The Warmth before the Cold
How better to capture a gorgeous day than with a picture of my gorgeous wife? 🙂 We’re standing on the Szabadság hÃd (Liberty Bridge), looking north up the Danube toward […]
How better to capture a gorgeous day than with a picture of my gorgeous wife? 🙂 We’re standing on the Szabadság hÃd (Liberty Bridge), looking north up the Danube toward […]
As Garland Greene, Steve Buscemi’s character in the romantic comedy Con Air, would say, define irony: To effectively immerse ourselves in the culture, we are attempting to learn the […]
One of the many random and whimsical statues adorning the streets of Budapest — in this case, Zrinyi utca. The Fat Policeman, as he is known, is facing Szent […]
Living in Japan many years ago, you’d see all sorts of interesting American/English phrases being used in advertising — combinations that, while composed of legitimate words, made absolutely no […]
Heard on the busz: “So, what’s the word for a flightless bird that lives in the Antarctic… never mind, got it.” 3 Thanksgiving feasts in four days. Very nice […]
We now have just a small taste of what it’s like to be Jewish in America. No, not trying to claim even a fraction of the centuries of prejudice […]
We’ve got some non-stop busy-ness coming our way, so we took what all the guidebooks recommend as a day trip to Eger (pronounced EGG-air), and being in the slow class, […]
We had a great day exploring the Buda Hills. Fall has fallen, and we are enjoying the colors while the temperatures are still relatively mild (upper 40s today and […]
No matter how far you travel, no matter what country, government offices all use the same interior designer. We made formal application today for temporary residence in Hungary. (Tourists from […]
Elizabeth heard about a new Aldi store opening up near Parliament today while she was meeting with some folks. Curious to see if a grand opening meant Free Stuff (patent […]