At a small museum in Scotland, a traveler discovers just why young couples in the 18th century were getting married over a blacksmith’s anvil. The “runaway wedding” capital of the…
Author
Eileen Kay
Eileen Kay
Eileen Kay is a seasoned solo traveller, long-term ex-pat and author. Previously she was a BBC sound editor, radio traffic presenter Carmen Ghia, and half of comedy magic act Dork and Tacky. She fled her early years in the USA, lived in London for 20 years and Scotland for 10. Now she splits her time between Europe and Asia, and her humour between sarcasm and irony. She’s author of two travel memoirs, Noodle Trails: Fair Trade, Dung Trade and Travels in Thailand and beyond, and Noodle Trails 2, My Secret Century in Budapest.
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While researching her family history in Budapest, an American writer encounters controversy with every step. “Freedom Square” was named to celebrate the removal of a palace representing centuries of unwanted…