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9thOctober

Kelemen likes history very much - and also cats. He is especially interested in ancient Rome so it is easy to understand why he wished to travel to the "eternal city". He has never flown before so he was already amazed to see the airport and to go through the special boarding procedures but he was even more amazed when after landing, in spite of the late hours, he could sit in the cockpit - thanks to Wizz Air.

Kele was first of all interested in the Colosseum so we started our first day there. It was a fantastic feeling to see this marvellous building! After this we looked at the Circus Maximus toying with the idea of how the horse races could have been here back in the old days, then on the way to the Tiber also Kele put his hand into the "Mouth of Truth" - and also pulled it out fine! :-) Having tasted some local snacks, some pizza and gelato we crossed the Jewish neighbourhood to see the famous cat colony of Rome at the Largo di Torre Argentina and the Piazza Navona. Towards the end of the already full day while heading towards the hotel we looked at the Pantheon and admired the Forum Romanum.

The morning of our second day was completely filled with sightseeing at the Vatican. From here we headed towards the Piazza di Spagna, as one of Kele's wishes was to climb the steps with his father. A volunteering group of the local "carabinieri" helped fulfill this wish - they even put on their parade uniform for the occasion. Traffic in Rome is especially chaotic with a wheelchair but even so we managed to get to the main sights. In spite of this we had to throw in some coins at the Fountain of Trevi as there is so much to see in Rome, one has to go back.

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Our third and unfortunately our last day was only half a day as we had to arrive at the airport by early afternoon. In the morning we went to a local vegetable and fish market where Kele for the first time in his life tried some raw crab - and he loved it! We still had some time to go up to the top of the monument Vittorio Emanuele II from where there is an amazing panoramic view of Rome. It was a worthy farewell from this beautiful city! Kelemen has experienced many new things during this trip, the "eternal city" really gave him memories forever.




We would like to thank in the name of Kelemen too the support of the management of Warm Up Járműkereskedelmi Kft, the Kontron Kft., the Wizz Air Hungary Ltd.and our private sponsors, whose help allowed us to fulfill Kelemen's dream.

We would also like to thank the help of Mr. Gabor Garami and the Corinthia Hotel Budapest, and also the performers and guests of our jcharity gala that we were able to to give so much fun to Kelemen.




Zsuzsa Kis
wish coordinator
Rome, September 30, 2023

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