

A Caturday Post
Since life is basically what happens to you between two sessions of browsing cat pictures on the Internet, I thought I'd enrich the...


Gods, Aubergines and The Volcano- Sicilian Holiday Part Three
Some years ago I reached the breaking point where I had read about all the Scandinavian crime literature a sane human being can handle...


Eternal Confusion of the Infinite Bus- Sicilian Holiday Part Two
First things first: because we are inept travelers who love their pint or three of something, we generally skip the hire a car part,...


Into the South- Sicilian Holiday Part One
It might seem odd, but for a country which is, insert super useful info here, a peninsula, I had never associated Italy with the sea. Or,...


Weekend Walks- Rózsadomb and Bits of the Second District
This was a walk we took in the weekend prior to becoming 100% involved with Sziget, so that is my grand excuse for posting them only now,...


Many Things You've Come to Expect- Sziget Day Five
I am guilty as charged: sometimes, even during a concert I quite like, if there is a lull in the proceedings, I take out my phone with...


Rappers of the World Unite- Sziget Day Two
Saturday begins with the odd realization that the festival has only just begun in earnest- and is already heading into it's second sold...


Of Sausages and Rain- Sziget Day Minus 1
I had been pretty impressed with the way the new entry system works, which did not seem to get clogged in spite of the ID check- people...


Wienerwald is More Than a Forest
Some weeks ago I happened to find out that the Budapest railjet now arrives to Vienna’s Hauptbahnof instead of good old Westbahnhof- of...


Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
It has come to my attention that for some obscure reasons I totally failed at posting an account of our small tour of Cappadocia three...