Finding art and architecture in Pécs, Hungary
Mary Murphy
July 11, 2020
The fifth-largest city in Hungary, Pécs has never really appealed to me, despite others giving it rave reviews. I’ve been a few times but not
The fifth-largest city in Hungary, Pécs has never really appealed to me, despite others giving it rave reviews. I’ve been a few times but not
Rural Hungary is littered with little towns and villages that don’t seem to offer much by way of interest and entertainment until you venture off
Voted the most beautiful village in Italy in 2014, Gangi doesn’t have a village feel. From the minute you start the long, convoluted climb to
We went to visit Scicli because of its fame as the location of Montalabano’s Vigata. But even if you’re not a Montalbano fan, it’s a
It took me forever to remember to pronounce Scicli as Sheekly and it’s not like I was short of teachers or correctors. Vigata was much
Montalbano likes the water. He likes to swim. And he likes to walk the beach. But looking at his place in Punta Secca and the
In July 2019, one of my favourite men in the whole wide world died. Italian Andrea Camilleri created the character Salvo Montalbano and when Camilleri
I’m not a great fan of caves. I may well have overdosed on them when we were in Georgia a few years back, but I
On what has become an annual event each February, the lovely M&M drove us around the island of Malta on a mystery tour. One of
‘Blessed is she who expects nothing, for she shall never be disappointed’ is a motherism that I think I’ve taken to heart. When I went
