My life before My Expat Life in southern France.
It was one hell of a week! Friday evening Angelina came home with a fever. I gave her 200 mg. of ibuprofen and sat her in front of the TV to relax. She went to bed. The next morning her fever persisted. I gave her 400 mg of ibuprofen and water. She sat in front…
We finally get a real vacation, not a three day weekend, not carting around a student on vacation with us (although with Dora it is always fun), but a real vacation! I absolutely unplugged during these three weeks off, plus we still have another full week to go! Although it is tainted knowing we all…
First hate #1 It hurts to get in and out of bed #2 My memory is not what it used to be, #3 My vision went down the minute I turned forty #4 I used to go into a store and the attendant would come up and ask if I need help, now I seem…
Each and every year it starts the same. I turn back to my last year’s resolutions and see just how far I got through my list. I reflect on what has taken place over the last 12 months, to think about why some resolutions seemed easier and others were simply put aside. Then I decide…
Mom stayed for 5 weeks, although we were hoping for longer, somewhere between 3 months and the rest of her life. I know that it’s selfish, wanting my mom to move from Vancouver back to her roots in Budapest to start her retirement with us, but I cannot help it. The last time i saw…
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…
Twenty minutes from Solymar and it feels like we are on a beach holiday. Along the Danube River in Budapest there are little beaches and restaurants from Spring – Autumn for tourists and locals alike. You can find families eating ice cream, groups of students canoeing up and down the river, and cyclists making their…
We dropped off our kids with my wonderful cousin Zsolti and his wife Detti while we traveled to France to check out possible real estate. In my mind I couldn’t have left them with anyone or anywhere else. My fondest childhood memories are of my Auntie Ilonka’s farm. Chickens and ducks run free, horse and…
Our last day in Budapest, after 2 months of fun and travelling around, we take inventory of all we’ve done! We spent loads of time visiting our families and friends, first and foremost. Way more rewarding than I had realized, our kids are watching Hungarian TV as I write my blog entry and they understand…
We bought our beautiful apartment in Elizabeth city, the Jewish quarter of Budapest in the same building where my mom was born and raised back in 2007. It was for a vacation spot instead of inconveniencing our family every time we visited and a rental income to subsidize the mortgage on…