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 ›
Places we’ve been
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 ›
A “tour free” return to the Tokaj wine region of Hungary
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 ›
A Few Days in Naples, Italy
The mention of Naples unleashes a stream of love it or hate it adjectives; filthy, enchanting, frenetic, dangerous. A girlfriend simply warned, “Be careful. A thief broke my friend’s arm while stealing his gold Rolex.” Fortunately, I have my Walmart… Read More ›
A Simple Life Above the Amalfi Coast of Italy
Montepertuso sits perched fifteen hundred steps above the glitter of Positano; a ramshackle village clinging to both the mountain side and its old time family traditions. Our landlord, Giacomo, offered to meet us at the only coffee shop in town;… Read More ›
The World In Between 