Gratitude For Magyaropolis

A little valentine to a small, tragic country, its people, and their fancy cakes

That’s the view from my table today at Kossuth Square in downtown Budapest. You’re looking at the Hungarian Parliament in the background, and two glorious Hungarian pastries in the foreground. That’s my friend Anna on the left; I have a version of this photo with her, but as I didn’t ask her permission to use her image, we’ll settle for this one.

She as…