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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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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The line of people seemed unending, we were told an estimate of 1,500 yet the trail of refugees walking through the opening in a razor wire border fence seemed to snake for miles. Zákány, Hungary is a small village that borders Croatia. Tonight, these refugees walked through a muddy field onto a train headed to Austria. […]
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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 […]
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On Wednesday I watched an international crisis with my own eyes. I held weary hands, walked alongside feet that walked 3,000 miles, laughed with children, listened to stories of pain, and was present for just a moment in many lives on a life changing journey. One of those moments I will never forget. After hours of sorting trash from useful items as people […]
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Margit Island is a respite in the midst of a busy city. I went to explore the island with 2 young ladies from our English camp yesterday. We spent time climbing trees, visiting a small zoo (laughing at funny animals), finding a geocache, and talking about life. The girls mentioned a very large tree on the island and it became […]
