In most cases, it is not easy to persuade my sister's to join us to go out somewhere. It's hard to find joint interest because of the different age of the children. Actually, this is not really true; Emil & Dominik are all over each other, can play together and amuse each other very well. I perfectly understand that the baby is the first things first and the most comfortable for them is to stay at home but I heard too many times: it's too hot, it's too cold, it's too early, it's too late, it's sleep time... To cut the story short, I'm happy that we have managed to choose the right engagement on the right place for all of us that everyone enjoyed: open-air bath near Lake Velence where everything centred around the children. All of us were absolutely satisfied and felt comfortable.
On the following day, Dominik & me drove up along the Danube till the Danube Bend, till Visegrád. The original plan was to arrive by boat but at the execution we encountered some difficulties even from the very beginning (how to leave the car at the port if maximum 3 hours parking is allowed??, if we get the castle and the toboggan from the destination port on foot in that heat, wouldn't be so sweltering and exhausting?? and our way back is till not mentioned and should follow the boat schedule of course). Next time we have to work out this option thoroughly because this could be a perfect full day program again, since the Citadel of Visegrád became my favourite castle in Hungary. It has an indescribable breath-taking view down the Danube Bend, well-structured and was the home of the Holy Crown till 1529. The first fortress was demolished during the Mongol invasion and the current fortress complex was built by Bela IV and his wife Queen Maria, from her marriage portion in the 1250s.
The most interesting part of Visegrád for Dominik was the toboggan. There was another type running on the hill-side that we had't tried till then and that was his favourite.
He showed big interest to "canopy" but I think we have to wait until he reaches the age of 12. This is a rope-way above the trees, through the forest. The world's first canopy can be found in Costa Rica. The idea of safely soar from tree to tree by traversing along cables was to make rainforest research easier. The beautiful nature and the timeless historical monuments that surround make the canopy tour an unique adventure with plenty of fun and
adrenalin.
We also have found a gorgeous hunting restaurant with magnificient view that will be definitely tried together with the parents. On our way home, I was brooding that the sequent towns we drove through have something unique one by one that they famous from. Tahitótfalu is famous from its strawberry and strawberry wine, Leányfalu is famous from its thermal spa, Szentendre is the town of painters.
On the 3rd day, we organized some suppletory and compulsory engagement like vaccination due at the age of 6, some measurement with the district nurse due at the age of 6, the eagerly expected hair-cutting, subtantial lunch, well-deserved napping. As a pleasant end of the day we walked on the Kopaszi-gát in the late afternoon and gathered at my parent's place to welcome a long-seen familiar face from British Columbia in the evening.
