A Problem, a Text, Some Googling, and Star-King (June 15 – Tuesday)

You have to understand the Lohes. You can’t be around us very long to know our great love of Apple computers. You also know that we miss all of you. That makes our need to share our experiences with you tantamount. We love your comments.

Arriving in Budapest after a 17 hour train ride, we discovered that our computer charger was not working. It was a somber moment as we thought about its implications. No more blog. No more comments. No more facebook to see what is happening with you. No more email. It was not a good morning.

We have a goofy phone with us. We can text but we cannot call unless someone calls us first. But the realization of a dead charger prompted Kristen to think about all the people she could text at 12 pm Budapest time. That is 6 hours ahead of Indiana time. So while your name may have passed through her mind, aren’t you glad she didn’t text you?

Kristen had a thought. Text Marie. (A friend of hers from Butler.) Surely Marie would get the text when she awakened at a reasonable hour and she would get back to us. What we did not know is that Marie’s phone would awaken her with every text. Marie was prompt to call us. A new charger for an Apple computer? No problem. A new charger for an Apple computer in Budapest? It was a challenge Marie welcomed!

Marie googled. Marie emailed. We waited. We bemoaned the possibility of no communication with you for the rest of the journey. Marie got an answer back and repeated what they told her, “Go to Star-King in Budapest. They can help you. They are located at a shopping center on Kerepesi út.”

But where is that? Well, after asking a young-looking guy selling sausages at the Central Market (where we were finding fruit), he told us it was right by the train station. You know so often God provides answers even before we need them. Two hours earlier we had arrived in Budapest. The first place we landed in this new country was…guess where? The train station! “Sure, we know where the train station is. We were there this morning.” Off to Star-King.

We found Star-King. It is an authorized reseller for Apple. They had exactly what we needed and we are again charged and ready to write and Facebook. And if you need to find anything in Budapest, just remember Marie. She can find it all, even early in the morning!

(Thanks, Marie!)