anlina on June 27th, 2010

I continued cleaning today, spending most of the day in my studio clearing stuff out.  I took a break to make some bread and butter pickles from my bounty of cucumbers this week.  By 5pm, I’d cleared off my desk, most of the floor and the chair and was ready to sit down and work [...]

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anlina on June 26th, 2010

I made it home and made it through the week at work.  I’ve spent my Saturday cleaning and doing laundry and uploading my pictures to my Picasa site.  If you have a few hours, you can browse through the 932 pictures in my Paris, Bratislava and Budapest albums. Hopefully, tomorrow, I’ll be back to posting [...]

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anlina on June 20th, 2010

I am sitting in the airport in NYC waiting on my flight back home, watching soccer and editing photos.  I worked Tuesday through Thursday, only getting the opportunity to take a few pictures on a boat ride for the conference I attended, until the day after I arrived in Paris.  I flew in to Paris [...]

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anlina on June 14th, 2010

  Today was designated “take it easy and find a pharmacy” day.  My feet were in bad shape when I woke up.  It’s very hot and humid here and after walking around for several hours, my feet, swimming in sweat even in my keene sandals, developed blisters quickly.  So, ibuprofen and antibiotic ointment, both of [...]

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anlina on June 14th, 2010

Saturday morning, barely, Connie and I wandered across the Chain Bridge to start 4 hours of exploring the Castle District of Buda.  We started at the Funicular, which is a tram/trolley like construction which takes you from the Danube bank all the way to the front gate of Budapest Castle.  We went all the way [...]

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