Limi

We had some very nice dayz in good old Ischgl (you can see some pictures in Facebook...)
It was very cold. Minus 17 on the the mountain, no wind, but still freeezing cold. We stayed at Hotel Goldener Adler, with a golden location.
I tried to convince M to buy a new snowboard jacket. Bogner's Canadian Mountain Challange, but she firmly declined. 1200 EUR is too much for a "Shikcy Micky" outfit she said. She might be right... So we'll try to find something from O'Neill here in Budapest instead. At least she bought a new ski helmet. In the old one she looked like a Hell's Angel prospect.
Now we are already planning next Ischgl tour. Looks like only 57% of the kiddos will join. One is too pregnant, and another just too much fifteen...
Last idea is to fly them in to Budapest, and start the trip from here. The flight fare from Malmö to BUD is only 12,00 EUR, including taxes. Amazing... But they (Wizzair) earn their money on luggage, 15,00/bag, credit card fee, 5,00 EUR per leg and ticket. If you forget to check in on internet you have to pay another 10,00 in extra fee at the airport. Too big hand luggage is punished with another 60,00!!! EUR This can add up to 90,00 extra EURO if you are not aware about the rules. But we are, so they have to rob someone else...

Tonight we will catch up on some serious Friday dining what we missed on the last weeks while out of town.

Little m hasn't forgotten how to ski since last season;


            

For Me, M&M,  X-mas is officially over. We had our annual pre-x-mas celebration in Båstad last weekend. With meatballs and all the kids. And Santa of course. He's getteing older and older, but still going strong :-)
We also had time for some serious ginger bread production, sledging, company party and other important things.
Anyway, we have threwn out the (plastic) tree, cleaned up the house, and returned to base in Budapest. It was a temperature difference of 26 degrees. Minus 18 in the morning when we woke up in Båstad, Plus 8 when we landed. And no snow of course. Perfect, I would say... :-)
Unpacking, and repacking has been on the program today. Skis, snowboards and other winter equipment are now stowed in the car. Tomorrow we go skiing in Austria. Even if the Austrian border is only 170 km away, we have a little longer drive, as we are heading Ischgl in the Western part of that snowy country. Four days on powder, and then back for Sylvester in Hungary. 

Yesterday we went to da Pippo, and today it will be Trattoria Toscana. Have to catch up... :-)

All of us...
            

and much to much gifts, as always. Next year there will be nothing... ehhh.? :-)
            

Just back to Budapest after two days in a frozen Slovenia. Unpack, and repack - will fly with M&m to Sweden tomorrow. X-mas with EPC, and then X-mas with LKVHMm&M.
Busy days. Back to BP Wednesday 22nd again.

Jeeeeszus Maria, and check out the little German guy with "vokuhila"...

            

Not much new to report from under the Hungarian moon.
Went to get a new EKG evaluation some days ago, and I'm healthy as a fish. A healthy fish. Surgery is however postponed until after 2x skiing, so it might be in February or something like that. I still jogg a bit. 5 km at the time. No problem during jogging, but a bit swollen stiff afterwards. No big deal.
Today little m had X-mas show in the school. All students from year 1 to 6 performed in front of a huge crowd of excited parents. Little m was "Mary" in Bethlehem. Spoke with a loud and clear voice in front of all those people. Made the father´s heart beat a little faster. I don't have that much experience in those things, despite being a 6x father. Last thing in this field what i remember was when Maja played guitar on a "Lucia" celebration some years ago. Didn't even knew she played the guitar before this event. Shame on me...
Weather was very nice last week. we had 15 degrees and a beautiful yellow sun in a dark blue sky. Now the temparature has fallen 15 degrees, but the sun is still there.
Linda is right now in New York for some serious shopping. She will come directly to Båstad next Wednesday, for our annual pre X-mas celebration.
Btw, booked the hotel in Ischgl for the real x-mas eve today. Haven't told the girls about it yet...

Little m with her friends Rachel and Mia;

            

Yesterday I went to "Szent János Korház", which is the biggest hospital in Budapest. Normally we go to First Med Clinic, or Telki, which are cozy, friendly and efficient private clinics.
Why the hell did they send me to Szent János??
It's a scary place. Big and ugly. 50 old buildings spread out on a huge fenced area.
All my senses screamed "RUN", but I'm sure there would be some dog patrols who would hunt me down when trying to escape over the fence.
I told myself, that it is maybe only the outside what looks a little grim, so I went in. Inside was worse.
If you have seen movies about the battle of Stalingrad, or seen the hospital wing of a Gulag in Siberia, you know what I mean... on top of that it was crowded and cold inside. The main entrance of building 25 was used also as emergency entrance, with ambulances lined up to deliver their content of wounded people. As it was the trauma unit, it was loads of bloody people pouring in. One in worse condition than the other.
Somehow they were pretty efficient, and there were plenty of staff in all kind of private winter jackets. Inside that is. So I got some X-rays taken within some minutes. Then some blood samples. The male nurse (if he was a  nurse, and not from the maintenance department) as the guy acted like a butcher. After assaulting the upper side of my hand for some minutes with a big needle, all the time mumbling "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." he had to put a big pressure bandage on, to stop the worst bleeding. I gave my hand a glance, and saw the reason for the pain. Suffusion big as a half apple. A BIG apple. Then he tried his luck on my arm. After some new piercing attempts, he actually found a vein.
I was then lead up to the ward. To my surprise I got a newly renovated VIP room, with my own bathroom. Like another world.
The bed was nice, and I had plenty to read.
This morning they woke me up, took an EKG, shaved my leg and disinfected it with iodine (jod??). At 08.15 prompt, as promised I was on the surgery table. My surgeon, all the nurses in full battle outfit, the narcosis doctor with his anesthesia shot in his right hand, while he was checking my EKG results.
Then everything stopped. He was showing the printout to the surgeon, and after some Hungarian mumbling. The doc explained that they couldn't give me the anesthesia due to some irregularities with the EKG result. What the hell, I heard myself say far away in some echo, as I had got some blue pills before to keep me happy and calm.
Doc explained that the surgery had to be postponed. I asked him to continue anyway, without anesthesia. But he kindly refused.
So here I am, at home with a shaved orange knee. Still with a mess inside.
Will have a new EKG next week at First Med, and then we will see what will happen or not happen.

I had to draw a scar, not to disappoint little m too much: