Family ... and lots of it. One of the bad things, but on the other hand good things (that 's the Libra in me, I have to be fair) is having so much family to visit. They are a fun group, especially now that the younger cousins are have gotten older and have kids. The family has really grown. My mom has 7 siblings. 2 have since passed, mom and 1 uncle living in the states, the rest in
HU. It equals out to about 2 cousins per family... and now their kids. So it is quite large. Dad on the other hand has only 1 younger brother, and 2 kids there too. But this piece focuses on my mom's family. Sorry Daddy.
OK, well how do you visit this many people. We learned a long time ago, that if you visit one, you had better not miss the other one. This goes for the cousins too, however, they have become a bit more lax with the rules.
I told mom let's her you younger brother,
Karcsi, who has a nice house, with a nice yard, to do a get-together at his house. We worked out the details and all was a go. Mom and I said we would make the food, so his wife Marika would not have to do anything, other than supply the tables and chairs. I made the chicken wings, mom made potato salad and pasta salad. We brought paper plates, plastic ware, cups etc. And we of course supplied the drinks.... Ah the drinks... did I mention the drinks. Wine, red and white, and of course cola, sprite, and club soda.
Well while cooking up the chicken wings, I had to sample the red. Not the best, but
OK. We bought the wine from a local cellar in
Budafok. Famous for it's never ending wine cellars. I told mom we should go to
Koenig Pince, but she said no. (
Koenig, being my paternal great grandmothers maiden name) I think they might be a distant relation. But of course, mom was dead set on using this place. I don't really do white wine, but that was not all that good either.
So we cooked and drank and mixed and packed up all the stuff.
My cousin
Kis (little)
Karcsi came with the car and picked us up. He really is not that little, probably over 6 ft, and weighs about 150 pounds, of course he eats like a piggy. We arrived at Uncles house, got everything set up and the rest of the family started to arrive.
We drank, ate, laughed, drank some more and had so much fun. My one
Auntie, (mom's oldest sister,)
Pirineni, who used to live in the city center at
Deak Ter, had numerous years ago moved to the town of
Maglod. It is quite quiet there and is a whole day adventure to go and visit. She came with one of my cousins, her grandson Adam. Wow last time I saw this guy, he as probably 8 or 10. Now, he is 18 or so. He amazed me. I am so proud to call him my cousin. He treated my Auntie with such loving kindness and respect, I was thrilled. He is a really great kid. Here is the photo of the family... Of course many are missing, but it was great to get this many. My cousin
Brigi moved to Milwaukee, unfortunately she was not visiting when we were. And her little sister Barbi just gave birth to little
Lili the day before, well of course she was not there.
I know people always say that you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family... well I happy with this family. We get along quite well, we
definitely have a great time when we are together, we live, we love and we laugh. That is what we do!!
We drank, ate, laughed, drank some more and had so much fun. My one Auntie, (mom's oldest sister,) Pirineni, who used to live in the city center at Deak Ter, had numerous years ago moved to the town of Maglod. It is quite quiet there and is a whole day adventure to go and visit. She came with one of my cousins, her grandson Adam. Wow last time I saw this guy, he as probably 8 or 10. Now, he is 18 or so. He amazed me. I am so proud to call him my cousin. He treated my Auntie with such loving kindness and respect, I was thrilled. He is a really great kid. Here is the photo of the family... Of course many are missing, but it was great to get this many. My cousin Brigi moved to Milwaukee, unfortunately she was not visiting when we were. And her little sister Barbi just gave birth to little Lili the day before, well of course she was not there.
I know people always say that you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family... well I happy with this family. We get along quite well, we definitely have a great time when we are together, we live, we love and we laugh. That is what we do!!
