Budapest in Terms

Because the really exciting stuff is about Lebanon, and I get on the plane to Beirut in an hour, I'm leaving you all with random phrases to describe Budapest, Hungary, which was an extremely strange, hospitable, and exciting city.

scarred by WWII
elegant and poor all at once
Danube River
fog and cold rain
graffiti
extremely international
extremely inexpensive (big bottle of water=$0.50)
regal
and FINALLY:
smiley young (fit) Hungarian men with intense eyes operating the tourist buses

I would love to go back for an extended period of time. I loved being exposed to a language I'd never heard before, and to so much smiling. Anyone hungry for Hungary? Oh, that's been used too many times, hasn't it. Bummer.