Hungary’s Robin Hood

I don’t check out Salon Magazine as often as I should largely because I get sick of waiting for the long ads to show as I enter Salon Premium. But I should check it more often. The articles are always quite good. Snarky, but informative. I guess I’d go back a LOT more if they brought back their travel section: Wanderlust. I LOVED Wanderlust. I even check out some of the old Wanderlust archives every so often. And remember we did a podcast way back when with Lonely Planet’s Don George? Guess what? He basically started Wanderlust.

Anyway, all this is to say that I found an interesting piece in Salon today about a Hungarian guy known as the Whiskey Robber (AKA Attila Ambrus). As the article itself points out, the story could be something from a Coen brothers film. The guy, apparently good looking…judge for yourself from the picture…I guess he looks a bit like Colin Ferrell. Anyway, his antics and past have inspired a cabaret theater show, a hit song, a Hollywood film deal and a growing worldwide following. He is kind of the Robin Hood of Eastern Europe…and with a name like Attila, well, you can’t lose with that as a story line. Anyway, great story. Give it a read.