Via Dubai. Two days in Budapest – feels like home. Breakfast at Zërgë coffee shop. Always Currently reading – “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt” Kurt Vonnegut
Category: Hungary
The Last Days of Budapest
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” Walt Whitman I didn’t want to get out of bed. I could sleep for another five hours, but Shell wants to go for a run, and the day heats up quickly. She is right, the run makes us both feel better. Another 5…
European Summers
“In the middle of summer the fields are golden, the forests thick, and the air heavy with the scent of hay and wildflowers.” Leo Tolstoy We are up early to avoid the heat. Today’s forecast high is 32 °C. Under a blue sky, we run a quick 5 km—the Danube on our left, the parliament…
Back to Budapest
“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy at home.” Anton Chekhov A reasonable drive ahead of us today. We head out for a run and get in some breakfast and a few coffees. On the road at 8.30 am. It is a six hour drive to Budapest. About half an hour…
Early Mornings
“I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.” Henry David Thoreau Shell wants to run this holiday. I have not run in over four years. I am sure I will be fine. I have long been an advocate of strengthening the mind…
Home to Budapest
“…everyone needs a somewhere, a place he can go. There comes a time, you see, inevitably there comes a time you have to have a somewhere you can go!” Fyodor Dostoyevsky We land in Budapest, and it feels like coming home. We have been discussing the possibility of including Budapest on this trip and the…
Villinus – Lithuania (maybe)
“Let all of life be an unfettered howl. Like the crowd greeting the gladiator. Don’t stop to think, don’t interrupt the scream, exhale, release life’s rapture.” Vladimir Nabokov Overcast but not raining. We head to Lithuania today. Chopin Airport for the whip. The last time we entered Lithuania, our car mysteriously stopped at an intersection….
Departures – Budapest
“What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?” Soren Kierkegaard I wake up and my brain is disheveled. I am struggling to focus on the simplest of tasks. Shell gets me sorted and we head to Zërgë Coffeeshop for breakfast. Not a single cloud in the sky, a…
Back to Budapest
“You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.” Saul Bellow We are up early and I make breakfast. I use all of the truffle butter in the eggs. Pack and leave. A six hour drive to Budapest. “There was nothing to talk about anymore. The…