Budapest is my kind of town. Everything you want is available relatively easily. Because I don’t want to sound like Wikipedia, I was thinking long and hard what to wrote about. So here are some sights you shouldn’t miss when visiting Hungary, my top 5 favourite places in the city. Let me tell you, it was … Continue reading
Travel writing is relatively easy when you go to a country you’ve never visited before; new impressions, unknown culture, stuff you’ve only heard about before. It’s much harder to write about your home country, where everything is familiar, almost like a part of you. I have spent more than 30 years of my life in Hungary and I … Continue reading
I’m back. This time with a new theme and even more content. The past couple weeks haven’t been easy; if you must know – without sounding too defensive about the lack of online activity – I was visiting Hungary (that happens to be my home country), where I was kidnapped and systematically force-fed by my relatives. So the responsible party … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned how adopting small changes in our lives, like buying local produce can make a difference from an environmental perspective. My interest was peaked when I discovered that there are several organic farms near my home that once a week deliver the order I place online. I checked a few different companies, but finally picked a family run … Continue reading
Certain activities closely associated with the season, like spring cleaning and spring detox symbolise rebirth and starting anew, and apart from being part of our cultural traditions, they are undoubtedly also useful and necessary. On the other hand this is the first warm day of the year, so I say forget washing the curtains and dusting the picture frames. In my book, … Continue reading
Postcards from the Country 