swiming lessons

swimming lessons. Sy comin up for air.

Sy's 2nd grade class had swimming lessons ever Tuesday morning at 8am at the local olympic pool, BVSC. it was so weird. big, cold, quiet... there's nothing fun sounding about swimming lessons in December cold at the crack of dawn, led by a strict Austrian coach, no less. echos of Commie days?

Sy playing gombfoci (button soccer) with his papa.

papa. Sy and his grandfather while he stayed with us on Rottenbiller utca, VII District

my father came to visit us in November. warming up his violin early in the morning as he prepares for a special performance on a local radio station.

Sy and his father when he came for a visit. remains of a torn down building in the 5th District near Szabadság Tér.

Andrássy út

pretty little girl singing at Sy's school.

At home in the Rottenbiller apt. shcruffy :)

on the Hév train, Buda side, on our way to Szentendre. We never made it - Sy was not in the mood.

woman outside of Keleti Pályaudvar, Budapest's East Railway Station

Keleti Pályaudvar (Budapest's East Railway Station). Everyone seems to snap a photo of this guy at some point or another.

bathtime.

bathtime.tragedy. >> Sy's bathtime in our Rottenbiller apartment.

hot September day in the city. old guys like to sit outside in their underwear doing nothing.

I admire couples who can stay together that long and still be holding hands when they walk together. hope.

legs. ankles. shopping bags. old ladies. always in my eyes!

Városliget - moms n kids at the big city park.

near Hösök Tere - Hero's Square. Retro man, yeeeahhhh.

near Hösök Tere, Várlosliget

csávók. Roma boys hanging out in the city park, VII District.

waiting for the train to move: Nyugati pu. (Western Railway Station, Budapest).

Sy's 7th birthday. Our first year of his life in Budapest.

under the Erzsébet híd (bridge) during our excursion the Buda side to visit the neighbourhood I lived in when I was a little girl. It started raining like mad so we hung out under the bridge.

crushed cockroaches on the Körut near Ráckoczi

Budapest Jump Project (BJP) >> Sy and I started a series of photos in the city streets where I would count to 3 and he's jump and I'd snap. My little sony cybershot has an annoying 4 second or so delay after hitting the button, so it took a while to tweak my timing to perfect. This is one of my fave shots from the project.

megérkeztünk! (we have arrived!)

Our first photo here in Budapest - day of arrival.... finally, after breaking our lives down to the very core in Toronto and only grabbing what fits into 4 pieces of luggage and a carry-on, we arrived in Budapest on May 31.