Budapest

Lithuania

qudapest — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:31:22 +0000

I will try to put up a few pictures from Lithuania every day.

Our last day of school was June 19.

On June 20, we flew to Lithuania for four days. We stayed in Vilnius, but we rented a car for two days and drove out of the city.

We drove to Druskininkia one day to visit Valija and her family.

Another day we drove to Trakia to see the castle, then to Kaunus to see the devil museum.

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Croatia

qudapest — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:37:06 +0000

We took a week vacation to Upotija, a beach place in Croatia. The water was beautiful but cold! We left Wednesday 10th and returned Monday the 15th. We stopped at Lake Balaton for a night on the way home.

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The Fulbright Dinner Cruise

qudapest — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:45:28 +0000

On May 22, we had our final Fulbright meeting. It was a dinner trip up and down the Danube. The Americans in Hungary were there, as well as the soon to leave Hungarian to America Fulbrighters. It was a very nice trip.

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Update June 5, 2009

qudapest — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:19:57 +0000

So as you can see I sorted out all the other pictures as best I could – and these are the ones I just couldn’t sort out.

We went to Visegrad and Esztergom last weekend, but all of our cameras lost battery, so I won’t be able to post any of those unless one of the other Fulbright people who went there send them to me.

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Kelly’s Soccer Team

qudapest — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:32:01 +0000

Kelly joined a Hungarian soccer team a few weeks after we arrived. On May 31 and June 1, they had a tournament. We took the camera and took a few pictures.

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When Grandmom, Grandpop and Patrick Were Here

qudapest — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:34:16 +0000

Sorry this post is so late – I first couldn’t find the pictures, then couldn’t get them into the right format.

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Update May 29

qudapest — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:18:06 +0000

These pictures are mostly form our week with Aunt Mary Kate.

Her first day, we saw “1001 years of history” at the National Dance Theatre.

Kelly then took a doy off with her and took her to the Janos Hill Observation Tower.

We all took a day off and did a tour of Parliment and then the Szechenyi Baths.

John took a day off and went with her to the Great Synagogue, and walked around the Jewish District. They then went to the Basilica to see the hand of Saint Steven, but they couldn’t because they were filming something in the Basilica. Instead, the went up to go see the view from the top of the Basilica. They went to a Crukraszda and a cafe before going to an English bookstore. They tried to go to the church in the hill, but got there just as 4:30 mass was starting. Then they went to the Big Market.

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Corvinus

qudapest — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:58:05 +0000

Corvinus is the university my mom is teaching at while we are here.

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Pécs

qudapest — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:53:31 +0000

We were in Pécs on May 1st and 2nd. We stayed at the Fonix Hotel. We visited the Csontvary Museum, the Zsolnay Museum, the Mosque/Church, and a big church. We also ate a lot of ice cream.

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Herrend and Tihany

qudapest — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:55:42 +0000

Our Fulbright trip for May was a trip to Herrend and Tihany. Herrend is famous for porcelian making and Tihany has a very old Benedictine Abbey. We had a great view of Lake Balaton form where we were in Tihany. We went on May 8th.

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