Leaving Croatia and visiting Montenegro—Herceg Novi, Perast, and Kotor.

Our second day in Dubrovnik took us throughout the city, to Fort Lovrijenac, and to Lokrum island.

Klis Fortress and then driving to Dubrovnik to walk the city walls.

A day exploring Split and the Diocletian’s Palace

The Tunnel of Hope in Sarajevo and then a quick stop in Mostar.

For our fall break week we took a road trip through the Balkans. Our first stop—Sarajevo.

A few thoughts about the work-related activities I have been doing. Teaching courses, giving presentations, attending guest lectures, and visiting schools. I have been busy!

A trip to an indoor waterpark for Ronin’s birthday present. We all had a great time!

Our second day exploring Debrecen with one of the other Fulbrighters who helped to show us around.

A day trip to Oradea, Romania to see some amazing art nouveau architecture.

I went to a school psychology conference in Debrecen, so we explored the city for the weekend.

We didn’t do too much this week, but I went to the opera and we tried a new restaurant for dinner.

A day trip to the working old-fashioned village of Hollókő during the autumn festival, where they passed out wine like it was water!

The Fulbright 75th anniversary event, which corresponds to the Hungarian Fulbright 30th anniversary.

We took an afternoon to take the Children’s Railway to do some exploring and hiking in the Buda Hills.

Riding horses and going to the ballet. Lots of fun for the girls

A day trip to Esztergom and then over to the Visegrad bobsleds

A visit to the House of Terror, we finally got to see inside Mathias Church, and then a little surprise outside of the Parliament

An hour outside of Budapest lies a park where Soviet monuments are now displayed after they were removed from their previous locations.

A great trip to the Budapest Zoo. We saw lots of animals, including some of our favorites