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Budapest Day One

My dad and I arrived in Budapest around noon on Friday. It was a warm sunny day. We were able to change some money at the airport, at a not very advantageous rate, and buy our 3 day “Budapest” cards that allow unlimited travel on the public transit grid in Budapest without problem. After a [...]

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On my way!

I am typing this from my seat on my klm flight to amsterdam, final stop Budapest! The flight is very full but a nice klm lady at the gate swapped me into an asile seat for the flight. Security at Dulles was, as usual, a mess but I finally got through it. Looking forward to [...]

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Will You Ever?

“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jong, Poet [...]

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Yesteryear

“How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light, but i fear that to fall in love with you is to fall from a great and gruesom height. So i asked a friend about it, on a bad day, her husband had just left [...]

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