Wednesday, March 3, 2010
It's the simple things...
So, I've decided that even the simplest things can seem so hard when adjusting to a new country! Like, take today for example. We needed to buy a washer and dryer for our new house in Hungary. Our friends came with us to ElectroWorld to help us find what we needed. We found a nice set, brought them home and of the 13 languages printed in the instruction book, not one of them was English. You may think "how tough can it be to operate a washer/dryer?" but no joke, there must be 20 different settings, with symbols that I have never seen before! So I took out the Hungarian booklet and sat down with my friend, Google translator, and started typing in words to figure out how to run the washer. I'll let you know tomorrow, when I give it a try, how it worked out! ;-)
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Oh Jodi! Life is an adventure especially when instructions books are involved...no matter what language. Chuckle, chuckle...
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Ugh! I bet once you find a setting, you'll wash EVERYTHING on that setting! (I would) Also, I think once Hungarians experience a GOOOD garage sale, they'll be hooked. Let me at em!
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