The World In Between

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• The Sweet Spot of Life

  By Julie Callahan on April 10, 2014 • ( 12 )

  

  Tuesday was a Dickensian sort of day; a day which really did possess the best and worst of times simultaneously. We learned an old friend had passed away, a man just a bit older than us who was part of… Read More ›

• In Search of Serbia in Szentendre, Hungary

  By Julie Callahan on April 7, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  As the HÉV train rumbles through the increasingly rural countryside north of Budapest, I read about the history of Szentendre, ‘Saint Andrew’. Hungarians climb aboard and then depart again, ladened with the purchases of their Saturday morning errands. Come summer,… Read More ›

• A weekend in New York City

  By Julie Callahan on April 4, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  I grew up in a sleepy, little town near the Jersey shore; one of those places where rope swings dangled from thick,gnarled tree branches; rocking chairs and flapping American flags welcomed guests to our front porches; doors remained unlocked and… Read More ›

• Off to see Taylor in the Big Apple…

  By Julie Callahan on March 26, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  This week is spring break for our daughter, Taylor. “Hey mom, can we meet up someplace? It’s my break, and I don’t have any plans.” She didn’t want to trek all the way to Budapest. Yet, I hoped to avoid… Read More ›

• Óbuda: A little bit communism, a little bit ancient Budapest

  By Julie Callahan on March 23, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  During the last century, adjacent towns across Hungary joined to form cities. And so it was with the formation of Budapest; a city created from the piece parts of Buda, Pest and Óbuda. Óbuda, literally translated as “Old Buda”, is… Read More ›

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