Monthly Archives: September 2010

“Oily Seeds on a Sofa” – Fun with English Translations

Posted on September 30, 2010 by patster66

Our kitchen is tiny and restaurant meals are comparatively inexpensive and VERY tasty, so we eat out a lot. Fortunately, the menus often have English translations underneath the Hungarian descriptions (or we’re given English language menus), but those translations can … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun with menu translations | 2 Comments

Connections in Komló (or “Coalminer’s Great-Great Grand Daughter”)

Posted on September 29, 2010 by patster66

Sometimes when we’re simply LIVING here in Pécs – taking the bus to school, teaching a class, going for a run, eating a meal, watching Gaelic rugby on the German sports station, or enjoying a festival performance (which is fairly non-stop … Continue reading →

Posted in Margaret's Ancestry | 3 Comments

Warning – this post is about Hungarian pro tennis…

Posted on September 25, 2010 by patster66

2nd Warning — this post is about a Pro Tennis tournament taking place this weekend at the Pécs Városi Tenisz Club (city tennis club), so you can feel free to skip it if you’re not into tennis. We visited a … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in Pécs, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

The Market

Posted on September 20, 2010 by patster66

I’ve noticed that we go through an interesting process of knowledge acquisition where we think we’ve figured something out, only to learn later that we didn’t quite have it right, and the market is a good example of what I … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Life in Pécs | 5 Comments

What I miss (and what I don’t).

Posted on September 18, 2010 by patster66

Humor me for a moment… No Pecs pix in this post. We’ve been in Pecs 3 weeks now and today I started thinking of what I miss from our lives in the US, as well as things I thought I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in Pécs | 5 Comments