If you arrive in Mád by train, expect a tepid welcome. As we stood on the platform, the town sign loomed threateningly over the tiny rail station. Alongside the road to the village, an abandoned factory, one of thousands strewn… Read More ›
Central/Eastern Europe
Information on places we visited and lived in Central and Eastern Europe
The Stations of the Cross: Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
Last week, I noticed my Facebook page photo is different from my standard social media picture. As I looked at it, I recalled Ryan’s words, “Hey mom, you need a new picture – don’t use one from work, OK? Take… Read More ›
Mad, Hungary: A Wine Tasting at Budahazy Pince
Several weeks ago, we ate the most perfect lunch in Mad, Hungary at the Budahazy Pince vineyard, feasting on perhaps a dozen varieties of greens organically grown in the back yard, picked fresh, and then drizzled with lemon, olive oil… Read More ›
The Tokaj Museum – Tokaj, Hungary
Every backwater town opens a museum it seems, and often with the same recipe – preserve a historically significant building and then fill it with 700 years of keepsakes previously stashed in a dozen attics across town. Tokaj, Hungary is… Read More ›
A weekend in Tokaj, Hungary in pursuit of wine
A series of small wine making villages dot the perimeter of the hills in the Tokaj region, each as charming as the next – pastel plaster homes, tiled roofs, and a lone church steeple peeking above the tree tops from… Read More ›
