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Stormy Music
The last couple of weeks have been quite full of music and thunder storms, though the red alerts seem to occur daily while the music is once a week. Treehugger Dan's again hosted a jam-packed Flamenco evening featuring Nick Palmer and Attila Pozsgai. An amazing evening, and I promise to do something to improve the lighting soon. More on that later.Read more »
Bodva Rising
I took a longish weekend last week down at the house with Jeroen, Lennard and Jeroen's mom Wil. Wil had loved the place last summer and she wanted this years' visit to Hungary spent down at the house again. She even brought and planted a bunch of tulips. If they have not been washed away or drowned, we hope to see the results in 8 weeks. We actually had to escape on Sunday after a week of rain. The flooding Bodva was already up to the fence and rising. The road was impassable and we had to drive and walk through the potato patch and around.Read more »
Embassies in Hungary Going Green and Fair Trade
In January, the Dutch Embassy became the first embassy in Hungary to go Fair Trade. The embassy just placed their first order of Treehugger Dan's Fair Trade Kafequo coffee (55% arabica/45% robusta).Read more »
Queen's Day
I seem to be making a habit of crashing Dutch Embassy functions as the escort of friends' missing partners, but no complaints yet from any party. This occassion was the celebration of Queen's Day
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a gorgeous weekend in the countryside
Finally a gorgeous weekend in the countryside. We still had to put a fire in the buboskemence the first night, but the sun was shining and we were actually in shorts!Read more »
Thanks Volcano
The suit is getting more and more use, as is the iron, this time thanks to the volcano. For the last week most of the world was paralyzed by air travel meltdown, including a long-lost friend from the US who had planned to come to Budapest last week. Since she had pre-paid tickets for the Romeo and Juliet ballet at the Opera House last Thursday and could not attend, she kindly gave them to me. Thanks Erica!!! The front row center box seats could not have been better.Read more »
Janus Wine Tasting at Doblo
As the first of Doblo Wine Bar's new Wednesday night tastings, Janus Vineyard from Villany was featured on April 14th. Janus was founded by two childhood friends in 2004.Read more »
Essential Food (and Drink)
I was invited to the Essencia Demo Kitchen and Cooking School Tuesday night.Read more »
Do Something Good with Your Hungarian Income Tax
It is tax time again. Unlike in the US where 1% of your taxes can only be donated to the incumbent president, Hungary allows you to choose an NGO or charity to donate 1% of your taxes too. Every bit helps, and it might as well go to a good cause! Here are some tips from Treehugger Dan:
Congratulations to Simon and Harry
Congratulations to Simon and Harry for completing the toughest foot race on earth:the Marathon des Sables (MdS).The race covers 250km (155 miles), which equates to about 5 1/2 marathons,and is run across the Sahara Desert over six days.They did this for charity to raise funds to expand the number of mother and child distance trauma suites at the Second Department of Read more »
