Countdown to Hungary: 50 days

Yes, it's official, and it's coming soon! We're headed to Debrecen, Hungary on June 17. We're so excited! We've still go a lot of planning to do before then, but we have the basics covered, like:

• Dave's work permit - ask him sometime about all the things he had to go through for that! Hungarians seem to be very particular about documents looking official and things done a certain way.
  
• Our passports and visas - even though we don't really need visas for such a short time, National Instruments (NI) wants us to do things the "correct" way.
• A place to stay - we'll be staying in the NI company apartment, a 4 bedroom place fairly close to the center of town. The only downfall is that it is on the 3rd floor, which means no wrestling!
• Our plane tickets - the kids and I will head home on August 14, but Dave will stay until September 18.
  
• A car - not sure what kind yet, but at least we'll have some method of transportation.
• International driver's licenses - again, being "correct!"
  
• A Hungarian/English dictionary - hopefully that will help a little with figuring out what's for dinner. We're pretty sure we won't need the "Romance" section - we have had some good laughs figuring out why you would need a dictionary for something like "Kiss me now!"
• A sense of adventure - we're ready for fish soup (well, not really but we'll probably have to try it), getting our luggage lost (as always seems to be the case with Dave's trips), a lot of pointing in stores, and some good family times.
  

Stay posted for more updates!