Stories from travels in

Mary Murphy

Budapest Markets

There’s shopping. And then there’s shopping. And then there’s Ecseri and Petőfi and Keleti and the other flea markets in Budapest, each one better than the

Hungarian sparkling wine

In victory deserve it; in defeat need it. So said Winston Churchill of the great elixir that is champagne. Mind you, he had a thing

Music by the river in Budapest

An invitation any night of the week is likely to land me anywhere! Sometimes I’ll have been there before, like the great Gypsy Jazz night

From Buda to Pest

I have a fascination with bridges. When I was in college in Dublin, I would take the bus back up to the city on a

A wink from Lord Darsy

No matter where in the world you go racing, you’ll always see style. Derby day in Budapest was certainly no different. What was missing was

At the Hungarian seaside

Well, I finally made it to the Hungarian Sea. To Balaton (or to ‘the Balaton’) as is said here. The typical Friday afternoon crawl of cars heading down to to