Budapest Times articles

A parade led by a giant sized St Patrick in a green robe with a large crozier and his bishop's hat. Photographers have their backs to us as they photograph him

Fact-checking St Patrick

His given name wasn’t Patrick. His colour wasn’t green. And he was never canonised. In preparation for the big day in March, a fact check

Even beyond that…

One of the more confusing things about living abroad is getting your head around a new set of holidays. I was surprised that in Malta,

Silver-haired bearded bartender with a big smile wearing a white shirt with sleeves rolled up underneath a grey vest, squeezing what might be a lemon into a cocktail glass.

A Christmas tipple

It’s Christmas. The season of goodwill. And giving. Lots of giving. Mostly giving stuff that people don’t want or won’t use or have no need

Elderly man in a white shirt and vest holds a glass of wine as he stands in a wine cellar with wine barrels in the background

Sparkling Somló

While I rarely get excited about anything, I have three underlying passions that bubble to the surface on occasion: stories, traditions, and wine. When octogenarian

Scary stuff

It’s the time of year when ghosts, ghouls, and goblins roam the fringes of reality scaring the living daylights out of kids and adults still

A group of people sit around a table, chatting. They're blurry. In the foreground is a white canvas shopping bag with the Hungarian words Ebben a táskaban esély ban.

An opportunity to change

The villages of Bag and Dány in Pest County lie about 26 km apart, both a little more than 40 km from the country’s capital.

The only certainty is uncertainty

Well, the past couple of months in Hungary have certainly been eventful. The demise of the Kata taxation system has sent many budding entrepreneurs to