
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

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

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

Although I’d said before going to bed that wild horses wouldn’t drag me out of it in the morning, my neighbours had other ideas. So

Up at the crack of dawn, we joined the procession of cars wending their way towards the flea market. According to the guide book (?) we

For once in my hotel life, I was ready for breakfast before it was ready for me. Parádsasvár goes to bed early and wakes up late!

I love to drive. When I lived in Valdez, Alaska, I would drive 306 miles to play two rounds of golf and then drive home
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

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

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

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