By the Beautiful Blue Danube
July 10th 2015 As our Easy Jet flight from Paris approached Budapest I peered out of the cabin windows at the fields below. To the right of me sat a young Chinese couple, the man sporting a Mohawk haircut and a sleeveless Nike brand t-shirt. To my left across the aisle sat my father, his ears clogged and ready to land. Various thoughts scurried through my mind:
100 years ago Europe was full throttle in sel
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