Our friends are also NY'ers and are currently in the US visiting their kids for the summer. Their truck is registered in NY and has NY plates, so (because of Ukrainian laws pertaining to foreign vehicles) it must leave the country every 60 days.
The nearest border crossing is only 30 mins away from where we live, but it usually takes anywhere from 1-3 hours to actually get into Hungary.
This time it took us over 3 hrs! Ahhh! There was a car in front of us (at the Hungarian side of the border) in line that was registered in Russia- and seriously- the border guards must have spent like an hour with this guy: going through his paperwork, looking through his car, making calls on their cell phones, etc.
Finally, they let him through and we were next. I don't think the guards were giving this guy a hard time just because his car was registered in Russia; there must have been something up with his paperwork.
One of our favorite things to do when we are in Hungary is to go shopping (well... Maybe my favorite). You can find different foods that are not available in Ukraine and also food and clothing is less expensive.
We went to a couple of huge malls just for fun and had a great day hanging out with our friend, Katya, who had traveled with us.
Solomiya enjoyed herself, but was completely wiped at the end of the day.
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