August & September 2015

So, with the party safely out of the way, Steve began the mammoth task of renovating the kitchen!
Immediately the house went from cleanliness and order, into utter chaos again! Firstly we removed everything from the kitchen that we possibly could, into the lounge, we have set up a mini "summer kitchen" in the entrance hall, with the stove, butchers block, table and a couple of cupboards for the bare necessities. The microwave is now in the bathroom and the fridge in the boot room, its all functional for us, but we won't be having any dinner parties any time soon!
The first job was getting the new water pipe inside, this meant digging up the floor through the pantry and into the kitchen, what a mess!

Pantry! Water pipe coming in from outside.

Digging up the kitchen floor.

Then the new electrics went in, this without a hitch, amazingly enough for Hungary, we found a reliable and efficient electrician who re-wired the house and kitchen in a weekend of endless dust, angle grinding and hammering. Fourteen plug sockets went into the kitchen at strategic points.

My 55th birthday  was spent with some good friends at Mesters having a meal out. The evening was sweltering! Ditto our anniversary on the 7th September came and went, 19 years together we treated ourselves to a slap up meal, which was just as well as there was no further progress on the kitchen.

Aside from our kitchen renovations, September was the month when the migrant crisis became international news. Our Prime Minister Vikto Orban, erected a fence to protect our borders from a mass invasion, much to the vilification of the media and the world, personally we gave ourselves a private pat on the back for choosing Hungary as our retirement spot, with a Government that refuses to bow down to Political Correctness, and puts the Nation and its people first.
That crazy cow who runs Germany, opened her arms wide, issuing a welcome to the refugees, who came in droves, thwarted by Hungarys fences they were forced to find other ways to get to Germany and UK, and this caused some tension between the neighbouring countries, Croatia and Slovenia, but since then, many more fences and border controls have been put into place, which only reinforces our high opinion of Mr Orban as a forward thinker.

We had another visitor in mid September when Max the pooch came to stay. A lovely chap, with crazy idiocyncries but no trouble at all. He was on hunger strike for two days, until I cooked him some pork mince, which he decided was excellent grub!

Other September notable notes, was that the Rugby World Cup started, and Series Five of Downton Abbey, two of my most favorite Television occupations!
Since we do not own a television, we were welcomed into the lovely home of our good friends Mariska and Les, everytime the Springboks were playing rugby, we spent some lovely evenings staying overnight and there, we fell in love with their precious Maddie, a darling happy hunting Spaniel. I gifted her with a pink bunny, as she chews nothing (being a well trained hunting dog) and she in turn fell in love with the wabbit.

And then on the 25th September we packed our kit and went off on a beautiful easy drive to Slovenia for a spot of "Glamping"!
It was situated in the gorgeous setting of Lake Bled, we had booked an "A" frame hut, complete with outside hot tub. Friends Carol & Alan, pulled their caravan to the same site, and we had a marellous couple of days, chilling, drinking eating, laughing and to end the days events,soaking in the hot tub.

Steve cooking breakfast. Hottub on the right.

The hot tub was this crazy bath, behind those
wooden slats was a stainless steel fire box
submerged into the water. Two logs, and the water
was steaming.

We absolutely loved it!!! Every evening after saying goodbye to our caravan buddies we would pour a drink and have a soak in the tub. Steve has promised to build us one, hopefully next year!

More pictures of Slovenia and Lake Bled follow.

The Happy Couple!

The only other significant thing that happenned in September, and in Slovenia, was that I got the archery bug.
This chap (see below) dressed in traditional garb, was selling ten arrows for five Euro's and I had a go, and absolutely loved it.

And so, my closing words are that this invasion of Muslims is on everyones lips and minds, the EU leaders simply do not have a clue what to do.
We are just very glad that we are middle aged and safe in the arms of Hungary!