. Although the weather was pretty hot, Lin and Will were very good natured and allowed us to drag them around to see some of Hungary's unique tourist sights. Our trip to Hortobágy was particularly fruitful as Will was seduced into buying a bullwhip by a deceptively sleepy salesman at one of the local markets.
Of course, having bought the whip, it was impossible for Will to put it away in his suitcase as we all wanted to give it a crack (pun intended). So as soon as we arrived home from our trip to Hortobágy, we shuffled into the backyard and did our very best Indiana Jones impressions. It was a lot of fun, but none of us were very successful in producing anything even close to a sonic boom. Fortunately, we eventually found a few videos online that explained the proper technique, and soon enough we were all able to get the whip to crack. Hooray! Even our 9 year old neighbour and her father joined in the fun.
I've attached a short video of our whip-cracking exploits. Enjoy!
- Amanda
- Amanda
Hi guys!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post and reminding us how much fun we had :)
We got home last night. After Hungary, the rest of our trip just flew. We were a bit tired in Vienna but regained our energy in Prague and did a lot of fun things including riding segways around the city for three hours (and yes, I did crash but luckily, it was only a minor one) :)
It was awesome to see you guys and Iago. We loved our time together and wished we had more time. But there'll be more trips :)
Sending you lots of love! XXX
Hey Lin!
ReplyDeleteIt was fantastic to see you, we always love visitors. I'm really glad that Prague was awesome, we also did Prague at the end of our trip but we were too exhausted to give it a chance. :)