When I asked Roxie what she wanted to do on her first day in Budapest, she said without hesitation that the Amusement PArk was number 1 on her list. So, I bought a delicious breakfast of fabulous hungarian pastries - cherry, apple, cottage cheese, brioche - yum! And then we slowly got ready for the day out. It was exciting catching the metro. We walked a bit and then there we were. What fun to be had. At first it was tricky becuase apparently the entire park even the jungle story littlies park was for kids 3 years and over. So we couldn't get April into anything. I got a bit upset about this as April was wanting to go on everything Roxie did and was not allowed. So i went and talked to the kasa and told them that April was 2 and a half and had an older sister and would be fine. The said to me simply "well just say she's 3 years old then." oh. ok that's how it works here...hmmm. Anyway, so I bought a Jungle littlies pass for April and she was much happier. Actually she fell asleep, but only after we managed to get some delicious and cheap lunch. A couple of Lángos with sour cream, bacon bits, red onion, cheese and chilli, some wedges, a schnitzel zsemle, beer, fröcs, lemonade, then Roxie spotted the fairy floss...She had 2 and half of April's! Anyway whilst April slept Rox and I had a great time going on a few things that April wasn't allowed on with her littlies pass - like the Caterpillar Roller coaster. We screamed and laughed! We went into the Varázsolt Kastely with crazy moving chairs, wobbly staircases, mirrors and Rox and i laughed so much exiting via a rolling spinning barrel. We also went on the boat ride tunnel which was very gentle and I remember that from when i was a kid and went in 1975! As we left the boat ride it started to rain. Pour with rain. And Thunder of course. LOUDLY! Poor Roxie... we ran for shelter and had some ice cream whilst waiting for the strom to pass. Rox was very nervous the whole time wanting to be with me, snuggled close. It did finally subside and the sun shone again. Rox wanted to get a cab back to the apartment but was convinced to go to the Jungle Park so that April could have a ride on something. Turns out that was a great idea. We spent the rest of the day there till closing time! Both girls LOVED it. There was a hand pedal powered train track aroudn the mini park a great large sandpit with a dinosaur climbing thing in the middle. There was a variety of carousels. The 'car' one in particular was popular. There wa a mini ferris wheel, a flying pedal carousel thingy that we all went on together, a fire engine ride game that Darren and Rox did together. Rox and April both spent ages on a little boat shaped swing and then we went into the Tréfás Dzsungel ride. This is one I also remember from '75. This is the one that got stuck, with all the crazy curves and dark bits, things jumping out at you...anyway April did not like this one at all. Much too scary for her. She said she was scared of the lion. It was pretty full on, even Rox got a bit worried apparently 'cause at the end was a thunder noise and fake wind! Anway we talked to April about it and I gave her some 'mama tee', then she was on the boat swing for ages.
Anyway at closing time we left and on the way back to the metro station Rox and April wanted some balloons that we were tricked into paying much too much for. Of course once he'd tied it around Roxie's wrist it was then too hard to walk away and say that it was too expensive! Always ask the price first!! Lesson reminder.
Got some baic takeaway food and home to apartment. Big day. Fun day!!
Tomorrow we pla to take it easy,get some groceries in the morning and hang out the rest of the day on the Margit Sziget which s soo close to us....ahhhhhh. goodnight.
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