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.
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, at 8:05 PM
oh that comment was from Sonia by the way, lol
By Sonia, at 8:06 PM
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