2025 Grateful 49: Lokalista
Readying ourselves for a vegetarian visitor this weekend, I did a quick search for vegetarian restaurants in Nagykanizsa that open on a Sunday. Why, you
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2023 Grateful 30: Falusi vendégasztal
Today was a good day in the village. Coming back from a long walk to the open day at the Buffalo Reserve, I walked by
2023 Grateful 37: St Adalbert
As a card-carrying Catholic, I’m pretty well up on my saints. I can’t say I know them all, but I thought I’d heard of most
2022 Grateful 45: Old, cold, dead
I’ve pretty much removed myself from mainstream news. I find it very depressing. Knowing what’s going on in the world is good, yes, but sometimes
A way out, one gherkin at a time
As we launch into 2022, I’ve shelved New Year’s resolutions in favour of what I’m calling life resolutions. Time has been Covidised. It’s taken on
Daring to be different
When the sun comes out for the summer and the temperatures start their inevitable climb towards the unbearable forties, Hungarians living in urban areas gravitate
BBQ at the Kis-Balaton
With the advent of the summer sun, the annual exodus from Budapest is in the offing. Visitors to the city during July and August are
An old beauty – a renovated wine cellar
I’m a regular at local markets. Rooting through other people’s cast-offs is my idea of heaven. Not modern-day tat though – old stuff. Old furniture.
Blue Monday
Back in 2005, a publicity stunt by SkyTravel introduced the world to Blue Monday, the third Monday in January, apparently the most depressing day of
Trash talk
We went looking for holly the other day, down by the lake. It was glorious – one of those magical brisk winter days when the
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