Hungary’s transport is so Budapest-centralized that from Balaton it made sense to go all the way back to Budapest to then go down again to Pecs. All highways lead to Budapest, all major train lines, and 1 in 5 Hungarians … Continue reading
Category Archives: Hungary
A bunch of us from my friend Peter’s workplace spent the weekend in the northern foothills of Lake Balaton in the hamlet of Obudavar. Jean arranged this. He wants you to learn Hungarian and read his blog: http://blog.metc.hu/janc.php I contend … Continue reading
My American friend, Greg, is visiting for a week. He lives in Japan and wants the world to know about his mountain lodge, two hours north of Tokyo, which is available for groups to rent. It’s called Hoshi Boshi Lodge, … Continue reading
When I watch these World Cup games I like to see how cold and bundled up the fans are and how many empty seats I see. It is the middle of winter in South Africa, and many stadiums are well … Continue reading
A woman and her little son have picked me up for the last stretch into Frankfurt. The son looks out the window and says, “Mommy, look! That police car is blue and yellow!” The woman explains that it isn’t the … Continue reading
Tomorrow I am going to go for it again and try another exhaustingly long hitch, this time to Paris, but I might use mitfahrgelegenheit.de for the second leg from Munich. If it falls through, I will have to hitchhike the … Continue reading
At the 25 minute mark of the movie “Play it Again, Sam” by Woody Allen is this clip below. Plus, one minute later, there is a scene in a Chinese restaurant where he shows how the Chinese eat rice. On … Continue reading
My friend drove me out to the highway near Lake Balaton. It was freezing, so I put on my cold weather clothes (i.e. an extra t-shirt). It rained the whole way there, and I knew I would be exposed to … Continue reading
There is a vertical dividing line you can draw on a map in Europe where pop music is guitar-based to the left of it and to the right where it sounds more folkish. That line goes a little fuzzy through … Continue reading
