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One of the things I love most about hosting this site is the interesting people who are drawn to it. Richard Krotec is one such person. A fan of Austrian-Hungarian...
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Have patience with me … my posts may be erratic until mid-June. Central European University—where I currently attend grad school—has been keeping me very busy lately. In the vernacular, it’s kicking...
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One of the quirkier sights in Budapest can be found at St. Stephen’s Basilica on the Pest side of the city. Known as the Holy Right, it is the nearly...
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What does Central Europe mean? Where are the boundary lines drawn? The answer really depends on whom you ask, and what time in history you are referring to. In ancient...
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So saddened to hear about the death of Tony Curtis yesterday. In Budapest, Curtis, who is of Hungarian descent, is as well known for his generosity as he is for...
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Budapest’s Rumbach Synagogue is lesser known than the nearby Grand Synagogue, but is no less appealing.
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I recently returned from Prague, where I treated my husband to one of my favorite hotels: The Golden Well. I first stayed here on a solo trip earlier this summer....
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The heirs to the Herzog Collection, the largest private art collection in Hungary prior to World War II, filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of...
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Anyone with an interest in Central and Eastern Europe simply cannot avoid the Habsburg family. With the end of World War I, the great dynasty they had created over 20...
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Most appealing were the stories, many of them not unlike those of the dark tales told by the Brothers Grimm.
