Spotter since 2009
About me
I've done a variety of things in the past, a good part of them centred on words: poetry, translation, journalism. I have a history of English studies at college, and of a mighty array of knicks and knacks that are not proper jobs. I like hearing stories and telling stories: they're edifices built of facts (or falsehoods, or falsehoods that are truer than facts, as the case might be), but they tell us everything that facts alone never could.
About Budapest
Because it's old and full of memories, and because it's young and alive and constantly growing and changing. Because it has bright, sun-drenched streets, and because it has dark subterranean rooms. Because it has smooth telamons and cream-coloured houses from the century before the last, and because it has exposed brickwork and corrugated plastic.
Because you can settle in with a beer and friends in a loud place, or you can walk a mile alone on a very quiet road. Because within an hour, you can get from a bustling historical city centre to an empty suburban street that could as well be in a different country.
Because it's beautiful and because it's ugly and both sides know they couldn't exist without the other.
"Sirius Teaház" Budapest is a warm, labyrinthine teahouse full of cozy spots where lone drinkers / couples can hide. Try the 'I can't choose!' mystery tea.
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The "Mekk Elek Statue" in Budapest depicts a tiny anthropomorphic goat, a beloved character from an old Hungarian animated series. Well-chosen location...
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"Buja Disznó(k)" is a simple yet excellent restaurant on the gallery of Hold Street Market Hall that's all about fried pork, pig's ears & szalontüdő.
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"Memento Park" is a depository for communist-era public statues in Budapest. I also like it as a space to get away from the city's concrete for a bit.
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"Nyitott Muhely" is one of the most unique spots in Budapest - it's a teahouse, a performance venue, an exhibition gallery, a bookshop and much more!
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"Arriba Taqueria" in Budapest is a Mexican fast food restaurant which has rapidly become popular. It's the best I (and my American friends) have tried here
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"Ivócsarnok" ('drinking hall') in Budapest is a place where you can drink very healthy thermal water that comes out of the ground hot. It's very typical!
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"Szimpla Kert" is hands-down the best known and most popular of Budapest's 'kert'-s('gardens') - courtyards of abandoned buildings transformed!
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