Of Buda and Pest

A few weeks back, during our long weekend, Nisha Serge and I took a trip to Budapest, Hungary. ‘Twas a weekend of exploration, rain, tea, pictures, and beer.

Here are some snippets from the stream of thought I wrote in my journal:

Buda. Pest. Real. Lived in. Old. War. Hungarian. Goulasch. Indecipherable language. Cinnamon Latte.

 Cinema Hostel. Central European University. International. Committed to change. Gender Studies. Social Anthropology. Thesis. Scary. Amazing. Cheap. Gluehwein. Cheap. Exchange rate. Angry woman in money exchange office. Really angry woman. Coolest tea house ever. I can't remember how to say "Thank You" in Hungarian! Dome. English. Old subway. Loud subway. Post Communist. 1950s. Strange food. Confusing money. Pretty. Rainbow. Double rainbow omg all the way across the sky.

 Parliament. Red Carpet. Visiting important person. Ridiculously good looking men. Hummus bar. Much needed. East meets west. NY landscape. Beautiful Danube.

Beautiful people. Beer. Simple Garden (bar). 1.5 L of beer. Smoke. My eyes are smoking. Catwoman room (our hostel room theme..Bike and Build PROM appropriate!) Small grocery stores. Cheap Joghurt. Weird cheese chocolate thing. Yummy hollow cinnamon pastry thing. Really windy. Opera. Castle. Anonymous Statue. Park. Really, really fast escalators. Scary escalators. Speaking German. Michael Jackson tree.
Orange Ways. Cheap bus. Tired. Is he your brother? Singing Serge. Adele. “I wish nothing but the best for you…uuuu don’t forget me..” Glee. Serge meets another Spaniard! Seriously attractive men. French Toast. Gorgeous city. Adorable Christmas Markets. Awesome local tour guide! "I was like, seriously?"San Francisco guitar. VW van!!

Good friends. Good times. So much laughter :-)

Cheers,
Muffin