Days

So much has happened since we’ve arrived.

We’ve been to visit family, family has been by to visit us. There have been long road trips, countryside visits, busy weekends and fantastic evenings. We’ve enjoyed it all.

Photos speak for themselves. Here are a few with captions detailing some of what we’ve been up to.

A quaint fountain at Egerszalók Barlanglakások heritage park.

The view out of a borpince or wine cellar in the same Egerszalók heritage park.

Muskátli or geraniums nestled in a window at the same park.

Szegedi dóm tér has a variety of collegiums for the school of theology nearby. Just couldn’t leave this picture out.

Fast forward to this weekend. Last night we had the pleasure to catch Verdi’s Rigoletto screened in the plaza of the famous Szegedi dóm or Votive Church. Just before that? A military marching band caught our attention over on Kárász utca (Kárász street). And on the way home? Dance music and lights lit up the Klauzál tér, another nearby plaza. Cafe tables were filled with people sipping, tasting various delights and enjoying the evening.

This afternoon we ended up on the Tisza rakpart (paved river bank) and we danced to live ethnic Greek music and sipped Ouzo and Metaxa. Walking home among the turn of the century buildings past busy restaurants added to the summer buzz.

Next week begins our week of paperwork. The time has come to register ourselves here, continue to look for work and to make everything official. But more on that later.

Hoping that wherever you are this weekend it’s summery, warm and memorable.

Εβίβα! (That’s cheers! in Greek)