Although most of the things you can buy in Budapest are now almost as expensive as in the rest of western Europe, the food still is quite a bit cheaper. So we didn’t just devour giant Schnitzels, but also gulped down quite a lot of what some people call ‘the juice’, and still others ‘the drink’ and some maybe even ‘the drinking juice’ (but I seriously doubt that). In an unbelievable act of generosity, I decided back in Budapest to document one of those moments of gulpage for you to see. Defying the impossible lighting and the fact that everyone stared at us because I whipped out my camera in front of our drinks, I made that picture. Enjoy.

Venturing through the inner districts of Pest (we didn’t bother crossing over to the Buda part), we came across a few interesting sights. And I’m not simply talking about the opera (we did see that one as well though), but little things. Like this strange fire hydrant.

If anyone has any clue what that face, helmet and the letters are supposed to mean, tell me, I’d like to know. It does look a lot cooler than your standard graffiti.