Budapest trip, again

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Life has interfered with blogging, alas. On the upside, I'm off tomorrow evening for three days in pretty, pretty Budapest, with pretty, pretty musicals to watch. And a certain blond Hungarian to try and kidnap ;)

I'm taking the train this time, night trips both ways, and between that and the fact it's Budapest, I've about as much nerves as with a trip to the seaside that I take every summer. Sure, I don't speak the language, but no-one expects me to speak it, and the city's so nice. I have my favourite bakery, my favourite pancake place, and among my plans are stocking up on a Hungarian hand cream and spices. It's not a strange city anymore.

And once I'm back, expect more squee about musicals :)

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[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Ooh, tell me your favourite pancake place! I'd like to try Hungarian pancakes if I have time while I'm there...

Have fun! And I look forward to musical squee. :)

[winter]

It's on Raday Utca (between Kalvin ter and Bakats ter), nearer to Bakats ter, on the western side of the street :) I don't remember the name, but it's a mock-Italian place that still does very good Gundel-palacsinta.

Mind you, it's one of the few places I've found that does decent food at all. I have bad luck with Budapest restaurants :P

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

We mostly ate at Italian restaurants which were lovely. Good food, lots of it, and tolerably priced. If you want, I can ask my friends if they remember the names and locations of our favourite places. Of course, in Finland we don't have that many good restaurants that aren't ridiculously expensive, so I don't know how our standards match with those of others, but at least we enjoyed what we got in those places.

[winter]

If you can please ask them? I think I had really bad luck on account of trying to find eatable Hungarian food ;)

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

One of the places was called Via Luna, and the address is Nagysándor József utca 3., district 5, 1054 Budapest. Lots of yummy pizzas and pastas and very nice tiramisu among the desserts. ;) We went there more than once and were very satisfied. There was also another, I'll see if someone else remembers its name and tell you...

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you will still get this, sorry I forgot to get back to you - actually, I also forgot to ask my brother, but I think the other Italian place was called Don Pepe. They seem to have several outlets in Budapest, the one we visited was at Nyugati tér.

Anyway, have fun!

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

That place opposite the theatre is very good for savouries :) They chicken salad was absolutely stunning - the plate is as big as your head :D

[winter]

They certainly had good cake :) Will try that for a lunch or two.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. The cakes are stunning :D The chocolate cream one I indulged in was incredible. layers of cake with layers of different filling and chocolate icing with chocolate and cream on top. It technically would have killed me if I hadn't been in pain beforehand ;D

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to your squee!

I still get intimidated when I go to a country where I don't speak the language. I guess more travel would help that. I think there must also be a difference for Europe-dwellers, who can travel a shorter distance to get to a place where the language is different, while those living in the U.S. can take a six hour plane ride and still pop out in the same country, where even the dialects don't differ. Y'think that's an accurate perception, or is my understanding skewed?

[winter]

I think the main fact is that we see tourists in our own countries, getting along with rudimentary English and hand signs, so we know we can do the same abroad ;) Plus it's the travel experience; it's very rare to find someone here who hasn't been abroad at least once, in all walks of life.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I can hardly believe the number of adults who say to me, "You know, I've never been to Europe."

[winter]

Few people here have been to America, too. But nearly everybody has at least gone skiing in Slovakia.

(Also, your package came today! *snugs* Thank you so much :D Diet sabotage... and reading material for the train!)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so happy it got there! I owe you so much, I really do. *hearts*

[moe-almanthea.livejournal.com]

Awww, Budapest is amazing city, for me - one of the most beautiful I've ever seen - and I've seen a lot, especially in Italy, but even Rome didn't impressed me as much as Budapest ;)
Well, have a lot of fun! And squee about musicals will be great :]

[winter]

Trust me, if all plans come out well, there will be squee galore :D

[moe-almanthea.livejournal.com]

*looking forward to it* :>