A few months ago, I stumbled upon an Hungarian cooking class which largely caters to Americans and other western tourists who “want to see inside a real Hungarian apartment” and visit the main market hall – one of the “must… Read More ›
life in budapest
Drag Racing in the Streets of Budapest
A staccato of racing engines and squealing tires disrupted our Saturday morning. After an hour, I realized the regular and repetitive noise wasn’t spawned from some random event – a few young guys fooling around and peeling out at a… 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 ›
Óbuda: A little bit communism, a little bit ancient Budapest
During the last century, adjacent towns across Hungary joined to form cities. And so it was with the formation of Budapest; a city created from the piece parts of Buda, Pest and Óbuda. Óbuda, literally translated as “Old Buda”, is… Read More ›
The World in Between Starts…
As much as I dream of tossing a backpack over my shoulder and heading down the road without a care or a map or a confirmation code of exactly where I will spend the first night (complete with address and… Read More ›
The World In Between 