In the midst of spring cleaning a few weeks ago, a little yellow note fell out of a travel notebook I had carried on a trip to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia some years ago. “Dear Guests,” it read,…

In the midst of spring cleaning a few weeks ago, a little yellow note fell out of a travel notebook I had carried on a trip to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia some years ago. “Dear Guests,” it read,…
A hearty greeting from a very cheerful, aging taxi driver followed us as we stepped off the bus terminal into a taxi, wary as often happens in new surroundings of being ripped off. “Where are you from?” our driver asked.…