In Budapest I met up with a Brazilian couple I know who are traveling around eastern Europe. They wanted to know why Hungarians kept asking them why they wanted to come to Hungary. I had a similar experience when I … Continue reading
Category Archives: Hungary
I once lived in Pecs (pronounced “paytch”), a provincial capital 200km from Budapest in southern Hungary. I was legal with a contract and work visa, not overstaying a tourist visa like I might be doing now. It was the only … Continue reading
I left home eight months ago today. Thank you. Greetings from Hungary! Hungary is the kind of place where a girl with understated, smoldering beauty—which is hard to consciously pull off—will passionately and with great depth discuss her place in … Continue reading
Are you tired of my hitchhiking stories? Is it the equivalent of baby photos, only your own are interesting? OK, I’ll make it short. Besides, I might be losing my hitchhiking touch. It’s getting harder and harder even though for … Continue reading
Budapest! I made a visit heavy on reunions with a funny coincidence: a Hungarian friend I hadn’t seen in nearly twenty years knew a Hungarian friend I haven’t seen in nearly ten years from when they both recently lived in … Continue reading
On my penultimate day in Hungary I made a culinary discovery: spicy goose sausage. It is off the charts of fantasticosity. It is a good thing it’s near the end of my trip or else I would be even fatter … Continue reading
Forgot to mention it last time, but I have been on the road for five months now. It feels like forever. Travel is always like that. Three weeks feels like three months. I haven’t “traveled” much this summer, but that … Continue reading
The outpouring of support for my new website has been overwhelming! It has re-connected me with old friends whose love for me and my work has been life-affirming. Here’s a sampling of the adulation: “Don’t you still owe me money?” … Continue reading
Finally! There is still the matter of bringing my old website over to the new and other things, but it can wait. I am disappointed with the front page that looks like the work of a 10 year old, but … Continue reading
Say “Amen” Somebody! Hallelujah! Design-wise, you will look at it and say, “We waited all this time and you show us something that looks like a 10 year old made it?” Yes, I am. I am using WordPress, which sounds … Continue reading
