Farsang

This is the season of Farsang in Hungary. Farsang is similar to Carnival or Mardi Gras, but without the parades, etc.  In southern Hungary, it is celebrated with a festival including men wearing Buso (aka scary, wooly-looking) masks and they are said to chase away winter.

Chelsea made a Buso mask in art class and they got to eat Fank (doughnuts) in their Hungarian culture class. Fank are traditionally eaten during this time of Farsang. 

Halloween is not celebrated in Hungary, but kids dress up in costume during Farsang. One of Cade's classmates wore a Spiderman costume to school on Friday, so today Cade requested to wear his costume. We took the kids ice skating at a mall, and Spiderman was quite the hit. He had his photo taken and lots of people stopped to admire him.

Both big kids are getting to be decent ice skaters. They love it! 

 This ice rink was in a food court area, and the most popular restaurants there were McDonald's and KFC. This is usually the case in malls!  There was also a Pizza Hut, one of only a few in Budapest.

 Logan would have loved to ice skate, but once again was relegated to watching from the stroller. Tough life for this little guy. It won't be long before he is able to keep up with the big kids!