Taking the Scenic Route

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Budapest

Im telling you now to forgive any spelling mistakes as this Hungarian keyboard is weird and doesnt have leeters in the place it is at home and i dont know how to get punctuation marks...

Its my first day in Budapest. I arrived last night to discover my bag was still in Milan where I had transited. Apparantely it will be delivered tonight - fingers crossed- so I spent my first morning in this lovely place shopping for a change of clothes. Changed and showered I feel much more adventurous. Ive decided to go on a walking tour this afternoon and so to kill time and rest my legs for the afternoon I thought Id blog.

Budapest is the same and yet so different to other European countries. It is pretty and the buildings look different and the language is completely foreign - so is the keyboards - but there are products and shops that are in the UK and Aust. It always takes me at least a day to get used to a new currency and the feel of the place. This time it started worse off for losing my bags and relying on testers in supermarkets to smell nice. The money takes a little getting used to. Its the florit and the exchange rate is 100ft - HUF - to 50 cents AUS. Choc bars are 99ft and to buy a small car is 3million ft. So once I changed I felt quite rich with 100,000 ft but it doesnt go as far as I think it should. Its the most money Ive ever had so I shouldnt complain.
The hot chocolates here are glorious - like yogo in a cup - so thick. I can see myself having one of those daily!!!!

Oh well, Im running out of credit on the internet so Ill go.
I hope everyone is well. Ill probably blog before I leave for Strasbourg, France and tell you all Ive done in Buda and Pest - separated by the Danube. Im staying in Buda district quite close to the Chain Bridge. It is cool and overcast today but Im hoping itll fine up tomorrow - and if I get my bag Im going to have a bath in one of their famous hot springs.

Bye.

2 Comments:

  • all sounds fabulous Kym...have a lovely soak for me, oh and one of those hot chocolates too!take care x

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:05 PM  

  • oh that comment was from Sonia by the way, lol

    By Anonymous Sonia, at 8:06 PM  

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