Slovenia and Croatia!
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the Sava (?) river, from my window on the train between BP and Ljubljana
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a church in Ljubljana, a landmark for navigating my way back to the hostel way out in the middle of nowhere
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the main square, Ljubljana
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the flea market along the main canal/river
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houses along the main canal
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the main square again
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Triple Bridge, Ljubljana
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Triple Bridge again
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and again
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and again...
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my landmark church by night
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Lake Bled, Slovenia!!!! This is the church where I will get married in, someday...
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The church out on the island is so cute.....
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Just like an Eastern European fairytale...
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Zagreb!!!! Immediately upon exiting the train station
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Zagreb train station
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the main square... Zagreb's trams were cuter than Budapest's, hard to believe
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so cute!
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Mmm... Cockta. That ad is for Croatia's delicious cola, which is the best thing I've ever tasted. I dont even like soda
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some buildings along the cool sidewalk cafe street, whose name I can't pronounce
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Zagreb's main square at night
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The river Cetina in on Croatia's central coast
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the Cetina
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Some girls from Split I met, who invited me on their boating trip up the river
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The water in the river was sooo cold......
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Split...
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Split
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Old Town Square, Split
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Iliana at our favorite beach in Split
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Look at that water!!!!!!!!!!!
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Some streets in Split
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Iliana and our Australian friend Erin
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The Riva (waterfront) where we spent a better part of most of our days
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Sunset along the Riva
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A morning Bijela Kava (white coffee) on my birthday
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Iliana busting out the boom box on our way to the beach
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Another sunset...
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Looking at Split from the peninsula, just beyond which was our favorite beach
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21st Birthday dinner!!! Iliana, Erin and me, shortly before consuming lots of calimari and yummy fish!
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Aussies and Americans united under the Hajduk Split seal! Soccer.....
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One last shot of the "favorite" beach
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random alley
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Iliana descending into Hvar town, just after arriving on the island
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At a little cafe on Hvar about to eat, what else? Calimari.
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Iliana looks hungry...
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I have just discovered that sunsets on islands are infinitely more beautiful than sunsets in landlocked countries
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Iliana....
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A continuation of the most beautiful sunset ever....
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Looking down over Hvar town
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I had to sprint up these silly rock pile walls to get these shots before it got dark
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The most beautiful sunset ever....
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Iliana being silly....
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And sillier....
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And actually, she lost her mind right at this moment
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It was probably because of the random Canadians we met next door to us on the island.
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Chrisone of the intrepid Canadians, who immediately became great travel buddies, napping on the ferry to Dubrovnik
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Lee (another of our Canadian friends) and Iliana on the ferry
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Docking in Dubrovnik.... and I didn't think the water could get any bluer!
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climbing down from our apartment to the city, a decent walk from the top of a giant hill!
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Illy and I in a little cove we found to spend the evening talking away in.
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Lee and another friend, Bethany in our cove
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Dubrovnik!!!
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It was Saturday afternoon, and that means..... Croatian weddings!!!!!!!!!
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Billy and... some other guy, who worked at Kiwi Gelateria (the best gelato in Dubrovnik!)
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Once Billy started speaking Hungarian with Iliana and I, she decided to hop behind the counter and start working too!
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Iliana and Bethany eating what will be the first of several days worth of free gelato!
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Dubrovnik twilight
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The cliffs, on our walk to the beach. This one also conveniently located on the other side of a huge peninsula
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Copacabana Beach! Yes, still in Eastern Europe!
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Lee and I...
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Bethany, Chris and Iliana
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more Dubrovnik
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view from the walls...
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walking the city walls was one of the most amazing things we did in Croatia...
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That's our little cove from the first night!
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another view from the walls
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Iliana on the wall.
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The main street in Dubrovnik that we must have walked up and down 7 times a day
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The main square by night, just seconds before we run into.....
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ANA!!! My roomate from Budapest! We didn't expect to find her here!
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Me, guarding all our stuff on move-out day from Chris and Iliana's apartment
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Iliana on the train to Prague, with EVERYTHING WE OWN....
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Notice how we are baracaded into the train compartment by suitcases?
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My last look at Eastern Europe, from the windows of the Prague airport...
Last Days in Budapest!
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Besh o Drom concert at Zold Pardon in Buda!
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Alissa and Irfan... dancing?
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A very washed out me.
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Irfan in the tram, on our way out to Szentendre, a village just outside of the city
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the view of the river after the concert
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A turo rudi vending machine!!! They don't have these at home, mostly because nobody knows what a turo rudi is!
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Irfan and Alissa acting silly
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Szentendre!
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Alissa wants to have her portrai taken at this studio, so she can wear that cool dalmation costume
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Irfan at a water pump that doesn't work
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The house I want to buy in Szentendre
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main square Szentendre
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some steps...
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Alissa contemplating the art in a really cool gallery
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cute Hungarian buildings...
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Why am I making the Zoolander face? I've been hanging out with Illy and Chris far too long
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Last Saturday at West Balkan!
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"Cso-cso!!" or fooseball: the international phenomenon
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Ana and Sam
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Elia being pensive
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walking home through the dark...
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...and the light
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Last day of school... Iliana is angry.
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Singing Hungarian songs
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An ode to Jo Reggelts, the delicious Hungarian breakfast cookies that we will all miss...
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The "Kis Balna" song!!! Luc and Iliana
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fruit at the market
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Hungarian Paprika!!!!
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my last shopping trip to the market hall
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Iliana and Chris reading... well, not really
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Elia is pretty much the champion.
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jumping contests: a nightly event at Vamhaz korut number 5.
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on the walk between my apartment and my internship
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awww, Luc, Illy and Chris are such cute roomies
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the most beautiful girls in Budapest...
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Chris and Steph on our last night cruise down the Danube
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Gellert hill!
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Some of my favorite people, and one of my favorite fountains in BP...
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Ana and Samantha dancing on our "cruise ship"
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roomies on the river cruise...
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Budapest, how I will miss thee!
Brice and Rachel!
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Rachel and I on our first day in my favorite kosher bakery
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building and tram lines
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Rach and Brice in front of St. Istvan's Basillica
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Brice and I, St. Istvan's
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Another fab St. Istvan's shot
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War memorial flag
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Parliament
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The "JC Penny's Catalog" picture in front of MY bridge, Szabadsag Hid
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Rach and I at Heroes Square, with one of our rented bikes
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Rach and Brice
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Brice being silly
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A favored pastime of Hungarians: climbing and lounging on national monuments
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The scariest statue in BP: "Anonymus"!!! Brice is pretty creepy too...
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The "moat" around Vajdahunyad Castle in City Park
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Rachel, Brice and Iliana at one of my favorite places, West Balkan.
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The inevitable shot of Rachel in front of the Synagogue
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more buildings.... Budapest is gorgeous!
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Brice in Central Kavehaz, drinking my favorite lemonade in the city!
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taking pictures in one of my favorite (and darkest) buildings...
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Rachel trekking across Erzebet Bridge, on one of our day's longest walks.
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My favorite line of houses in the city, right along hte Danube.
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so retro
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Inside the old school BP trams
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look at those lights...
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We randomly stumbled upon an election rally for the scary nationalist party, up on Castle Hill
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Rach and I in the arcade of Fisherman's Bastion, up on Castle Hill
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An awkward picture of Brice and Rachel, Fisherman's Bastion, overlooking the Danube and Pest
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Budapest!
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Another politically incorrect Asian tourist photo
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Brice is Asian, which is why we are allowed to do this... I think.
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An awkward family portrait, in the creepy entryway to Szimpla, one of my favorite bars.
Budapest Spring!
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aahhhh, the glorious number 47/49 tram. Take me home!
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This was an election year in BP, and yes, this little boy Pisti Kovacs was running for office!
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"Bulgarian Days" in the market hall. Why???
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The Great Market Hall, you can see my apartment just beyond it
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Margit Sziget = Margaret Island, in English
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some of Spring's first flowers
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more of those weird yellow flowers
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More flowers....
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Iliana, eating a sandwich rather seductively on Margit Sziget
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Our sunbathing park on the island
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Another sunbather in our park.
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The number 2 tram
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me, at one of my professor, Zsigo's band - Mookie Brando and the Second Cousins's gigs in BP
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My friend Rad, with me at Zsigo's performance
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Our professor, Zsigo, is the one with the guitar... so good
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Iliana by a fallen election poster
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Samantha's and my old-fashioned Easter Day family portrait
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Sam doing the Charleston!!!
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Szilvasi, my favorite Gypsy band playing at Sark... every Tuesday night I was here
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Such great music!
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Inside the Fine Arts Museum in BP, where I ran in to escape a massive unexpected thunder storm
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after the world's craziest downpour.... sunny one minute, wet t-shirt contest the next
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flowers despite the weird weather
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This is just seconds before Liz busts into song with Oasis playing in the background
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Our candlelit indoor picnic shabot dinner...
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Holla!!! I mean.... Challah!!!!
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Pisti Kovacs, I will vote for you!!!
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One of the last midnight hikes up the Citadella....
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Roomies... and Danimal up at the Citadel
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One of the first really beautiful days of spring
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the guys lounging on the grass in front of school...
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Chris and Illy
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A view of the square in front of St. Istvan's basillica. I'm sitting on the steps to the church
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Taking pictures instead of studying for finals
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Pinheiro Park at Deak Ter in BP
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Such a beautiful night...
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Ahhh, Deak Ter!
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Laurel West Balkan, the day it became warm enough to open their Alice in Wonderland garden again...
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Sam at West Balkan
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the bar...
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the 4 tram in front of my internship building
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opera night!
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Ana and Iliana in the lobby at the national operahaz
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We had ridiculously terrible seats, but it only cost $2
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La Boheme!!!!
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More election posters!!!
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Samantha in philosophy class, posing for Toys R Us??? Is that... DARLENE in the background???
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Jen showing up to Pata Negra, the tapas bar down the street from our house, for some roomie bonding time
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Ana at our roomie dinner
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mmm.... sangria....
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the view of Kalvin Ter and Vamhaz korut from the restaurant
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a cute back street near my house
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flowers in my favorite little park by my house
Kim and Mike!
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Kim and Mike visited the week the Danube flooded...
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I absolutely love these pictures...
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...
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...
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A cute couple by the flooding
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Kimi and Mike
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The Royal Palace on the top of Castle Hill
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Kim hiding in a little niche in Fisherman's Bastion
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6am gyros and Fanta on the early train to Vienna
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Vajdahunyad Castle at night....
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creepy....
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Heroes Square
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Mike showing that horse who's boss
Prague!
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Iliana's homemade squishy brownies on the bus to Prague... mmm
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Our first night: Stephanie and Honey Cake!!!
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Art Nouveau, wow.
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This city is fabulous
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Old Town Square
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Sam, Steph and Rad in Old Town Square
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The Astronomical Clock
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buildings...
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another beautiful street....
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marionets in one of the outdoor markets
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Chris and Iliana... I love this picture, although it is hard to make them out
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One of the best shots from our "Twilight Jumping on the Charles Bridge" photo shoot
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Chris and I, Charles Bridge
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Iliana and I hanging out under the clock!
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The John Lennon Wall!!!
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Katy and Mimi, this one's for you!!!
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Steph and Rad, Old Town Square
Mandy and friends!
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Mandy and her friend Ryan from the England study abroad program on Spring Break in Budapest!
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Best friends from 2nd grade.... we haven't changed a bit.
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Ryan taken offguard by my persistent camera skills
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Mandy and an Australian friend they picked up in Cesky Krumlov before coming to Hungary
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Keleti Palyaudvar, I know this train station well by now... Catching a train to Eger for some wine tasting!
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Main square in Eger
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the main sqyare
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Our Australian and Ryan, hanging out with me, after Mandy has left us for better pastures... in Rome.
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I love this statue
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A view of the town, from the castle above
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Some Portuguese girls singing in... well, Portuguese. It was definitely a moment for me.
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Ryan, Aussie and Nicole- a med student in BP that we picked up on the train ride.
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All of us at one of many wine cellars visited this afternoon. Ryan doesn't look too happy
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Someone should really stop humming the sad Charlie Brown music from Arrested Development... No wait, he's laughing!
Hungarian Class!
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Our Hungarian teacher, Katica, and Ana in Central Kavehaz for a morning lesson... or coffee
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Luc, stunning as usual
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in the coffee house
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Istvan, the only boy and the only German in our Hungarian class
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So warm inside, but cold and rainy outside...
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At this point Iliana is absolutely sick of me taking pictures of her. She will not cooperate!
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Katica, Ana, me and our "lady" hats.
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Little boy holding a pretzel at the Budapest zoo!!! Is that a balna in the tank?
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Iliana and Lauren oooh and aaahh at the captive animals!
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Our Hungarian class looking good!
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Completely unplanned, Lucia and the Ostrich were wearing the same outfit! How embarassing!
Spring Break '06! Turkey!!!
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Lucia, Lauren and Chris on our first day in Sofia!
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Lucia and... decaying buildings!
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Being cold in Bulgaria.
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And Orthodox church in Sofia.
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Inside the aforementioned church. I enjoyed the windows.
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Everything in Sofia was written in Cyrillic alphabet.. even the McDonald's signs
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Mmmm.... bread vendors.
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The Grand Bazaar, or shopping mall, in Istanbul.
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Istanbul University.
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Luc and I by the water in Istanbul.
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The Blue Mosque.
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People cleaning themselves before going into the Blue Mosque
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Entryway to the Blue Mosque.
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I loved the low hanging chandeliers inside.
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You can see the contrast of how huge the interior is, and how low the lights are
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I was obsessed with the motifs decorating the inside of the Blue Mosque...
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A view of our favorite cafe where Luc and I went for cay or Turkish coffee
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Istanbul by night
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ahh! the lights on the water!
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Me on our way climbing up to Taksim
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The Basillica Cistern
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A weird pillar inside the Cistern
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Whirling Dervishes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Whirl, Dervish, whirl!
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The Aya Sofia
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The inside of the Aya Sofia... so beautiful....
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The mihrab in the Aya Sofia, pointing the way to Mecca...
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I forget the name of this stair structure inside the Aya Sofia...
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Islamic art.... awesome....
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Ablution fountains outside of the Aya Sofia.
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Luc in front of the Topkapi Palace.
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Some beautiful windows in the palace I adored...
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Another dome and beautiful motifs...
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A beautiful fountain in the palace gardens.
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Me in the palace gardens, with Istanbul in the background.
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The Spice Bazaar!!!! Sort of like my vision from Aladdin...
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Spices!
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Turkish delight, oh how I love thee!
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More spices.....
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"Yes please! Excuse me! Would you like to buy a carpet?"
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Cappadocia!
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Rock cave-castles in Cappadocia.
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The camel that Lucia later rode on for 5 lira...
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Stormy looking skies over Cappadocia
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Inside a cave dwelling.
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A random door that I loved.
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Ephesus!!!!
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Japanese tourists with their umbrellas walking down the marble road in Ephesus.
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more ruins...
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The grand facade of the ancient library.
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The sun was shining and the grass was green just for us!
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The massive ampitheatre.
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Lucia soaking up some Aegean coast sunshine.
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Ruins amid swamp... could anything be better?
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The archaeologist in me was so giddy all day long!
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mmm, more swampy ruins...
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me hugging the saddest of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, theTempleofArtemis
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Sirince, a cute Greek village near Ephesus...
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more decaying buildings in the village
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Children playing on the roof of a house in Sirince
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Sirince.............!
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This town is so beautiful!!!
My Apartment and Roomies in BP
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my loft in the new apartment!
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my deconstructed collage. I created it entirely from the September issue of Vogue I hauled over from the States...
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my shelves in the loft, and prayer flags
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looking down at the world below... that's Samantha's space
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origami cranes...
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The view of our busy street below, Vamhaz korut.
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one of my roomies Jen, reading at the table in our messy living room
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living room...
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Ana and Laurel, my other flatmates...
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Samantha and our cute Portuguese Erasmus friend, Pedro...
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The beginning of the Great Vamhaz Shaving Cream War of 2006...
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the battle continues...
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Laurel and Samantha were both casualties to the shaving cream...
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...but Laurel doesn't look so upset by being covered in a shaving cream handlebar mustache
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shaving cream artwork on the hallway mirror...
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Samantha caught red handed pranking our roomates with... yes, SHAVING CREAM!
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The Museum of Applied Arts at night... one of my favorite buildings in BP, and just around the block from my flat
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The tram stop in front of my house, and Szabadsag bridge in the background
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my street...
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Ana on a frosty morning in front of our school...
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A38, a boat/night club where we went to see a weird French band...
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Laurel and our friend Iliana on the boat...
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me in front of A38...
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Laurel and I dressed up for our apartment party last weekend...
Chris and Nico in Budapest!
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Chris the night he and Nico arrived in BP, when we went out to Kultiplex..
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Nico on our first night out...
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Kultiplex, notice the awesome Hungarian dancing...
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Szent Istvan's Basilica
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A little boy sledding in Szabadsag Park...
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Chris, the "Pooh Sticks" champion, in the underpass of Margit bridge
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view of Parliament from the bridge...
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view of Nico on the bridge...
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Climbing up to the Castle...
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View from Castle Hill
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the Castle Steps
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The castle porticos sort of make me think of the movie Labrinth... or Harry Potter
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Me sitting in one of the castle windows...
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the Castle
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me in front of St. Mattias' church, on top of Castle Hill... you can't really see the church
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the Chain Bridge (Szechenyi Hid)
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Andrassy utca, the Champs Elysees of Budapest
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Heroes Square (Hosok Ter)
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Andrassy utca from Heroes Square
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the other castle, Vajdahunyad in city park...
Venice and Bologna!
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Samantha and Jen on the overnight (16 hours!!!) train to Venice
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Jen trying to sleep... me being obnoxious and taking pictures...
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Sam, Jen and Steven on the Rialto bridge in Venice
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cute little canal...
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Grand Canal
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San Marco's Piazza... possibly my favorite place in all of Europe...
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Someone should tell this girl that they had found bird flu in Italy the day before
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Samantha and me and San Marco's
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The bridge of sighs... Ponte Sospiri, I think... or something
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My favorite Venice picture
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Sunset cruise on a vaporetto down the Grand Canal
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the Rialto
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Sunset...
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Coffee I found in Bologna, named after my sister??? KIMBO?
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Piazza Majore in Bologna
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Samantha and her friend Marco from Modena, and.... GELATO!
Amsterdam and Berlin!
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my friend Elia from Budapest, sliding around on a random half melted ice rink we found in a random square
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Amsterdam is actually really beautiful...
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The canals were my favorite part. So surreal
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Everyone has a bicycle in Amsterdam. I think they outnumber people in the Netherlands
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more canals...
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BERLIN!!!
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One of the few remaining images of Lenin's head in Germany or Eastern Europe for that matter. pretty strange...
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Berlin at night...
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A section of the remaining Berlin wall that has been turned into a sort of street art open air gallery
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The wall...
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Snow everywhere!!!
Paris!
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