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Várhegy (Castle Hill) The ruins of this medieval fortress stand atop the 239m Várhegy hill from the shores of Balaton. Recently restored, the castle looks out on a panorama of Lake Balaton toward the Tapolca…
All My Wine Is Gone After getting our luggage and accommodations sorted before dinner, we discovered a beautiful terrace bar called FrissTerasz and enjoyed an excellent Hungarian rosé wine by Skizo and then set off…
Road Trip to Balaton! We set out for Balaton in the morning with no plan other than to get some food, wine and go for a soak in the lake. All this and more was…
And the feet keep walking... Read More
Getting Sore Feet Another day of beautiful weather to enjoy walking around Buda and a stroll across Margit Hid (Margaret Bridge). I started the day in the Jewish Quarter and wandered through the "party zone"…
Sore Feet in Budapest Day 3 in Hungary and went walkabout. Should you get the chance to visit Budapest you will find the city to be a wonderful place to walk around the various districts.…
Farger Kave My cousin is the proud owner of a wonderful coffee shop in downtown Budapest with his little dog Frappe. Read More
Finding My Religion August 20, 2017... Hungary's national holiday. The Basilica is located in downtown Budapest (again District 5) and was open to the public. I was surprised that while service was going on we…
Hogy Vagy from Beautiful Budapest! Don't I sound like a travelogue? Arrived in Budapest from Halifax on Friday, August 19... temperatures were in the low 30s and sunny. Enjoyed a great lobster dinner Friday evening…
Humpback Whales on the Bay of Fundy Went for a drive to Freeport, Nova Scotia to try my luck at watching whales and testing my sea legs on the Bay of Fundy. We connected with a…
I Need a Bigger Boat The US Navy and the Queen Mary II visits Halifax over the Canada Day weekend in honour of Canada's 150th anniversary. Read More
Beer, Fire and Planked Salmon Got an invite to head just past Liverpool Nova Scotia to Hunts point for a planked salmon feed at my buddies "campsite". Queue a 38' foot trailer with all amenities…
Big Aperture Day at the Halifax Public Gardens Having an appointment on Quinpool Road today, I grabbed my camera and took a walk downtown. I set my F as low as it could go to…
First Bike Rides of 2017! Short chronicle of some cold, spring cycling after recovering from my broken leg. My first time on the Shearwater Flyer Trail out to the Salt Marshes. Read More
Surfin' with the Bunnies at White Point Beach Enjoyed a long weekend at White Point with the bunnies March 24-26 2017. Temperature was around the freezing point the whole time but we kept a fire…
An American Yankee Family Stuck in Nova Scotia We met a family from Massachusetts on a driving tour of Nova Scotia in October of 2016. They ran into the misfortune of breaking down at Blomidon Provincial…
It was great day for a drive from Halifax to Peggy's Cove via Highway 333 and St Margarets Bay. Read More
A Dry and Dusty Bike Ride Even the river was a hurtin' unit. Real easy cycling with the wind at your back, not so much beating your way back against it. Read More
Succulent Crimson Crustaceans Having now arrived back to the cottage, it was time to cook up the lobster to enjoy for dinner. One small hiccup... navigate the long stretch of rocks at Flour Cove to…
Did You Know Your Lobsters Have Been Woken From A Very Deep Sleep? Chances are, you've consumed lobster that was seduced into an induced coma, folded neatly into suspended animation "cocoons", and... then gently woken…