Discovering Budapest through its classical art and contemporary museums, the latter a remembrance of its Cold War past. […]
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Santorini without the crowds
For a few days, Santorini was mine. It was like being in on a secret that made me smile — and no one had an idea why. […]
Even in miniature, France is larger than life
Why would I want to see a miniature Paris when I am already here…in life-size Paris, in real France? Because miniatures are so damn cute, that’s why! […]
The Paris I love
Like Hemingway said of Paris, “And then there was the bad weather,” at the beginning of A Moveable Feast, the […]
Where I’ve been wandering
So, Macedonia makes it the 50th country I’ve visited in my lifetime. This post should really be titled “How I […]
Istanbul: A story told in two continents
I didn’t fall in love with Istanbul until I was about to leave it. And by then, I was so completely enamored of the place that I would come back two months later […]
A short post about Hobbits
One Sunday afternoon in September 1998, a New Line Cinema film executive knocked on the door of a farmhouse in […]
Because this is Boracay
In the morning, I open one eye and see my cousin on the bed next to mine reading a book. I don’t know where I am. That is never a good sign for the night before […}
A journalist’s Warsaw
I have been in a mall in Warsaw for two hours and I haven’t seen a single Asian, either as […]
The 38th Parallel
To this day, when I hear Blind Melon’s No Rain, I think of the 38th parallel — the demilitarized zone […]
Chasing Kafka in Prague
Kafla’s “landscape” was Prague, his hometown. And in the Jewish Quarter, on Dusni Street, he spent most of his time wandering about and getting inspired and writing his stories […]
In. f*cking. Bruges.
I waited for years to get to Bruges after watching the dark comedy In Bruges. The film is beautifully written, […]
Two GPS and still lost in Poland
My friend Gautier is on the phone with Andrej, whose flat in Krakow we are renting for the night. He’s […]
Things a Chicago local wants you to know
Randy Hunt has lived in many cities in the United States. A software developer based in Chicago for Discovery Channel […]
A girl named Penny in Delphi
The Temple of Apollo at the most famous of Greece’s sacred sites, the Oracle of Delphi. (Photos by @iamtanyalara) Delphi […]
