history – Ruth Badley

Three days in Budapest

Post author:RuthBadley
Post published:27th April 2016
Post category:Culture Dubai entertainment Expat Living Food Travel
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With elegant cafés, stunning architecture and history around every corner, there are a million reasons to visit Budapest. Our visit to Hungary’s esteemed capital city was a chance to catch up with old friends in a fabulous destination. By good chance, flight times to and from Dubai and the UK worked out, giving us a three-day window to get a flavour of what makes Budapest special. We knew we wouldn’t see it all but we could give it our best shot. (more…)

Letter from Lebanon

Post author:RuthBadley
Post published:29th July 2015
Post category:Culture entertainment Food Middle East Shopping
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I can still hear the worry in your voice, echoing in my head from several months ago when I first dropped Beirut into the conversation. Well, Mum, I went, I survived and I’m back safe and sound. I would have rung you by now to tell you all about it but since we can’t have those conversations any more I thought I would write down what I would have liked to share with you about this trip. (more…)