Thermal baths like Rudas and Király are the most visible and tangible and best-known vestiges of the Ottoman occupation of Budapest in the 16th and 17... Continue reading →
Even after countless visits to Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and living there for a year from August 2000 to June 2001, I have no difficulty findi... Continue reading →
Are you afraid to admit your only knowledge of Bratislava is that it's where Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd smuggled an East Bloc vacuum cleaner from in... Continue reading →
An astute traveler quickly observes that Slovakia is a Catholic country: two-thirds of the population 'belong' to the Roman Catholic Church (I was bap... Continue reading →
I need no reasons to visit Slovakia. It is my homeland and it will always be home (though since I made a new home in Portland, Oregon, and am now cons... Continue reading →
While I still can't bring myself to dip my fries in Dutch mayo (though I'll happily drown every meal in their peanut sauce), I recently suspended my a... Continue reading →