BE - I too this photo at an outdoor book market in Paris. Through 2020, many have learned about being rather than doing as we've been in and out of quarantine, shutdowns, and lockdowns. Exploring and adventure doesn't always mean traveling somewhere, join me as I blog and explore!
lauren's musings
Blogging + exploring
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Did you ever wonder what the world was like before Babel? Imagine, just for a second, a world with free communication. After living overseas, that is something I’ve longed for, but never as much as I do now. There is something beautiful when a moment can transcend language and culture. That’s what I experienced on […]
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What do Pink Floyd, flowers, flames and fireworks have in common? No, it’s not the letter F, they’re each a symbol of the graduation celebration I attended this evening. It’s fascinating to me that this “ballagás”occurs before the students take their final exams. It’s almost like an encouragement to press on until completion. I couldn’t […]
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Have you ever taken a photo and been frustrated with it because it cannot capture the immense beauty of what is in front of you at the moment; only to discover that months later that same photo brings a small portion of that awe back to you, and equips you to step back into the […]
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I’m not sure why I didn’t think it would be hard. Life in a new place, a new language, a new culture. Here, literally EVERYTHING is new, well… except me! Perhaps I bought into the myth that the well-traveled expat wouldn’t struggle to adjust. Its one thing to enter a culture, another to experience it […]
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Fences are incredibly common in Hungary. Nearly every house has a fence with a well secured gate around it. Here fences are used to keep some people in and other people out. In the past 2 months, I’ve seen two fences built before my eyes. This past October, I traveled to Zákány, Hungary and observed […]
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Over the past 3 years or so, I’ve had a shortage of free time. Moments of solace have been treasured and were often found in the woods or in a boat. Now, I’m joyfully living a life where my vocation are the very things I was doing with my free time. Which in a strange […]
