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Adult Sports/Fitness Directory
30/09/2009    
Adult Sports/Fitness Directory

Looking to stay fit while living abroad in Budapest, then look no further.  We have compiled a list of different sports teams and venues to help you out!
MARTIAL ARTS
Buday Taekwon-Do Club
VIII, Mosonyi utca 6
Schulek Frigyes High School (near Keleti railway station)
Péter Poós :  +36 20 224 8750
taekwondo@vision.hu

PILATES
Monsoon Yoga & Pilates
Rózsakert Shopping Center …

Escape to the Balaton!
    
Escape to the Balaton!

This weekend my husband and I took our 3 children ages 8, 6 and 3 to the Balaton. I knew a lot of developments had been made since we last visited years ago and we wanted to go and see them for ourselves. We narrowed down the area we wanted to visit between …

Welcome from Erika
    
Welcome from Erika

‘Tis the season when we are all getting back into the swing of things, including getting the kids settled back into school. In my case, my 3 ½ year old has just started and has been in floods of tears every morning until… voila, yesterday! I’m so thrilled she is finally okay and has even …

Sling it!
29/09/2009    
Sling it!

Most of us accept that when on foreign vacation we do without our regular dose of sport, soap operas and more localized T.V. Equally, globally mobile professionals are long resigned to the fact that travel means missing out on way too many NFL games.

H1N1 Vaccine
25/09/2009    
H1N1 Vaccine

It was publicly announced that Hungary’s high risk population (65 years and older, children younger than five years old, pregnant women, and people of any age with certain chronic medical conditions) will receive the new H1N1 influenza vaccine starting September 29th. H1N1 influenza has been on everyone’s mind. For the parent, protecting their child …

What is Swine Flu?
23/09/2009    
What is Swine Flu?

This article is brought to you courtesy of Rozsakert Medical Center.
‘If the swine flu, what did the chickens do?’
In late March and early April, 2009, an outbreak of H1N1 influenza A virus was detected in Mexico, with subsequent cases observed in over 160 countries (162 000 laboratory-confirmed cases – the true number of cases is …

The Emergency Room
21/09/2009    
The Emergency Room

I found myself sitting in my living room in total pain after breaking my pinky toe. After getting my children to fetch my mobile, I started making calls. I was desperate to reach a doctor in one of the cities private expat-geared clinics. After all, it was just a broken toe, I was sure they …

It’s Apple Picking Season!
    
It’s Apple Picking Season!

Over the weekend, we brought the kids to an apple orchard with some friends for some apple picking. It was a huge hit with the kids; they absolutely loved it! It was especially hard to get them to collect the apples in a bag and stop taking bites out of every apple they plucked from …

(Français) C’est parti pour une nouvelle année..!
10/09/2009    
(Français) C’est parti pour une nouvelle année..!

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