Budapest - Part 4
The last day in Budapest was pretty relaxed and uneventful, and especially since I'm incredibly behind in blogging (I've already taken a trip to Prague since the Budapest/Romania trip) I'll try to deal with this one briefly. I also don't remember it that well, so that helps.
In the morning I went to Castle Hill in Buda on the other side of the Danube. I got to take a funicular up the hill, and, indeed, it was fun.
Funicular!
I spent a while exploring the Hungarian National Gallery inside Buda Palace. When I got out, I was starving, so I decided to get food from a restaurant recommended in my guidebook before heading back to explore more of Castle Hill. It ended up being an incredibly far walk, but the food was worth it...even if it was cosmic lonely eating. Unfortunately, when I got out of the restaurant, it started pouring, to the point that it was really impossible to explore anymore.
Fisherman's Bastion on Castle Hill!
I took a tram back to Pest and had a marvelous afternoon sitting in an old coffeehouse, eating tiramisu, drinking cappucino, and reading. Meanwhile, a man played "Embraceable You" and "La Vie En Rose" on a piano...seemingly just for me. ("La Vie En Rose" for some reason followed me everywhere I went on the trip - and in Vienna, too.)
The rest of the rainy evening was spent in a movie theatre watching Thank You For Smoking, which was fun, if flawed. It was a very small theatre, and much of the time, the young Hungarian couple sitting next to me, surprise surprise, made out. Since my flight was early the next morning, I went to bed soon after.
In the morning I went to Castle Hill in Buda on the other side of the Danube. I got to take a funicular up the hill, and, indeed, it was fun.
Funicular!
I spent a while exploring the Hungarian National Gallery inside Buda Palace. When I got out, I was starving, so I decided to get food from a restaurant recommended in my guidebook before heading back to explore more of Castle Hill. It ended up being an incredibly far walk, but the food was worth it...even if it was cosmic lonely eating. Unfortunately, when I got out of the restaurant, it started pouring, to the point that it was really impossible to explore anymore.
Fisherman's Bastion on Castle Hill!
I took a tram back to Pest and had a marvelous afternoon sitting in an old coffeehouse, eating tiramisu, drinking cappucino, and reading. Meanwhile, a man played "Embraceable You" and "La Vie En Rose" on a piano...seemingly just for me. ("La Vie En Rose" for some reason followed me everywhere I went on the trip - and in Vienna, too.)
The rest of the rainy evening was spent in a movie theatre watching Thank You For Smoking, which was fun, if flawed. It was a very small theatre, and much of the time, the young Hungarian couple sitting next to me, surprise surprise, made out. Since my flight was early the next morning, I went to bed soon after.
Die Wiener Kompilation
- Ella Fitzgerald - Embraceable You
from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) - Édith Piaf - La Vie En Rose (1946)
I tried to find Taco's cover of this, but failed.
posted by Evan C. at 5:30 PM
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