It has taken us over 2 months to get an internet connection at home, we perserved and refused to take Nem (No) for an answer and it paid off!!!!
The last 2 months have gone in a bit of a blur, the first was the coldest weather the Hungarians have experienced in a 100 years, snow fell with alarming regularity, and Steve and I camped on two sofas pushed together in the lounge in front of the ceramic wood burner which saved our and little dog Roly's lives!!!
By the second week of April it was like chalk and cheese the the temperature gauge rose and rose and has not stopped, its 31 degrees now, but the house is lovely and cool.
The Hungarians are by and large a friendly lot, once they see that an attempt is being made to converse with them in their very strange and difficult tongue they don't seem to mind us, the Ungool (English) in their very sweet village, out British vehicle and odd number plate causes a lot of drivers to tailgate and get a better look and all the locals know our car.
We are still camping, my dishwasher is still wrapped in plastic, and my hands are chapped and red from washing bloody dishes???!!!! Its slow going trying to get any tradesmen to come and do any work for us, as the Germans, Austrians and the UK are snapping up all tradesmen with any talent, and they are all going where the money is!!!!
So we have resorted to DIY home impovements, with the help of a local neighbour, whom we have put on the payroll at 600florints per hour (GBP1.70) and worth every penny! He does not speak any English, but is young enough and smart enough to understand what we want, and we all manage to have a laugh, get things done in the universal language of charades!
So, Life in Hungary is just wonderful! We have no television, and have had no internet, and we did not really miss either one very much at all, the days are long, the wine is good and red and cheap! What more could anyone ask for?
