All posts tagged Budapest

Rain in Budapest
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September 2, 2011, 2 Comments

Sometimes, being solo and traveling is hard. You see something so breathtaking, so amazing, such an example of the beauty of the world before you … you turn to convey [...]

Some place with a view

January 19, 2011, 10 Comments

I sat in the back of Brock’s SUV, looking out into the nighttime desert landscape … flat and black, giving way to the Strip a few miles ah ...

Romanian sunsets, Hungarian mornings and Polish afternoons

May 25, 2010, 6 Comments

I stood outside at 22h 40 (I know, very European of me), backpack strapped tight to me, messenger bag slung across my front and purse on my arm. Whew. ...

Romanian sunsets, Hungarian mornings and Polish afternoons

May 25, 2010, 6 Comments

I stood outside at 22h 40 (I know, very European of me), backpack strapped tight to me, messenger bag slung across my front and purse on my arm. Whew. ...

  • A BRIEF intermission: Chasing spring … two months in
    May 7, 2010, 8 Comments

    A year ago, when I lived in Atlanta, I remember marveling at the city's sheer gorgeousness with the changing of the season. The pink flowers that would sprout from the winding trees. The bright green grass that would pop up overnight. The l ...

  • The upside of traveling solo is the same as the down
    April 26, 2010, 18 Comments

    I stood, lost in thought at the taco counter in Pest. "Are you OK?" asked the young man at the counter, in English seeping with a beautiful Hungarian accent. I jogged back into the moment. "Oh, yeah," I said, grabbing my metal tray conta ...

  • Taking it off in Budapest
    April 22, 2010, 17 Comments

    I stood in front of my locker, looking from the suit I was wearing to the clothes I had laid out on the bench in front of me. Two older women stood in the room, talking amongst themselves. If they did notice me, they ignored me. Do it. Do ...