Budapest: The Paris of Eastern Europe? (Tuesday, October 4, 2011)
What's more important? Time, money or peace in the car? We made that decision without any qualms today. We left Vienna behind, but not before we stopped at an electronics store in an attempt to find a converter that would allow us to charge the kids' Nintendo DS/DSi/3DS's, otherwise known as the mind-absorption machines. The store did have a converter that would work, but it was enormous and cost about $120. We're not THAT desperate for peace and harmony. They also had a little gadget that allows my camera to communicate with the computer. If we could just get a decent internet connection in our room, I'd add some more pictures. Here's hoping. In light of the fact that we would not spend that kind of money in their store, the electronics clerk sent us across the street to Toys R Us. Bingo. For $25, we got a car charger that adapts to all of the various generations of DS that exist in our household, thereby guaranteeing peace, harmony and a serious loss of brai...