Robert's Thoughts

AMERIKA (again)

November 30, 2024

Yes, Amerika with a “k”. That’s how we spelled it in Budapest after World War II, idolizing the United States, looking up to it as the shining hope for democracy world-wide....

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Slovenia

October 30, 2024

My Hungarian friends are big-time foodies. They think, talk, write and worry about food all the time. Of late, they have begun campaigning for me to visit Slovenia because – in...

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The Danube

September 27, 2024

The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, (2,850 km) after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest south into the...

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An Expensive Tune

August 31, 2024

In the early ‘90’s I foresaw that, for Mergers and Acquisitions professionals (my specialty) the Hungarian Government’s decision to start privatizing the businesses ...

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Monkeys

July 31, 2024

My buddy Bill turned seventy a couple of days ago and we decided to host a serious dinner in his honour. The event turned out to be a great success, mostly, I suspect, because I...

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Iceland

June 30, 2024

Iceland is a small country (forty thousand square miles – about the size of Hungary), an island in the North Atlantic between Europe and North America. It is   peopled...

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Croissants?

May 30, 2024

A ‘modern’ croissant is a French pastry made from puff-pastry in a crescent shape. The first recipe corresponding to the modern croissant, not only for the shape but also the...

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Pigeons

April 30, 2024

Back from my recent trip to Budapest, I called my buddy, Viziló, in Toronto to report on the recent major architectural happenings in the Hungarian capital. (Viziló means...

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ATOCHA

March 30, 2024

I am writing these lines on Saint Patrick’s Day and I should be celebrating the Irish today, but I’m in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and – as always when I am in this country...

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Macdonald

March 1, 2024

“I guess I have been spoiled by “Seven Mile Beach” read the email my son sent me this morning. He is vacationing in Cuba and finds the sands of that island’s beaches less...

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