Today was my first full day in Budapest after landing at Ferihegy Airport around 3ish yesterday. I landed, wandered around like a deer in the headlights at baggage claim for a while and was thankfully rescued by the program director Kata and put on the bus to the Folledes Ferenc Kollegium where I'll be living this semester. I am, as one could expect, a delicious mixture of terrified, exhausted, and exhilarated.
Budapest is at first glance...grey. Very grey. And somewhat dirty truth be told. As you slowly get to know her and look above the graffiti and the bleak color palette though, her real character shines through. Budapest has hidden beauty and elegance that in order to see, you have to stop and really examine the old art nouveau details and Baroque swirls hidden among the buildings. Once you have though, it's hard to remember you once found her ugly. This is less of a chore in Buda, the old historic half of the city which is less urban to begin with, but Pest is not without its charms either. Pest at night is truly a breathtaking sight. If you can avoid the Burger kings, which I'm beginning to think of as the American embassy here.
I haven't seen much of the city yet, but I'll be blogging and photographing all of it for you to see
One day in and you're already going all philosophical and shit on us? Damn, girl, what's become of your icy black cynicism?
ReplyDeleteI was saving that actually. I wanted to put mumsy at ease by being positive first. Lord knows I gots plenty of snarking to do.
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