When I mentioned to my Hungarian friend, Szabi, that I was moving to Austin for a month, he replied, “Julie, I know that place. Dallas, right? JR Ewing.” And really, how could I blame him? I share his image of… Read More ›
Places we’ve been
The Trip Home
Early Monday morning, Pat and I crawled out of bed in anticipation of our 5:30 taxi pickup to the Budapest airport. As Pat took his shower, I read a blog comment from a friend – a quote from Lao Tzu,… Read More ›
At Last My Dreams Come True – A Hungarian Pig Killing
Warning: Pigs did die in the making of this blog and fairly graphic photographs follow. If this makes you squeamish, I’ll see you back here next week. A young man in my conversational English class, Matej, looked up and smiled…. Read More ›
The Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
At the turn of the 20th century, two French architects, Paul Cret and Jacques Greber, designed the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Then, they turned their attention to create a museum which would house one of the most important collections… Read More ›
A VIP Museum Press Pass – Surely not Mine?!
At a travel bloggers’ conference in Athens, I learned about various resources – things I never realized existed: Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) and Tourist Boards and internet pages which list all sorts of important anniversaries you can “pin” an article… Read More ›
The World In Between 