Archive for August, 2010

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    Climbing Jethro Tull

    We’re in the quaint hillside village of Csobánka (pronounced “Cho-ban-kah”), located about a 20-minute drive outside Budapest proper, in the Pilis Mountains and National Park.
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    Czech in at Prague’s Golden Well Hotel

    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....
  • German Shep by fountain

    Dog Days of Summer

    No doubt, Budapestians do love their four-legged companions! Here we show just a small sampling of some of the city’s furriest citizens. Images by Scott Warren and Jessica Tudzin.
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    Czech Graphics of the 1970s

    One of my favorite art blogs is Adventures in the Print Trade, produced by Neil Philip, a British-based writer who also runs the online original print gallery Idbury Prints. He...
  • Zsolnay ceramics work at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest. Image courtesy of Kathleen Tyler Conklin, www.flickr.com/photos/ktylerconk/.

    Color Me Zsolnay

    The first time I saw the work of Zsolnay Porcelain Works was shortly after we moved to Budapest, up on Castle Hill. Our tour guide pointed out the 13th-century St...
  • The Green Salon at the Jeno Hubay Music Hall, Budapest

    The House That Jenő Hubay Built

    Jenő Hubay (1858–1937), the brilliant violinist, composer and educator built his house on the banks of the river Danube in 1897-98. On the first floor of the four-story building exists...
  • Art Nouveau detail on Vaci street building

    Details, Details …

    Nearly 70 percent of the buildings in Budapest were destroyed in 1945, when the Soviets fought the Nazis over control of the city. Despite that sad fact, much of the...
  • Bartok composition

    Schooled in Bartók

    This week our dear friends Dr. William Doyle (Bill) and his wife Wendy Stockstill have come to visit from Southern California. Bill is a music professor, and Wendy teaches art...
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