The flight from Dulles left about an hour late. Fortunately we did not have to endure the hour on the tarmac but rather in the terminal. We arrived in Frankfurt about an hour late and had to run to catch the Franfurt to Budapest plane for the last leg of our travel on July 26th. In Budapest we did not face crowds to go through customs... the only problem was that we had no suitcases... they did not make the plane in Frankfurt. After filling out paperwork we were told that the suitcases would arrive in Budapest in the 2:30 plane. We thought we'd have our belongings by late afternoon to early evening. After calling the airport we learned that the delivery would not be made until after 10PM. There was a family event planned in the evening which we did not want to miss. This was the only day on which all the extended family members who had come to Budapest were able to meet. So, Jim and I freshened up as best we could and we got on the #2 villamos and headed off to meet everyone. We were in trouble as soon as we hit the front door of our apartment building... we got a,torrential downpour of rain. Unfortunately our umbrellas were in the suitcases! While we tried to decide if we should buy another umbrella to add to our collection the rain soon subsided and we went on our way. A 10 minute ride and we reached our destination.. where there was not a drop of rain!!!!! We reached my cousin's beautiful home where we had drinks and hors d'oevres. At 7 we went to Szep Ilona Restaurant where family members enjoyed porkolt, wiener schnitzel and the most fantastic palacsinta ever!!!! We arrived back at our apartment at around 10 and waited for our suitcases to be delivered. After determining we could no longer keep our eyes open we turned in at 111PM. At 2 AM the apartment provided cell phone rang. It was the messenger service to deliver our suitcases.
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