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Sziget Music Festival on the Island of Freedom
The week of August 10th-17th was filled with music. Budapest hosted the 23rd annual Sziget Music Festival on Obudai Island. Since 1993, the Island of Freedom has been a place of music, carnival, theatre and exhibition. One has the choice of buying a one-day pass or week passes that last for 5-7-days. In early April…
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Croatia: Take me to the sea
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. -John Muir I have loved every moment of living in Budapest. It is a captivating city, and the past year has been filled with many life-changing experiences. Yet, there are…
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A Journey Through Herzegovina
After two incredible and inspiring days in Sarajevo, I mentally prepared myself for yet another long day of traveling. I woke up early, and pursued the 7:15 am train with a destination of Mostar, Bosnia. This was set to be my final stop in Bosnia. Surrounded by mountains in a deep, green valley, Mostar is…
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The Tunnel of Hope
My most vivid memory from childhood involves a harrowing adventure on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride in Disneyland. I remember my mom laughing while she let me “drive” the car. Unaware that the car was on tracks, I believed that I was in control of the uncontrollable car, and that I was therefore putting the lives…
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El Diablo in the White City
Legend says that when the Slavs landed on the Danubian shores of present-day Serbia, they were stunned by the beauty of an ancient, white-stoned fortress on a hill. They proclaimed, “We will live in this white city.” Thus, Beograd, or the White City, was born. I recently gazed upon the white city myself, and like…
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Bike Trip Around Lake Balaton
“I go to the Balaton!” I have heard that line so many times over the last year from my fifth graders. When I first heard them say that, I was of course confused. “WHAT is the Balaton?” Whatever it was, it sounded important. Not just Balaton but THE Balaton. The one, the only. From what…
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