Our first day

Hello Friends and Members of FUCSJ!
( in Hungarian, Hello (Szia) = Hello in English )
 
We arrived in Budapest yesterday afternoon after various flight delays which also resulted in no luggage for most of our group. [NPJ note: Since our flights took essentially a day and a half--with an otherworldly view of Greenland on the way--this meant we certainly got our money's worth out of our travel clothes!] The temperature yesterday was 99 deg F so we are a little warm.
 
Even so, we have found Budapest to be a wonderful city to explore with many historic and cultural sites. The city is divided by the Danube where one side has hills supporting a palace and a fortress. The other side is a flat plane with restaurants, shops and more shops.
 
We will spend our second night here tonight, and tomorrow morning we will take a chartered bus to Koloszvar where we will spend two nights in the dorms of the Unitarian High School. We will be hosted by Rev. Zsolt (a teacher there--the Balacs Scholar a year ago, who offered that wonderful children's story and sermon in June 2006) and Rev. Erica ( she was the visiting scholar at Starr King last year ).
 
After that, we will be off to our partner church in Homorodszentmarton.
 
Stay tuned for further updates.
 
Hello,
( in Hungarian, Hello = Goodby in English )

( yep this is not a typo)
 
Monty Low