The more things change...

In case what you were wondering what visiting day at a Hungarian Jewish summer camp looks like, its pretty much the same as visiting day at an American Jewish summer camp. Parents drove from Budapest for about two and half hours through sunflower fields (same distance from Teaneck to Moshavs IO!)Even though the campers had only been away for one week, and were staying less than a week more, the scene was pretty similar to what I've experienced--clingy younger campers, older campers trying to distance themselves as much as possible from lame parents, forced smiles on staff members, mothers insisting on photo ops, and lots of dads shlepping lots and lots and lots of water bottles for their kids. Probably not from the Honesdale Wal-Mart, but I'm glad Jews all over the world are concerned for their children's hydration while at camp.