The World In Between

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• A Very Hungarian Thanksgiving

  By Julie Callahan on November 22, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Last Thanksgiving I worked and festered and ultimately swore I would never do that again. Hungarian friends wished me a Happy Thanksgiving, but somehow, that just made me feel worse. By mid afternoon, Facebook dispatches started to arrive – a… Read More ›

• When a Colleague Dies

  By Julie Callahan on November 16, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  Last Monday, as my US colleagues were coming to work, I received a message. “Did you hear Jim died yesterday? Suddenly. In his sleep.” Jim and I worked together on and off for years although less so since I moved… Read More ›

• What happens when you need surgery…. in Budapest, Hungary?

  By Julie Callahan on November 12, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  After a year of intermittent sinus issues and pounding headaches, Pat finally broke down. “I can’t take it. I’m calling a doctor.” We travel home for our routine medical care, so we never visited a doctor here. Luckily, I had… Read More ›

• Hydra, Greece: An Accidental Hike to the Monastery on Mount Eros

  By Julie Callahan on November 6, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  How we ended up at the Prophet Elias Monastery on the top of Mount Eros is still a mystery. As we crossed from Athens to Hydra by ferry, our boat tossed about like a cork in a typhoon while attendants… Read More ›

• What I learned at TBEX Athens and my writing class with David Farley

  By Julie Callahan on October 31, 2014 • ( 18 )

  

  Last week, Pat and I attended a convention in Athens, the Travel Bloggers Exchange, or TBEX. I divided the sessions between us according to our interests. Pat, realizing where this was headed, conceded, “Julie, just tell me where to go.”… Read More ›

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