The Object:
The Origin: Budapest, Hungary
The Backstory:
Summer after my Senior year in college, my friends Esther, Allison, and spent a couple weeks in Eastern Europe. Esther and I went over earlier (Allison had to finish up Student Teaching) and the two of us spent time in Budapest.
One thing that stuck me while in Hungary was the sheer volume of bright red poppies. They were growing everywhere – even popping up between sidewalk cracks. Poppies are such a cheerful flower.
Later, I saw this mug in a shop and had to have it to remember the trip. It now sits on my bookcase holding my wee collection of foreign coins.
The coins are mostly Euros and Norwegian and Danish Krone. I come by numismitism naturally; the two larger coins on the right are Canadian coins from my Grandfather (not this one, though he clearly collected pennies). The one in plastic was issued for Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee. The other large one was struck to commemorate Elizabeth and Phillip’s twenty-fifth anniversary.
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