Last night, over a postprandial glass of tokaji in the rose garden of Vadrózsa (a very fine restaurant here in Budapest), I asked Allyson to marry me.

She said yes, but there was one condition - that I marry her too, and she gave me with a ring of my own!

(It should be mentioned that we are having a good time on vacation and have seen many beautiful sights. We are looking forward to returning to Seattle and the mew on Saturday.)

Enjoying fine food and learning to ski in Whistler this week. The Internet access at the hotel is crappy and I'm trying to unplug for a while.

We'll be home Saturday. Many thanks to Steph for watching the mew.