In the eastern most reaches of Hungary, between Slovakia, the Ukraine and Romania, sits the Tokaj wine region and the small village of the same name. The area is known for sweet, white wines. Mention Tokaj to a Hungarian and… Read More ›
Central/Eastern Europe
Information on places we visited and lived in Central and Eastern Europe
In Search of Serbia in Szentendre, Hungary
As the HÉV train rumbles through the increasingly rural countryside north of Budapest, I read about the history of Szentendre, ‘Saint Andrew’. Hungarians climb aboard and then depart again, ladened with the purchases of their Saturday morning errands. Come summer,… Read More ›
The Slovenia Coast
The Slovenian coast is an Adriatic potpourri – complex and multi-layered, a sedimentary culture created through its varied past. Caught in the middle of a centuries long Roman, Hapsburg and Ottoman tug of war, Slovenia emerged as an independent country just recently, in… Read More ›
Ljubljana
The ride from Zagreb to Ljubljana was a vast improvement over the ride from Budapest to Zagreb – shorter (a bit over 2 hours), cooler and more scenic. Before I thought to glance at my watch, we had arrived. In both Zagreb… Read More ›
Zagreb
As the sun set, I waited on St. Mark’s square in the medieval old city of Zagreb. Lamps on the streets leading to the square glowed. But on the square itself, the lamps remained extinguished since the morning’s dawn. The… Read More ›
The World In Between 