The reason there have been no posts on my blog for the last week or so is that I have been attending the Internacia Junulara Kongreso in Szombathely, Hungary. I have had such an amazing time that I hardly know where to start with blogging about it – I think it will take me the entire week to do everything justice, and there are several reasons why I don’t have the time or inclination to write a mammoth blog entry today. I have in fact just had some appallingly bad news about the health of a family member – news so terrible that it hasn’t sunk in yet and I don’t know what to do except cry. But before that, I was happier this morning than I have been for a very, very long time. That was partly because I’ve had such a fantastic time, and partly because of a conversation I had with a certain someone yesterday. (more…)

I am starting to think I have missed my vocation in life as a travel agent! I have spent the past few days trying to plan a journey from Bratislava to Szombathely in Hungary, where my boyfriend and I will be attending the IJK at the end of July. I have to say, it is the most complicated piece of travel planning I have ever undertaken in my life, and I am now so incredibly confused that I’m starting to think the most agreeable option might actually be to stay at home (more…)