It’s been a while! Sziasztok mindenkinek, hogy vagytok?
Months have been passing so quickly since the last time I wrote something! What have I been doing during all these months? Christmas, NYE, my birthday, the lockdown, and now spring is finally here! We opened the shop after a month of general closure and I just hope life will slowly blossom again. Seeing the usual customers coming for the reopening was a very warm welcome back for ourselves, people writing a lot of messages to support us, a lot of them made donations, these things are just fulfilling our hearts. Thank you to all of you.
For this blog I’ve decided to use more pictures than words so you’ll see what my eyes have seen.
Meditating with Kriszti: we both took part in the online arrival training in November, offered by the National Agency. It was a very nice opportunity to meet the other volunteers and to get all the needed tools to live this experience at its best nevertheless the current circumstances: we are all in the same boat and we have to cope with that, so let’s take a deep breath and focus on our goals and perspectives. Being a youngster isn’t as easy as it could seem, we all have fears and we’re living in a society that wants us to be always ready and fast, able to make quick decisions with no regrets (and second thoughts and I’m very bad at not having them). We live in a place where everyone tends to be focused on its own ego and when we see something we don’t like we just turn the head to the other side where the sun is shining and problems don’t exist. Too easy, too stupid. Why don’t we take time to think, to reflect on ourselves and the world we’re surrounded by? With a common strength we can change what we don’t like in our society and we have to make our voices heard.
Ps: and dare mighty things.
The Budapest walking tour is still ongoing! These pics were taken during a long walk from Pest to Buda on a very cold December’s day. I think it’s pretty easy to see how much I love yellow lights and majestic bridges. The Danube flows slowly and even though I’m scared of water, looking at it makes me calm and it gives me a peaceful sensation. During Christmas time the city was enriched by all those lights all over and it was really beautiful and I spent a very good time during the winter holidays here in Budapest having fun with my friends. Everyday I try to achieve my goal to make 10000 steps per day, so I should better move on up! Spring is here and all the parks and secret corners I haven’t seen so far are on my top list!
Mimì. She's our family dog and she’s in Italy with my mom and my brother. I’ve missed all of them a lot and I’ve had the chance to visit them in March for a few days. Before going home I stopped in Padua to meet my friends and the time I spent with them was amazing, like the old good days. Living far from them isn’t easy because you’ll always miss the people you’re used to relying on for years, but making new friends along the way is just beautiful as all the new adventures are! Even if it’s only been nine months since I’ve been here, the people I spend my time with give me the feeling that I’ve known them for a long time.
Art and hope. It was an usual day doing some outdoor tasks for the shop and I jumped on this beautiful openair gallery all along the park in Hunyadi tér. I’m very passionate about art and as all of us know museums, libraries, theatres, cinemas are still closed. I personally think it says a lot about the importance we give nowadays to the field of culture and to our self empowerment given by that. Money simply can’t buy that. Along the centuries intellectuals and writers have said culture makes you feel free even if you are imprisoned, I couldn’t agree more. It just feeds your brain and I’m more and more hungry.
Time to say goodbye, see you soon.
“ψυχῆς γὰρ οὐδέν ἐστι τιμιώτερον.”
“Nothing is more precious than life.”
Euripide, Alcesti (438 a.C.)
