Farewell

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Dear all,

It has always been a great pleasure to work on this blog. However, it is time to say goodbye. I am going to shut down hungarianambiance.com due to lack of time as I move on to other projects.

Thank you for all your support through the years.

Please note that the old articles still will be available for readers until spring.

Thank you and farewell.

Best Regads,
hungarianambiance.com

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