Happy New Year!

Miklos and Ester

New Years Eve lunch with cousins Miklos and Ester.  

It has been a big year for Daniel and I.  We celebrated our one year anniversary.  We bought a house in Vermont.  We left the pink house in Oakland. We moved to Thailand. Daniel started teaching. I started teaching again. We didn't go to Burningman. Dear friends had babies, dear friends are getting married!  We spent Christmas in Budapest with Daniel's lovely family.  It's been a really busy and really rich year!  Above all I feel a huge amount of gratitude and grace surrounding us.  More than ever in my life I am thankful for our community and the love of friends and family and my amazing loving husband!

Train to Vienna

So classy.

Seen around Budapest while on the hunt for Channukah candles

Puppet Theater in Budapest

You can see all the children visitors have left their own art made by swinging the fire alarm handle. We both loved this.



Daniel and I went to see a puppet show at 10:30 am on a Friday morning. The show was made by lovely Kate, from Poland. We met her in a gallery the day before and got on the topic of puppetry and making puppet shows and she asked, "Do you know Eric Bass?" and we both laughed! Daniel has worked with Eric on puppet shows and he is a dear friend from Vermont. In fact he kindly opened his home to us while we made preparations for our wedding last fall. Kate worked with Eric while he did a show in Poland. We were delighted to meet Kate and go see her show in Budapest. A show of love and war and love conquering all.

Gastronomical Budapest or "How We Gained Ten Pounds"