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“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Budapest” (Day 4)

April 21 [I suppose you’re all wondering when does this river cruise thing start?  Well, there goes our boat!  I just happened to look out our hotel window at 6:00 am just as the Viking Embla was passing by.  It … Continue reading

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IT’S . . . SUMMERTIME!!

Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet . . .  (of course, that has since been upgraded to “softball, brats, hummus, and river cruises”)  But Memorial Day weekend means it’s “Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime!”  That calendar guidepost where, according to … Continue reading

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Spring Sports Season

And so it came to pass, after winterless winter tumbled into erratic spring an old man’s fancy, once again, turned to . . . travel?  Hence, I covered very little of the Alexandria Area High School (AAHS) spring sports scene … Continue reading

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Budapest” (Day 3 (II))

April 20 (Still) [We begin Part II back outside the Castle on the promenade overlooking Pest.] [A glorious day – you know what we’re looking at here, right?] [Sandor Palace, the official residence of the President of Hungary.  And for … Continue reading

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