Monday, October 17, 2011

Hungary For More

The midnight-train going anywhere took us Budapest's Keleti Station where Emily's friend Miranda was waiting for us. She took us to her place which was also to be our accommodation for the two following nights. Budapest is one of the prettiest cities I've ever been to, maybe not always as pleasing on the eye as say Prague's oldtown but the mix of grand monuments and buildings with houses which are on the verge of falling apart is so charming. We spent two days walking around both Buda and Pest with yet another former school-friend Adina, and her friend Narmeen, stopping off at the occasional cozy courtyard cafe or bar before taking the train to Adina's current hometown of Debrecen.
Debrecen doesn't have as much to offer as the capital on the cultural front, although to be fair we spent most of our daytime in the apartment and nighttime in different bars and clubs and didn't give it a fair chance, but we did have a very good time. After three days we went back to Budapest and stayed in Narmeen's flat. Sadly Emily had to go back to Sweden whilst Adina and her friend Emy will soon have to go back to Debrecen. Elias and I on the other hand aren't in a hurry to leave but will probably move on to more southern latitudes shortly.

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