Two Short Boys (in the country of giants)

All is well. I'm well. Pneumonia is all over. Since the last post another year of school has ended. I didn't write about it at al...

I went to the doctor Thursday morning to see if I was good to go to make the trip to Prague. She pretty much said that I was crazy to even ...

I don't know how I missed the talks that are held in my old stomping grounds. Monterey has always been a great place for new ways of loo...

I went back to the doctor a couple of days ago - more x-rays and blood tests. My lung is better and my blood is clean. I feel better every...

I went to the doctor yesterday for a checkup. I was feeling pretty good - I woke up for the first time in 16 days in sheets that weren'...

Has it really been almost a year since I last wrote something here? Briefly, we spent last Christmas in the US with family in New York, Kans...

Something only the people who have known me for a long time know is that I used to play the piano. And cello. And the sax. And even the t...

So much has happened this last year. Much of it has been taken up with work. I don't think I've written much about it. I've e...

So. I've been teaching law in Maastricht (I love it) and it doesn't seem like I've had a chance to breathe since February. I...

We spent yesterday with Ian's dad in Enkhuizen. Now if this doesn't just make you want to put on a pair of wooden shoes and kick yo...

I'm not mad at you, I'm just busy. I got a new job in Maastricht, we've been to Paris with Natalie, saw Janine and Chris get mar...

We're back! We spent out first anniversary in Paris with Natalie, Jeffrey and John. We chose Paris mainly because Natalie came over wit...

Finally.

I may write about it a little later, but last week's minor emergency found me being rushed by my opthamologist's orders to a univers...

Now that the Budapest posts are up, an ad that is primarily for Bente.

One of the first things I learned on this trip is something I'm sure most Europeans learn as a child; Budapest is actually made up of tw...

Szent Istvan bazilika in Budapest has to be seen to be believed. It is the height of spiritual ostentatiousness, carried out by good Cathol...

Buda is arguably the most picturesque of the two cities - especially its skyline as viewed from Pest. Buda is also the oldest of the two. Ca...

Pest was (and is) the more industrial of the two cities, but has its own beauty. The Hungarian Parliament is undergoing renovation, but is a...

The streets of Budapest are best seen on foot. Or maybe scooter... Every turned corner revealed a surprise.

Castle Hill is probably the most recognizable and visited place in Buda. It sits on top of a limestone plateau high above the Danube and is...