Expatshungary recently promoted an event for Verpan, one of their new Read more »

After a major vegetable shopping and langos with Akos at the Hunyadi ter Market, I met up with John G. and Gyorgyi for a bike trip to Csepel Island.Read more »

Last week Tim organised the Ray Bradbury Memorial Kert Crawl, and he made a point of getting in a few of the newer beer gardens to have opened up this summer.Read more »

I had a pleasant weekend down at the house. The weather, which promised storms, only resulted in intermittent showers.Read more »

At 7:30pm I was in worry mode. The band was missing, as was the audience. Marco finally called and explained they were in Budapest taxi company hell, and they arrived about the same time as the audience and all of a sudden we were run off our feet by the huge crowd. Marco & Kati (with Greg and Agoston) continue to improve in confidence and tightness on stage.Read more »

Greg Zeigler has been drumming, strumming and singing with a wide range of local bands since I first saw him in the barn-rock band The Last DropsRead more »

I was determined to get at least one bike ride in this weekend, rain or shine, unless it was truly disgusting weather. After a trip to the Hunyadi ter market for veggies and a langos, I saddled up on the cold overcast morning and took off for Romai Part. While it sprinkled a little, it never rained, and the bike lane was pretty clear of people.Read more »

Baby Blue Banana hosted another standup comedy night this week, this time featuring Phil Kay and Rob Collins.Read more »

What is now an annual Pentecost trip to Lake Balaton and a stay in the amazingly friendly and perfectly located Hullam Hostel (Revfulop) was another success last weekend. We were 23 in total, more than half of whom were kids.Read more »

Shamefully, my trip to the Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition last week was my first time in the National Museum. There were lots of great photos. I particularly liked the amazing photos of swimmers in the water, and the one of a Princess Diana look-alike at the market buying veggies and carrying her toddler in the same see-through plastic bag as her carrots and leeks!Read more »