A Note from the Grossmans ...

We are a married couple with a diverse background (Agi is from Budapest, Hungary and Richard is from Chicago, Illinois) but a common desire to live our life to the fullest.


We love to travel, eat scrumptious feasts, drink fine wine, and most importantly, we love to meet people. Our family and friends often ask us for travel advise so we have decided to start a blog and share some of our experiences and tips.


We love to discover the hidden gems and "un-touristic" places of the cities we visit. We prefer the tiny boutique to the big shopping center; the local cafe to Starbucks; and the neighborhood trattoria or bistro to the international fast food chain.

We hope that with this website we can give some helpful advise to those who are interested in living life passionately ... so come on and travel with the Grossmans!

Friday, June 29, 2007

The Smart is coming ...

As I was talking with my parents on Skype yesterday (they live in Budapest, Hungary) my father told me that the Smart car was coming the United States early next year. My dad knows how much I love this little car. Indeed, I fell in love with it the first time I encountered it on the streets of Paris. It’s small, cute, and cool! Unfortunately, my husband does not want any part of this new “love affair.” He is convinced that this small car cannot be safe. But the Smart website claims it otherwise: the car boasts of a tridion safety cell (sounds pretty cool to me), which is made from three layers of steel that are reinforced at strategic points. It is like a nut that is protected by its hard outside shell. But it has a host of other safety equipment as well. (Read on about it at the Smart website at www.smartusa.com) However, what is also really cool about the Smart cars is that they choose 100% recyclable synthetics for things like our dashboards and wheel housing covers in order to be eco and environmentally friendly. How can anyone resist this much “coolness”?

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