cafe we went to for breakfast because it looked amazing, unfortunately they did't really serve any food, so we had cheese stuffed croissants topped with cheese. Too much.
Budapest for a day, and I am actually loving it. Australia has no old architecture, but even so the novelty of the ancient quickly wears of after having visited a few European cities. Even so Budapest felt immediately special. This is my first foray into the 'Eastern block' as my friend always refers to it. It feels like the whole city is more eager and alive, fresh from it's numerous bombings during wars and revolutions. Old buildings are continuously being remade from the inside into heterogeneous artistic haunts. Our hostel 'Lavender circus' (I highly recommend) along with having the obligatory random objects attached to all of their walls, also projected old movies sans sound on top of everything else. It is already somewhat spooky to arrive at your hostel by opening a heavy wrought iron gate through which are many dim flights of stairs, leading to numerous apartments, the top floor of which is your destination, all border a tenebrous, snowy courtyard. Then upon arrival being greeted by the leering faces of stars of yesteryear grinning down from mottled darkened walls dimmed with centuries. To take the edge off the sinister, the hostel staff were lovely, and our room seemed like an apartment (with a loft bed!!).
photos by Dan
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