Budapest in the Spring

Driving through the tunnel under the castle on the Buda side of the city. This tunnel connects with the Chain Bridge.











Street sign













Serbian Orthodox Church


















Going down to ride the metro, crossing under the Danube.












Another form of green transportation, powered by beer!

SK and AT with Alisa and Paul

Alisa getting flashed by the paparazzi in Bratislava.

























Travel time with Alisa.

Checking in at the airport.






































Visiting Carnuntum on the way back from the airport.































http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnuntum

Paris in May with Alisa and Paul

Outside the Sacré-Cœur Basilica

Looking out for mimes and break dancers

Paul, Alisa and Eric

High above the City of Love

The view from the 2nd deck of the Eiffel Tower

Looking for the Eiffel Tower

Road Trip to Kosice

Thursday night we were able to take in a hockey game in our home city of Bratislava, Russia versus Denamark. A goal was just scored in the photo.

Something new to us, the Mexican Wave. Same as the wave in America but with a catchy name.

On Friday we drove through Slovakia to Kosice.

Cheering for the USA against France in Kosice. The fingers should be turned the other way so that there is no confusion as to our intentions.

The fountain in Kosice on the main street, much smaller than the foutains in Las Vegas. With the music and lights it's almost the same.

Tulips in full bloom.

Natural weed control. Goat in the Kosice Botanical Garden.

Great view of Saint Elisabeth's Cathedral.

IIHF 2011 Slovakia

The view from the Fan Zone on Sunday before the Slovakia-Germany game. A ska band warmed up the crowd.

16 teams competing for IIHF World Championship in Bratislava and Kosice. Finals held in Bratislava.

Skoda, Simply Clever.

Waiting for Slovakia-Germany. Final score 3-4.

USA playing first games in Kosice, we will be there on the weekend. 6-8 May.

Sweden

Denmark

Belarus

McDonald's

Hopefully we will be able to see USA play while in Kosice.


















A group of German tourists with the Latvian skater.

Germany

Czech Republic

Switzerland

Austria

Slovakia

Another Slovakia


















France


















Finland

Russia

Canada

Slovakia in front of the Presidential Palace

The Spice Market

This is the main enterance to the Egyptian Bazaar also known as the Spice Bazaar. It's not as big as The Grand Bazaar, which we also walked through, but it does have plenty of interesting items for sale. I didn't find any carpets that I needed and all of the flying models weren't available for a test ride.

As part of a cooking class we took, we also had a tour through this bazaar and stopped at some of the preferred shops inside. Alexandra and I bought tea and spices from Ucuzcular Baharat,

http://www.ucuzcular.com.tr/.

Tea is available at almost every corner. Whether it's a newspaper stand or shoe store, if you need a hot tea it's available. The teas comes served in glasses like those on the left. It's strong and best with some sugar.

adadis, so close to the real thing but not really

All kinds of knock off items can be found in a city of 17 million, name your price and start bargaining.

We saw this outside of a shop while walking back toward our hotel, I'm not sure this would make me want to shop there.

Interesting parking, I'm not sure if there was going to be some work done later or the car just needed to be off the street.

Inside of one of the cisterns in Istanbul, the picture does not need to be turned. The Madusa head was placed on its side, look at the water line on the bottom.

Kumpir = potato

These potato bars were great, you could get a big baked potato with all kinds of fillings. Corn, cheese, salsa, ham, olives, garlic yoghurt and peppers.

One lost little shoe. This was on the Asian side of Istanbul, we had walked up from the ferry terminal and were looking for a street.