Tin-Lok and Zsuzsanna, our expert (and beloved) guides, made the trek from their home into Budapest to take us to Szentendre by train - after a breakfast of raspberry pie from McDonald's. We're so grateful for our friends' generous time and gracious hospitality. Through them, we were able to taste, literally and figuratively, more of Hungary than we would have on our own.
Szentendre reminded me a bit of Regensburg: colorful baroque architecture, cobble-stoned streets along the Danube, a marathon...
Zsuzsanna ordered lecsó off the menu for us
Hungarian fish stew
This trip was especially meaningful because I hadn't seen Tin-Lok and Zsuzsanna in over four years. Two days after the final push to graduation, they visited us in New Jersey, and less than two weeks later, we met up in Budapest. Time slowed down for us then, reminding us of the important things and people in life, leaving us to ask ourselves,
What can we let go of to hold the dear things more closely?
What does it take to hold the close things more dearly?
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