IT'S A HARD JOB BUT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO IT!

Zone Conference was in Budapest on June 20, 2014.  Elder and Sister Brown picked us up for conference.  However, we decided to go a day early and take a detour trip to Szentendra.  The Mission President is flexable when it comes to the Senior Missionaries.  This is a view of the Daube River.  This sky is pretty typical of Hungary.  

Just look at the Browns!  Acting like they're in love and all that.  This is the board walk next to the Daube River.  Our hotel was on the other side of this road.  

Elder Brown's niece is Melissa Brown.  She married my son Joshua Taylor.  Guess that makes us relatives.  Yeah!  The Browns are a totally enjoyable couple.  P.S.  Zone conference was great also.  I am very impressed with the Missionaries.  They are great leaders, they are motivated and smart individuals.   Pic is of Elder and Sister Brown, Sister Scherrer and yours truly.  

This is in the center of Szentendra.  A few hundred years ago this was a little town.  Now they have turned it into a "tourist trap" where people love to spend money.  This picture is of a water well.  The Dad is pumping water so the kids can get a drink.  And yes, I did manage to buy a few Hungarian things.  

What a beautiful sunset.  There are church steeples everywhere.  In the foreground is the cigarette  store.  Yup that's all they sell.  They sell cigaretts for 1400 Forent or $7.00 a pack, I think.  I haven't actually tried to buy any. :) They are open 24/7.  The government is the only one that sell cigarettes.  This is how the government supports itself.  It is no wonder there are no infomercials warning the public about lung and throat cancer.   Everyone in Hungary smokes.  Ok, let me clarify, everyone over 16 years old smokes.  

Another beautiful sunset.  This is the house across the street from our apartment.  Too bad the camera doesn't do it justice.