Well, the snow has melted away, and it’s slowly getting warmer (and then colder again). As I said ages ago, here are some pictures highlighting the end of 2009 and the start of 2010:
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Paul comes for a visit:

The house that was no more

The family store that once was

Which one doesn't belong?

Paul telling me something I'll never remember
Amanda comes for a visit:

Twins storming the castle

In Parliament, admiring the ceiling

Amanda and Jamie inside Parliament
James comes for a visit and Parliament, round 2:

"It was worth the Havana"

A last farewell to James

Quick! Close the gate before James gets in!

She caught a fish! (intricate Parliament statue)

Lugosi Bela...famous Hungarian vampire!

Ditching James to run across the street. See ya!
Jamie and I visit my family here in Hungary:

Csillar eating his first oreo!

Jamie and baby Alex

Vera holding her son, Alex
A visit to Memento/Statue Park, where remnants of the Communist past are locked away, January 2010:

Catching the sun at Memento Park

Jamie next to a big statue

Jamie next to an even BIGGER statue

Posing at Memento Park (?)
Bratislava, February 2010:

The UFO in Bratislava; restaurant and city view extraordinaire!

James loves storming castles, even in Bratislava!

The life cycle, on a clock

Jamie and me in front of the clock museum, Bratislava
Meandering near the Danube, admiring the memorial recognizing the Jews that were shot and pushed into the Danube:

These shoes represent Jews that were shot and thrown into the river

Jamie and a shoe
Mmm…homemade salty goulash!

Mmm, mmm gulyas (goulash) says Jamie!
And last but not least…

Our first concert ticket purchase: Kiss! May 28!