Budapest greets me with its very friendly people, absolutely 'foreign' language & very (and I mean very) old metro system. There are guards stationed at the entrance to the metro station for ticket checking (even in Malaysia, it's fully automated) and the metro trains are really 'historical'.
Pic: 'Historic' metro train
Arriving late in the afternoon, took me quite a while to find the hotel. As if to fit into the 'historic' setting, the lift is pretty much an antique itself (picture below). Went into the city centre for a quick walk around just to 'feel' the environment after checked in.
Pic: Buttons for the 'antique' lift
Budapest swept me off my feet with its beauty, especially at night. It is however, surprisingly, colder than Copenhagen (geographically speaking, it should be warmer). Found a nice restaurant for dinner, tried out the famous goulash & paprika chicken. In Budapest, one must really get used to big amount of money (Hungarian currency = Furint). A dinner costs almost 6000 Furint. I feel 'rich' suddenly, lol...
Hungarians are one of the most friendly people in the world I believe (strongly agree with you, Finland's finest). Stand still for 1 minute with a map in your hand looking lost, then someone will come to your rescue. The only problem is most of them don't speak 'understandable' English which often leaves me more confused. But they are nice & helpful for sure. Bonus to the beautiful city.
Another remark is: most of the water sold in Budapest is sprakling water. For people who's used to only drinking still water, please choose water with pink bottle cap. All other colours are only for sparkling water (took me a few wrong purchase to realize that).
More about Budapest sights next blog.
1 comment:
I'm glad you had a good experience there with all the people. It is beautiful!!
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