Ottoman Budapest: The artifacts
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 →
Ottoman Budapest: The thermal baths
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 →
Size isn’t everything: Five things to love about Bratislava
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 →
Crosses in Slovakia
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 →
Five reasons to visit Slovakia
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 →
Langoš: A challenge to the condiment comfort zone
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 →
