Arrived in Budapest on Oct 15 by train. Found the Red Metro line and the 11th Hour Cinema Hostel where I met Mandi and Greg. Mandi is the daughter of some very very good friends of ours - Mike and Cherie. Although I'd met Mandi before, I can not say that we knew each other. She and Greg are living and teaching in Germany and emailed me they were traveling to Budapest so I met them there. We had dinner at a restaurant across from the hostel. These guys are really awesome and proved to be great to hang out with in Budapest. They were amazing. I have a Hungarian friend, Bette, who invited us to a concert that night at the Filter Club - definitely a local hangout - no tourists here (oh, that's right we were there). Bette's significant other, Feri, is the lead singer in this band. when I got there - there were two more former students and another professor from the English dept in Pecs, whom I'd met before that Bette had invited to the club, so it was like a reunion. This was a great night first night in Budapest - a funky local hangout, wonderful music, and good conversation about languages and Hungarian politics. Here's a short video of Feri's band. Check out his band's website and download some tunes www.dyas.hu/in-english/
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How would they know you are a tourist? Did the video camera give it away?
ReplyDeleteWow! what a first night. You had quite the gathering. What's the name of Feri's band?
ReplyDeleteFeri's band is Dyas. I posted their website on the blog.
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