Well, it's now been about 6 months since I left the Budapest story hanging. So, final notes on Budapest, first off. Also, there are pictures up, on my constantly rotating (curse you, non-Pro Flickr!) photo sets. Origins photos are also there.

( Return to Budapest, days 6-8, and Origins Game Fair )

The scheduled activity for this day was a round of activities on the Hungarian prarie, known as the puszta, about which I'd known nothing. We drove on out to Bugac, where we were provided with a shepherd's breakfast, which is apparently pálinka and flatbread with sour cream and pork-fat. Afterwards we took a cart ride out through the meadows to a ( Read more... )

Day 2 photos are mostly up. Enjoy!

( Two places which are not Budapest (but fun anyways) )

Photos for Day 2 will be up soon. Future photos may come later, since I'll hit my Flickr update limit eventually.

The day started out with a visit to the flea market way the hell south in Pest, which I'd heard about as a student but never visited.

( We never get more than a quarter-mile from the Duna, but we move from south to north. )

Today was largely a tourism day. We all got up early for a tour given by the architect of the Ráczfurdő renovation. I'd never been to the Rácz before, but it's an interesting collection of interconnected sections from different periods. The tour was interesting although it got hung up on some details and dragged in places (the danger of getting an ( Read more... )

At midday on Thursday I got on a plane to Detroit. And then a plane to JFK. And then a plane to Budapest. Other than inexplicable screw-ups and incompetence on the DTW-JFK leg, this mostly worked out. I got a bit of sleep on the JFK-BUD leg, and had a decent conversation with my seatmate, a physics studunt traveling with a group of colleagues for a ( Read more... )

Why do I only seem to write here once every couple months? Certainly it's not for want of events. Working through things roughly chronologically: when last seen, I was wigging out about assembling my pre-tenure triptych. I already told all the Hieronymous Bosch jokes I really had owith regard to that, so I'll cut to the chase. My review occurred ( Read more... )

It has been several months since I updated, so I've sort of let a lot of life fly by. This semester's been punctuated by a lot of just-barely-keeping-my-head-above water. It's not like my duties are that onerous, but I've not really gotten things to click at any point. However, several exciting things have happened while I've been busy wibbling ( Read more... )

So, it's state-fair time again. I'd hoped to have a lot of entries this year, and I kinda do. They're in some ways underwhelming, though. It'll be fun to enter, but I have no real expectations.

( 3 blankets, and other necessary elements of a happy home )

So I never did finish telling Boston travel stories. Not that there's much "story" there: I went all over the place hanging out with old friends and connected with some of the new blood at APO, Random, and ET. I really must get back to Boston more often than once every 7 years (I'll actually be back in September!). The last night I managed to ( Read more... )