Arrival in Budapest

When I borded the plane, the flight attendant greeted me with "good morning." It was eight pm.  Ha! My flight to London went well and I had plenty of time to get to my terminal walk around to check out the stores and then head to my gate when it opened. I was a little bummed the free wifi was not working but oh well. Although my flight to Budapest was much shorter it felt three times as long. I tried not to sleep the second flight to help with the jet lag soon to come. I got my luggage from the belt and followed the doreen doors to the exit. I look around for my boss. He is not there. I wait  and patiently look around trying to not look "too much out of place." A guy about my age next to me offered to help and allowed me to use his phone. What a blessing! I had the number saved on my iPad of some missionaries about an hour away from Budapest. I was able to call them and they were able to connect me with the Borders. The Borders are a couple that invited me to go to church with them on Sunday and join them for church after I arrived. The Borders were in town and able to pick me up within 20 minutes. As they walked through the doors, I just felt tears stream down my face. Overwhelmed with God's provision and the way He provided the Ewings and Border's for me. I went home with the Borders for the night until I could contact my boss, Laci. 

Laci and his wife picked me up and felt very bad. They were very apologetic and got the date wrong in their mind and the time,he was thinking 6am versus 6pm. 

By God's grace and goodness, I made it safely here and spent the night with the wonderful Border's that have welcomed and introduced me to so many things here. 

The Border's picked me up for church at Danube International which reminded me of Fellowship church in Arkadelphia. We enjoyed lunch together with their friend Steve who came with us too. Cile Took me to the store, Tesco, which is kinda like the Walmart. It's connected to the mall, how funny is that?! The escalators are like ramps that you can use your buggy on and the tires "catch on" so you don't have to hold on to it as you go down. Cile shared with me how to pronounce things, what words mean and all around the mall and Tesco. I am so thankful. 

Things I have learned:

Shower curtains are not found as a necessity here

Milk (Tej) can be bought unrefridgerated and is kept cold after it is opened. 

Air conditioning is only really used like 2 months out of the year so most homes don't have it.

Windows can open from the top or the side, depending on how you open the handle. 

Pictures on food labels are extremely helpful. 

GF options are available but much more common in US.