Are you in Budapest with children and wondering what you should do? Well you are in luck! I have compiled a list of the top twenty things to do with children in and around Budapest! Our family runs a language summer homestay program and our activities for our students are so varied that everyone can…
It was the strangest feeling. Heading to downtown Budapest after months of blissful isolation in our town of Solymar, Alfonz and I were dressed and ready to hit a few different places on this beautiful Sunday morning between the predicted storms. We left early, or so we thought; before 10:00 and I had somehow convinced…
What a year this has been! Not too many complaints really. I think the biggest thing we did this year was take three weeks off to travel around Europe in the van. I loved every second of it. We completely checked out for a little while and took a much needed break from life! We…
It happens like so many spontaneous things happen; you think you are on the path doing one thing, and then something changes and you find yourselves on a romantic weekend getaway without children! Yeehaw! We were interviewing a couple for a job position at LivEnglish, talking about the wonderful area in which they live, when…
It seems to me that whenever I have a bit of time to write, I always start with an apology about my lack of time to write. Expat life starts off slow and easy, life gains some speed in any country once you start establishing friends, work, support systems, and eventually you are there again,…
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot 2017 was a year full of change and growth. I found a routine over the last 15 months that includes class preparations, hours of marking, private lessons (which I find very satisfying) and of course LivEnglish homestay. I made new friends,…
Things have been very interesting in Budapest Hungary for our expat family when it comes to starting our homestay business. When we arrived in September last year, we explored the market immediately as to what kind of English teaching programs were available for teenage students. Quickly we realized that the idea of Homestay had not…
Sorry but they disconnected the video on YouTube! This time we left southern France to more familiar grounds in Budapest Hungary. Some people may think we are crazy to move yet again, but we find Budapest full of possibilities. The reason we moved is easy, we wanted to bring our English homestay program from southern…
It is true, I am slowing down. My mind doesn’t race from one thing to the next and I can spend long periods of time researching a topic or even reading an entire book without distractions. That’s new for me and this skill came with age. It was endless determination and energy that got me…
Mid forties. What are we to make of it? Low energy, thin hair and getting out of bed with aches and pains has become my reality. Moving to Hungary from France came at an interesting time in my life. When we left for France from Canada we felt young and vibrant! I was 37 and…