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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...