Excursion to the American Embassy

Over the girls' left shoulder is a beautiful yellow building that houses the American Embassy.

Iguana's

Looking like autumn in Budapest already

A few days ago, we headed to the city for the afternoon. It turned out to be a rainy, overcast afternoon but the temp was so much cooler and we were grateful. The main event of the afternoon was to get Olivia and Meredith's passport renewed. Their passport doesn't expire until April 2008 but we will need to start the process very soon of applying for a renewed residence permit. Hungarian law requires the passport to extend the length of the residence permit and the girls' passport didn't allow that. So, off to the American Embassy!

We enjoy being on that small "patch" of American soil. Although most of the employees there are Hungarian! But we do get to be in a place that understands the needs of American citizens. Not to mention that we get to see the American flag displayed!!

Before we went to the Embassy, we went to our favorite (and only!) Mexican restaurant in Budapest for lunch. It's called Iguana's and there we enjoyed chips, salsa, tacos, and burritos. Almost like Rosie's! Well, not exactly. But we pretended. Then just across the square from Iguana's is the American Embassy.

We didn't have any problems getting into the embassy thanks to the wonderful privilege of an American passport. The actual process of getting the passports renewed didn't take long but we did run into a little bit of a glitch of when we can pick the passports up. Long story but we'll need to come back to the Embassy in a few months to pick up the passports. They'll be ready for us and prepared in order for the residence permit application process to start.

As we left the Embassy, we looked back at the American flag displayed on the front of the building. It caused us to break into the Pledge of Allegiance along with the first couple of lines of the Star Spangled Banner!

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,

And to the republic for which it stands, One nation, Under God.....

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