JR and Duck and the Hungarian Grand Prix

JR and Duck love their sporting events. They took the opportunity to visit Budapest to do some sightseeing and attend the Hungarian Grand Prix. Being a couple of posers, they smiled for the camera on a walk across the Chain Bridge, which is one of many bridges across the Danube between Buda and Pest.

They also took a ride up the side of a hill on the Pest side of the river, being very lazy ducks who could not be bothered to either walk up the rather steep hill or fly to the top to visit the Royal Palace.




But the main purpose of their visit was to see the Hungarian Grand Prix. The sounds of the engines were very loud in their little ears, but they loved the great seats in the Red Bull Stand on the second to last corner of the track! They could cheer on all their favourite drivers, though neither one of them seem to be Ferrari fans.


They never realised that outside the track, in the beer tents, there would be dancing girls! My goodness, how the ducks are growing up!

J R Goes to Portugal

J R Duck didn't know it, but he was in for a real surprise.

The last thing he remembered was being on the side of the bath tub one cold and rainy night in Birmingham, England. When he woke up the next morning, he was in the bright sun of Albufeira, Portugal! He was on holiday!

What a treat! A holiday in the sun! The first thing he wanted to do was explore, and so he headed for the beach to collect sea shells, build sandcastles and dip his wings in the Atlantic Ocean.

He wasn't prepared for just how cold the ocean was. He was also very tired from having to climb out of people's footprints in the sand, but he loved the feeling the sea breeze on his beak. The beach was very crowded though, so J R decided that he would spend most of his time in the pool at the hotel, where it was a bit quieter. He spent a lot of time on a sun lounger and practicing his backstroke.

J R didn't spend all of his time at the hotel, however. What was the point of being in a new place without experiencing some of the Portugese culture? He tried Chicken Piri-Piri, Portuguese Steak and Seafood Cataplana (though when he was offered to go for a Chinese, he refused on the ground that the Crispy Duck might be a relative). He also went to the pub to watch sports on the television, though being a very young duck, he was sure to only drink fruit juice.

But it wasn't all rest and relaxation for J R. He took long walks around the Marina, where he daydreamed about buying a yacht of his own to sail around the world.

He also found himself wandering up and down hills on a golf course.

Most importantly, J R made new friends.

Before he knew it, his week in the sun was over, and J R was on the plane back to England.

J R was sad, but he knew that he would be traveling again to another exotic destination before too long.

Duck Carosel