Light

“We can’t choose to vanish the dark, but we can choose to kindle the light.” – Edith Eger
“We can’t choose to vanish the dark, but we can choose to kindle the light.” – Edith Eger
“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” – Rumi
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain
“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.” – Margaret Atwood
“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” – J.M. Barrie
Every road leads to Gellert spa☺️ with maybe a bit of exaggeration. Today I attended a free guided tour at Gellert. Though I couldn’t plunge into the pools, I enjoyed its beautiful secession style — the mosaics, statues, beautiful tiles and gilded windows
“If possible, it is best to have a balance between the civilisation of city life and the solitude of country living. Too much solitude and we can become isolated and lose the benefit of human culture, progress, and communication. Too much urban life and we lose our spiritual essence and our fundamental native homeostasis. Many people instinctively withdraw to the country or the seaside when they feel the noise of city life is drowning out the quiet, inner voice of peace. The country does what the city cannot. It quietens the mind and brings simplicity into one’s life. The city […]
“In emerald tufts, flowers purple, blue and white; Like sapphire, pearl, and rich embroidery, Buckled below fair knighthood’s bending knee; Fairies use flower for their charactery.” – Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor
In summer, one of the favourite spots for young people in Budapest is Liberty Bridge. Sitting on the lower parts of the bridge, even picnicking there while enjoying the evening splendours of the city.
If you visited Budapest in the past (as unfortunately you cannot at the moment), most certainly you visited the Central Market Hall, located at the foot of Liberty Bridge on the Pest side. I am lucky to live nearby myself. Monika works here promoting a lovely Hungarian restaurant. She is dressed in a most beautiful, Hungarian, richly embroidered dress Kalocsai design. When at the market, it is a delight to stop at the entrance to talk to this delightful woman.
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