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Dreams, cool weather and reality --- all together?

Dreams, cool weather and reality …do or can they all go together?   In my world they do…and they all met head on this past month and week!   Each person has dreams …and one of my dreams that I really thought was probably not going to happen very soon was to go to Israel.   I have a Hungarian friend that absolutely loves Israel.   He works in a kibbutz there usually each summer and he is crazy about the place.   I enjoy listening to his passion for the country and the people of the country…it’s good.   So when my sister and her husband said they were meeting their son (my nephew David) in Israel and asked if I would like to join them; I couldn’t believe it!   Not sure how it all worked out but I found my self on a plane to TelAviv last Thursday and returning on Sunday.   Dreams come true!   We saw many amazing sites; walking tour of the Old City, hiked Masada (where King Herod built a palace and the path up was no easy feat by the way…took me way longer than most but thank God I m

Aloha, Serbia and landlords

Aloha!   We had English Camp earlier this month and the theme was Hawaii – it was incredible!   The ‘older’ Hungarian kids did A LOT of the work and the organizer who I work with has a million ideas J !   It was fun – we had Hawaii Five-O mysteries performed each day, a big board game that took us from island to island each day, uklele and hula lessons and Friday night was our luau!   Yes, yes there was a lot of English in there too – even some Hawaiian pidgin that was really fun.   Lots of group time, people sharing their lives and hearts, game time – you name it, it was simply incredible (to be repetitive). Then there was the trip to Serbia that was great too because a team of people are there and we made a lot of contacts and are getting to know how we can fill some gaps for the refugee work.   But I’ll tell you what – that was a rough week for me personally.   I am pretty sure I did nothing right – lost my phone, locked keys in the car, had personal bank issues, I don’t know

Foreigner in a foreign land?

You know – some days are just so perfect.   Get up – good coffee, good weather, clean clothes to put on, good meeting, quick (key word) trip to the vet, friendly post office lady helping me pay office bills, helpful custodian at school helping me find a life-size Jenga game, and last but certainly not least…. Kürtőskalács Friday!   Man I love this stuff…it is a Hungarian funnel cake and it is awesome.   Oh and it has been hot and humid and it poured down rain a bit ago so it cooled off  – yaaaaay!   ·       It is amazing – there are maybe more amazing places but it is amazing. ·       Learning a new language…ever so slowly for me ·       Learning new currencies…keeps the brain in the ‘math zone’ ·       Adjusting to a new culture— very broad term but lots of history and learning! ·       Getting to drive – I just got to drive 2 hours to Vienna the other day…VIENNA! ·       Not having to drive – amazing public transportation ·       Food – such good Hungarian food ·