I needed to spend a day in Budapest, in the middle of a Middle East war. Not a bad deal, as the city is beautiful. Not a bad deal for a writer in search of stories too. Hungary is home to the third ...

Some hotels inspire travel postcards, but it was actual hand-tinted travel postcards called Photochroms that were part of the inspiration for “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Oscar-nominated production ...

It might sound foolhardy, but on a recent holiday trip to Budapest, Hungary, I found myself splashing away outside in the Szechenyi Spa, the largest thermal bath in Europe. I say “foolhardy,” because ...

In the summer of 1944, many Jewish families in newly Nazi-occupied Budapest received postcards from their deported loved ones. “I am doing fine,” the postcards read. “I am working.” “I have arrived ...