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• 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 ›

• The Balaton

  By Julie Callahan on July 26, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  This week in my conversational English class, we talked about vacations.  One man shared that he went to “The Balaton”.  Balaton is a Hungarian lake, the largest in Central Europe.  It is lovely, wide enough that you can’t see across… Read More ›

• An Army without Guns…

  By Julie Callahan on July 20, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Last month, the Danube surged over its banks as record-breaking floods hit Central Europe.  The city of Budapest escaped fairly unscathed.  The surrounding small villages were less fortunate.  A friend of mine mentioned he would be off work – he wasn’t… Read More ›