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• Exploring Budapest: In the Steps of Raoul Wallenberg

  By Julie Callahan on August 16, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  Life has lapsed into a rhythm.  Moving to a new country (and in our case two new countries) is unsettling, so I welcome a bit of balance.  But balance morphing into complacency is a problem.   I am trying to shake… Read More ›

• Summer in the City

  By Julie Callahan on August 8, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  For two weeks each August I curse the weather Gods, as Budapest wilts under summer’s oppressive heat.  I yearn for the frigid days of winter and swear I will never grouse during the inevitable deep freeze (a promise I will break around… Read More ›

• Margit Sziget (Margaret Island), Budapest

  By Julie Callahan on August 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Margit Sziget is the recreational hub of Budapest. Walking the island early one fall morning, I am joined by the whippet thin and most serious runners from the city. They jog the five kilometer rubberized track which rings the perimeter…. Read More ›

• It’s time for a plan…

  By Julie Callahan on August 1, 2013 • ( 8 )

  You can’t stop time – or even pause it.  The sand flows through the hourglass unconstrained, taunting.  As each grain falls, I hear a nearly imperceptible ping.  Reality is calling.  I need a plan – just one plan.  My problem… Read More ›

• Ljubljana

  By Julie Callahan on July 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The ride from Zagreb to Ljubljana was a vast improvement over the ride from Budapest to Zagreb – shorter (a bit over 2 hours), cooler and more scenic.  Before I thought to glance at my watch, we had arrived.  In both Zagreb… Read More ›