
Live ducklings and rosary beads
I’m a great fan of markets. I love sorting through other people’s junk in search of a piece of history or something that I can

I’m a great fan of markets. I love sorting through other people’s junk in search of a piece of history or something that I can

Living in Budapest, it’s easy sometimes to forget that there’s a whole other world out there, one that lies beyond the city limits. A world

I’ve never professed to be an art expert – what I know about art (other than knowing what I like) could be written on the

‘Wear a good bra’, she said seriously. ‘It’s the hév’, I thought, ‘how bad can it be?’ One hour and fifteen minutes later, I was

The developers must die a little inside each time they see this community garden on Nagytemplom utca. Smack in the middle of the Corvin Sétány

I’ve been craving fish and chips. Real fish and real chips – hand-cut. Actually, given a choice, I’d even be so specific as to say

One of the many things that make Berlin interesting is the juxtaposition of old and new. Streets in the city are lined with alternate old

Before last week, what I knew about Berlin would have fit on the back of a milk carton. Think Berlin – think the wall. Visiting

It’s a testimony to German efficiency that a market spanning two city blocks can be set up and taken down every day. The transition from

It seemed as if there were two cities. One that I could touch and feel. Another that I only caught the occasional glimpse of. A