Weekend in Budapest

After a great party on Thrusday after the pre-premiere of the new laser show Queen in the Planetarium Wien and even better one during the Alumni Convention of AIESEC Slovakia in Bratislava, I have got on a train towards Budapest, which is the city where my very good friend Laszlo lives. He was celebrating his birth-day on Saturday and he was so kind to invite me to come along and stay at the place of his and his boyfriend's.

I have been to Budapest in the past, one stay especially stays in my mind... during the IGLYO conference in June 2003 (as far as I can remember the time precisely). And I fell in love with this city momentarily... The Danube, the Buda Castle, the little streets with old buildings, windows with mediterranean-looking shades, warm nights in the summer, beutiful night-sky sown with stars. You can imagine it, I suppose. :)

The party has been a blast and made me feel very good again after weeks of dubious mood... (that was maybe the reason I was absent from this blog of mine for such a long time). We have also been to the first gay party at the Moulin Rouge in Budapest called Kinky. I do not think the name was chosen wisely but... whatever, I do not care. The party was actually quite good. Very nice location, which actually is a cabaret theatre and great music! It really was a nice evening.

The next day, Laszlo and myself have been to the Cafe Central, which opens also on Sunday and had a great great lunch with Jokai bean soup (this is a must in Budapest!) and a grilled cheese on a salad main dish with a delicious (!) cheese dumplings with almonds afterwards... Wow! (Another great spot to eat is also Menza, which is a fancy but not expensive restaurant / cafe in a 60's style. Check it out!)

Btw, one of the billboards in Budapest was showing the hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány 's ad for his personal blog... I thought it is a kind of nice thing from the prime minister to get personal on some issues by using a blog. :) As I am neither fluent nor basic in Hungarian, I cannot judge about the contents... However I feel that it makes him more human and tangible to the population he serves.

(Currently listening to Kanopus... and they rock!)