Hi all, Villach was wonderful. I had a very restful time with cousin Kath, Stefan and baby Maike. Sightseeing wasn't a priority but I did get to see around the area and enjoy the scenery. It is postcard Austria with lovely little houses dotted around all with flowerboxes that are overflowing with colourful flowers. While I was here I also backed up all my photos. Thank you to some of you for your offers of coloured pencils to capture the lost images but I think that any attempts might not necessarily capture the detail - I am more comfortable in the post modern (read unintelligible) genre than anything resembling realism. Also thank you for the suggestion that I change my blog name to 'what kim lost next' but I am hoping to not make this a habit.
I arrived in Budapest yesterday evening. It is a wonderful city but I think the highlight has definitely been seeing Eszter and Gabor again and meeting their daughters Hanna and Gerda. I have loved spending time with them and the girls certainly seem intrigued with someone who doesn't speak Hungarian. Today I went on the hop on hop off bus (or 'look at me - I'm a tourist' bus) which is actually a great way of getting an overview of the city. I met some lovely germans who adopted me for the boat trip afterwards. I will go back into the city tomorrow to see some more things but I have to be careful because I am on the verge of getting travel fatigue. I am not complaining about this because everything is going well but I think Turkey will be pretty full on and I don't want to get too exhausted to enjoy it.
After two weeks in Turkey (I will try and email during the trip but it might be tricky) I will go to London. Thanks to Kath, I now have my hawks scarf and will be able to wear it proudly come September. Sorry Kristina - I technically didn't pack it because someone brought it over for me. While I am in Turkey I will need someone to text me the results so I don't care who but someone needs to step up (I am thinking a Thorn might need to do this for me...)
I have just found the exclamation mark on this keyboard! Hooray - now I can properly show my enthusiasm! I know I overuse it but I think perhaps it's ok given the circumstances. I hope everyone is well and that the Melbourne weather (for those in Melbourne) is warming up a bit for you. Keep up the emails - it's great to hear your news and what you have all been up to. Kim
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