2016 Grateful 12
Mary Murphy
October 9, 2016
Serendipity, the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way, is alive and well and a resident feature of my
Serendipity, the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way, is alive and well and a resident feature of my
Back in 2007, someone told me that there were 23,000 flats in Budapest owned by absentee Irish landlords. I had no idea how realistic that
Friday evening. The last day of the working week. The question of who was going to go down the pub for drink would inevitably raise
I’m a little more conscious of my mortality than usual these days. Life is way too short to keep putting off till tomorrow what could
Back in the early 1900s, a Swiss baker and confectioner by the name of Frederick Belmont emigrated to England. He opened his first tea rooms
One of the best things about Hungary is the festivals. On any given weekend you can find something going on somewhere. Sometimes you get lucky
I was born asking questions. The whys of life fascinate me: I like to know why people do what they do, why they make the
What to do on holiday when it’s lashing out of the high heavens and your hotel room is way too small for comfort? Some would
My head is easily turned. Some would say I’m fickle. Mapping the direction of my conversation would be a challenge. I have a tendency to
Back in the heady days of teenage-hood, we favoured deep and meaningful conversations with a pseudo-intellectual bent. That was back in the days when a
