Actually Buda and Pest were two totally separate cities for many years.

That’s today’s factoid.

I was a busy little sightseer today. Lots of walking around in this amazing place. Found a good, cheap lunch for 3 bucks. Went on a walking tour and had a lovely time at a park in the afternoon.

I didn’t really absorb much history from today. Hungarian history since 890 A.D. is complex and confusing. I’ll need to give it a lot more attention these next few days. 

Have a great day 

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Woke up early, looking forward to moving on from Slovakia.

Three hours on the train, and we were in the Hungarian capital. Easy!

The walk from the train station was interesting. Lots of excitingly crumbly buildings.  Also, homeless folks. So….I felt right at home lol. When the area gets gentrified, prices will go up like mad. 

I’m staying in the Jewish quarter. It’s cool. So many cafes and pubs. I could literally eat every meal of my week here, on my block, without repeating once.

Had a nice walk around, to explore the neighborhood and find the coffee shop, grocery store, atm, and laundromat. No problem. Went a little farther out, and found the river and shopping streets, and some several statues and monuments.

Did a little laundry and organizing too.

The hostel had a free spaghetti dinner. The gal cooking, poor dear, needed some help. Let’s just say my ability to boil noodles and heat canned sauce blew everyone away! Some kids sure have low standards lol.

Lots to see here, so I’ve got my work cut out for the next week.

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Didn’t do much today.

Just had a nice walk around the castle in the morning,  and saw a western movie in the early afternoon. 

Today’s art gallery was interesting. They gave these tablet computers to the guests with a lot of information loaded on them. Neat.

Called mom, and did some internet business.

That left a few hours for a nice river walk.

Happy Mother’s Day!

I really thought I was done with castles for a while,  but the promise of a nice countryside bus adventure won me over. Plus, the castle was in ruins.

It *was nice, the castle *was ruined,  and the day was sunny and delightfully breezy. I had a lovely time walking through the castle grounds and looking at the rivers.

After a pleasant lunch in the square back in Bratislava, the national gallery was quite close. It’s being reconstructed, so the offerings were limited and the admission free. Two of the exhibits were forgettable. The third,  oh man, what a trip.

A Slovak performance artist had just died after a long and illustrious career. I know, I thought the same thing….performance artist and illustrious career being used in the same sentence?????

But it’s true. I had to walk through the exhibit 3 times before I even understood what was going on. This dude was a legit genius.  He had A LOT of respect from the art community.

He was a graphic artist, cellist,  instrument maker, promoter, and ??? 

In addition to all his materials, there were audio and video recordings, promotional materials,  instruments, and a room devoted solely to instruments visitors could play.

It was a well-curated exhibit, understandable and enjoyable even for those of us (me) who don’t really appreciate performance art.

Anyhoo, after that I needed a nap. A long, long walk and dinner ended my day.

Happy Saturday!