On our journey between Serbia and Budapest, we stopped at Tanyacsárda for a classic Hungarian Puszta experience. From my first taste of pálinka to watching magnificent Lipizzaner horses thunder across the arena and enjoying a bowl of traditional goulash, it became one of the most memorable stops of the trip.

A reflective Journal Notes post on my 2017 European café trail, from Angelina in Paris to Gerbeaud in Budapest, and why I planned each stop in advance.

A grand, historic stop at Café Gerbeaud Budapest for Dobos torte and coffee, chosen over the New York Café for its real old-world roots.