Three years ago, on September 22nd, our flight touched down in Vienna. With four suitcases between us, the driver met us at the airport and whisked us away to Bratislava, Slovakia – our new home. Pat was particularly excited. He… Read More ›
American expat life
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 Deliberate Non-Expat Life
Over the weekend, we visited the Tokaj wine region of eastern Hungary with an American work colleague and his mostly American friends. This friend and his wife have developed a life in Budapest which revolves around their children and their… Read More ›
What’s wrong with nice?
Europeans are forthright in telling me all the things wrong with Americans. We are fat, we live in big houses and we have big mouths. Oh, and we smile – incessantly. I accept it. We are that group of people who… Read More ›
The World In Between 