Budapest is not one city, but two — Buda and Pest, separated by the Danube — with Buda being the somewhat wealthier. English is understood almost everywhere, but is often spoken so heavily accented as to make understanding it a challenge. Nonetheless, the locals are intensely proud of their city, and more than happy to […]
First Day in Hungary — September 12, 2015
At a casual glance, Budapest seems like the archetypical big city – highways, graffiti, a mix of old and new buildings all of which seemed in need of maintenance. Trucks and busses competed with cars for space on the too-narrow city streets. Public transit cut its swath through the middle of everything. Slowly, however, I […]