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Wonderful, wonderful month of July

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Fireworks, Budapest skyline MJ's Birthday celebration July - Now July really, really is summer, for Americans it starts out with a National holiday and a time of serious celebration of the red, white and blue and BBQ's.  How I miss sparklers and fireworks in July. But I am in Hungary where there is no lack of sparklers and fireworks just at different times of year!!  So I enjoy sparklers at Christmas time when they are put on Christmas trees and  New Year's eve as well.  And I enjoy many firework displays in Hungary but the best is the August 20th celebration of the birth of the Hungarian nation and St Istvan's Birthday. That is celebrated with an air show over the Danube and with planes flown under the bridges  and in the evening a majestic display of fireworks from the riverside, bridges and  barges in the river. I also love July because my birthday is on the 11th and this year I received so many greetings. They arrived via face-book, e-mails, text me