If you eat 3 meals a day, that means you ate 1098 meals in 2012. How many of those meals were memorable? Certainly not 1098, how about 500? 100? Could you name a dozen? Looking through photos helped us remember some of our most memorable meals (and snacks) of 2012. You won’t find anything resembling […]
Wine Tasting on the Danube – POGÁCSA
A one hour cruise with Taste Hungary It was another beautiful and hot afternoon as we waited for our boat to arrive just below the Chain Bridge on the Pest side of the Danube. Gábor and Carolyn Bánfalvi had kindly invited us along on another of Taste Hungary’s tours. This time we took a quick […]
Bathing Suits Are Mandatory
When you go to Budapest the question is not whether or not to go to the baths. The question is which baths and when. We were staying near Castle Hill and decided to go to Gellert Baths even though we read reviews saying it was crowded and touristy, the staff was all cranky and your […]
Budapest Through The Lens – GOULASH SOUP
Hungary’s capital city, once two cities, Buda and Pest, unified in November 1873. Budapest is rich in culture and history and it is so pretty, it’s no wonder it made Forbes Europe’s Most Idyllic Places To Live list in 2008. We quickly fell in love with its wonderful architecture, its cafes and the kindness of strangers. We […]
On Proper Etiquette at Memorial Sites
Memorial sites Not too long ago Ayngelina from Bacon is Magic wrote a post about visiting the 9/11 memorial in NYC. She did not understand how some people could visit such a meaningful place and take photos of each other smiling for the camera. What followed was a discussion on her Facebook page about whether […]
Hungry for Budapest
Budapest It was with mixed emotions that we boarded the Wizz Air flight to Budapest, Hungary from our beloved Italy. A month had flown by and there are still many untold stories for future posts. An hour and a half out of Milan and we were in Budapest, searching for our shuttle driver, in a […]
The Infamous Number 60 Andrássy
60 Andrássy Walking down the tree-lined Andrássy Boulevard is quite enjoyable with its shops and stately residences. It is known as the most picturesque street in Budapest. Arriving at the infamous number 60 Andrássy is a different story. The building towers over you like a communist propaganda statue trying to scare you into submission, the word […]
European Markets Part One – CREAMED CHANTERELLES ON TOAST
Eating at restaurants If you’re travelling for any length of time, eating at restaurants gets a little tedious and expensive. If you want to save a few dollars and aren’t interested in eating fast food or street food every day, you can save some cash by renting a room with a kitchenette. You can often […]