Skating on the Lake Fertő

Neusiedler See or in Hungarian the Fertő-tó is frozen. It's been below zero for over two weeks now, so you can skate on the thick ice, and people say, the ice hasn't been this smooth for years. If it is windy when it freezes, or if there's snow on top, the ice gets bumpy, but now it's like glass.

Christmas Eve

We are still up because we're going to midnight mass in a while all together as a family for the first time. In Hungary it is Christmas Eve that has most of the celebrations. We decorate the tree, open the presents and eat fish traditionally today. Luckily we were ale to get salmon, and to my surprise Kevin had three helpins of it. :)
The biggest hit with the boys is the pirate ship game they got from Kerry and Jenn, thank you guys so much. Bella is happy with her hairdresser's head doll, she's learning to braid hair now. But the nicest thing about today is that we are all together and have nowhere to rush, and just enjoy each other's company. Merry Christmas to all who read this blog!

Caroling

This weekend two mmeorable things happened. One was that on Saturday we went to Austria for the first time since the border opened. Hungary joined Schengen on the 21st, and now we do not need passports to cross into Austia, Slovakia, Slovenia. We've become the ouside border of the European Union. It was strange to cross the same border with noone checking our passports.

The other cheerful event was that we went Christmas Caroling last night. Our little choir went all along the Deák tér (the longest square in Central Europe) and stopping at lit up places we sang a few songs. It was lots of fun, but after an hour we got very cold, and went to a pub called Cézár for a glass of mulled wine.

Video

So here's the link to Miss Bella the Angel...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8042295048633815387

Bella's Class Nativity Play Part 2

Bella's Class Nativity Play

More Nativity pics