Saturday, May 25, 2013

Budapest observations

Some cool things:

  • The cigarettes they smoke must be quite mild.  I am allergic to many American ciggys and hate having the smoke blown in my direction.  Tears, itchy eyes, etc..  But we could walk directly in the path of a smoker and no problems!  More natural tobacco with few additives is my guess.
  • With the weather so horrible, hubby started talking in a fake East European accent about the "brutal" weather.  It was funny to me, at least.
  • Seeing a man in line to buy tickets at the train station kiosk with a bird of prey on his arm.  No one looked twice.  Except these two dopes.
  • Having the clerk at the Mai Mano House of Photography book store think I was Hungarian because of how well I spoke my greeting.  Score!
  • Meeting a really cool guy at the Printa store/gallery/cafe.  This place was amazing.  He was nice to talk to.  They had so many cool screen printed items.  Just a hub of creativity and nice people.  Breaks all stereotypes Americans have of the former Soviet satellites....
  • Chestnut dessert.  Thin like angel hair noodles.  Texture of marzipan.  Heaven.
  • Wonderful prices on coffee and super strong.
  • Cafe Montmartre with a death metal/Megadeth obsession. Don't ask.  It was weird.
  • The architecture.
  • The appreciation for art and music.

I cannot convey how much I love this place.  I feel like I belong.  Yes, there are crazy bad things - like every place - but the only other place I feel so at home is DC.  Sigh....

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