Quite strange (result of global warming? hmmm). Nice surprise this year.
I remember white winters, lot of snow, long walks, silence of the mountains around, taste of a hot black Pigi with Rum, smiling faces in the town, nice people in villages. I was a child and winters were cold, white, snowy and nice all the time. When I grew up winters became severe, dry, freezing, sometimes warm (see winter 2006), rainy and muddy. Therefore - nice surprise this year. Specially when I´m coming back, home, to Slovakia.
Most of us have got enough time to think about aaaaaall kinds of things at the end of December. I also do so. I am thinking about my past, presence and future. Many changes in my life all the time. Even now. My dog - Cora - is sleeping under the Christmas tree. It´s her first Christmas and - waw - my tree survived up-till-now :-)
And I am planning my last trips to Budapest. I am leaving Hungary soon. I will visit this country for sure, but not due to work as it was for last 2,5 years. Most probably I will see my friends time-to-time, hopefully we will keep in touch.
Few days ago I noticed a lot of facts:
- I openned the door in my Budapest flat and I felt the smell of my home. Wood, furniture, fruits, flowers, perfume. And sleepy Cora welcoming me :-). I was standing in the entrance door. Not because of Cora. I just wanted to feel this before I pack everything to boxes. Nice feeling. And Cora waiting for my hug like a timed atom bomb :-)
- We played in the house garden where Cora explored the world in her early childhood - grass, trees, flowers, beetles, mud, rain, storms, security guys. Some neighbours didn´t like to see us there, but I didn´t take care about it.
- We were walking in the parks in the neighbourhood and met Cora´s little/big friends - Robi, Flato, Rocky, Sisi, Sába, Zsebi... and the also the "untouchable" ones - which live in our house but their owners never allowed them to play with Cora :-)
- I met my friends in my favourite "late fast base shop" on Podmaniczky utca. Zsoltike and "Kicsilany" Zsani. I like them. They always make me laughing. He is a nice "adult" man. She is a nice "childish" teenager. He owns this bolt. She works for him. Their relationship is unique. We have a lot of fun together. And at the end we close the door and go home together.
- I never saw a cleaner place in Budapest to buy my favourite fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, eggs, meat and bread (+ my mum´s favourite chocolate) like Lehel piac is. I wrote "cleaner place in Budapest" because I really want to say "in Budapest".
- I was walking the streets of Terézváros - my favourite BP District, and enjoyed the atmosphere of the places I like. And, of course, this is the nightmare of all parking drivers :-) making circles again and again, exploring one-way streets around and improving their parking skills day by day :-) But if you once parked your car, you can enjoy all nice places there... restaurants, tea houses, cafe houses, theatres, cinema, shopping, dance schools, pubs and clubs...
- sweet and sour of Daubner - specially "málnás túrós torta", pogácsa and mákos sweets
- nice hmmmmmmm Gál wine
- relax on Margit Island - ok, you have to forget the thiefs and tourists, then you can relax. It is most probably the only one green area in the heart of Budapest.
- beauty of Andrassy út, specially in winter before Christmas
- Winter time in Szechenyi Baths, Rudas Baths, ice-skating under Hero´s Square...
- Budapest traffic jams :-))). We all like them :-). Cora likes them a lot. She lies down in the back windshield, makes faces on the drivers behind us, and sometimes jumps down to check the situation in front of us. I call this "Cora sitting in the shopwindow". Thanks God to the "obligatory equipment of our car": my favourite music, water, Cora´s toys and chewing stuff, air-condition, hands-free for mobile phone, and, if none of my CDs fits to my mood - local Jazzy radio turned on.
- Filling up my car on M1 MOL station on the way home (last one in BP district). People there are always joking - they think I am testing+checking the competitor´s shop and fuel :-) and joking again when talking about MOL´s future in connection with Russia :-)
- hmmmmm, driving home on M1, and slowing down in front of each highway radar control every 25th km :-)
- few days ago we (I mean both HU/SK) joined the Schengen area, which means no border controls any more.... nice feeling. I came home before Christmas on December 21st, I felt a bit of nostalgy - all customs officers knew me, there were only 7 people working and travelling in HU/SK as me. It seems nobody will say me "hello, welcome" on the way to Bratislava :-)
- one fact will be nice to forget: mercenary, stupid and money-hungry Hungarian landlords
- and a lot of less nice things which I can touch in my posts time-to-time
I will not touch any work related experience in my posts. I also don´t want to hurt any of my friends in Hungary (or anywhere else) by anything I write here - please note I am not going to write here anything "individually hurtable".
And one more thing - please sorry for my mistakes... I am not an English native speaker, but I try to improve my language skills.
Have a nice day!
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