Budapest
It feels strange being back in Hungary so soon after the last time. Budapest feels very familiar, and we’ve spent the night in a far more convenient location than the last time around. Back then, we were in an old Communist-built block used to house party officials. Now we’re just behind the opera, right Andrassy Ut, the main street.
We’re only here one night, so we hunted out a restaurant we remembered from last time around (Fresco), and then walked up to Heroes Square, where we found a big concert going on in the bed of the dried out lake. It seemed to be some kind of celebration for the main radio station, and as entry was free we headed in and joined the crowds. It was strange being there and not knowing any of the acts, though. They were obviously big celebrities, as the crowd was going wild, but in general they seemed like a cross between Timmy Mallet and Shakin Stevens, and it was like being thrown back to British music of about 1982.
It felt like we were invading someone else’s party, as we stood there not understanding any of the words, or knowing the very organised dances going on around us.
Still, much fun nonetheless.
Today we head off to Bratislava and should be in Vienna by tonight. Not quite sure how we’re going to get there. Train, probably, We were planning on taking the hydrofoil up the Danube, but our booking was… Well, I guess lost en route somewhere, to be kind, as we never heard anything back.
Let’s just hope the people at the station speak English, because there’s no chance of us buying tickets in Hungarian.
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