Thursday, July 2, 2009

Budapest

Buda and Pest, divided by the Danube, united by a bridge. heh.

The steeper streets--like this one--are quite an ordeal for vehicular traffic.

The opera house, about two blocks from the apartment where Liz and I stayed

The apartment. Vaulted ceilings. Unfortunately, I hadn't thought to bring a volleyball.... Here's the story: this apartment is actually the headquarters for a music ministry called Crescendo. On Tuesday night, I had gone to a Crescendo concert in Iasi, and on Friday night, I stayed in their mission headquarters in Budapest, and I had no idea until I got there that they were remotely connected.

The Parliament building shortly before the storm cloud broke.

Liz and I at Heroes' Square...at this particular moment in history, Liz had a pounding headache, there was a street-dance troupe practicing behind us, a sound check for a huge concert on my left (hence the headache?), and my fingers were stickier than they had been since I was two. Fun times.
This would be why my fingers were sticky. Hungarian yumminess, that right there. Bring your own napkins.

The airline that Liz and I flew had excellent service.

3 comments:

Kristen said...

Fun!

Thea said...

Um, what EXACTLY would Hungarian yumminess be composed of? I mean, not doubting the yumminess. Just coveting the ingredients list.

Unknown said...

yeah, not really sure on that one. some sort of dough...a strip of dough, actually, wrapped around a spit-thingy and slowly baked over hot coals...and then coated with coconut, honey, cinnamon sugar, whatever you want...