Magical visit

as i already mentioned, we had a great time with Poziomka last week. even though it was only four days, we did many things and everything was wonderful.
on thursday my friend, Gab was celebrating his birthday and although Gosia was a bit tired (no surprise), we went there and had a chat with my other friends. i was happy as Gege was there as well and a few of his friends from the polytechnic. however the source of my happiness was of course Gosia. three weeks is a long period if you don't see your other part. now, the mission: impossible is waiting for us: two months, with x-mas in the middle without each other...
but we'll make it. somehow...
on friday we went out for a drink and to see some live music, and more importantly to have a good time. well, we did, indeed. we went to Potkulcs, a cozy, little-ruined pub near nyugati station. peca was playing (peca is a slang word for fishing stick). nice music anyway. and nice wine. and sundried plums ripened in pálinka. yummie :)
we had also been ice skating. no need to tell you that it was fantastic. though a bit wet :)

dancing queen ;)

and the people.
on sunday we went for a short stroll. we were walking along the riverside. i like walking there, it's quite nice. the Buda side of Budapest at the Danube (with the Buda Castle on the bottom):



hmm. time to go back to reality:
assignments, revising...

Awakening

Gosia's back :(
her plane, still at Ferihegy:


we are filled up again with a great deal of memories, pleasure, fun and feelings.
it should last for two months...

Mr tram driver

Welcome to Budapest, the city that is itself a museum.
museum of old cars, trams, trains, buildings, people and...
...ideas. but that's another story.
what i want to show u:

and what came to my mind:

Mr tram driver pass me up with eyes of fire
Mr tram driver thinks were all one sixty fiveers
Mr tram driver fuck you Im a survivor
Oh yeah, one more time, ahah

I hope Mr Kravitz is not going to be very upset for using his lyrics. or for changing it. actualizing, in fact :)

this post is going to be a music-focused one. Let's put on some Guns 'n' Roses:
November rain

Liberty Bridge, Budapest, Nov 21st 2006

Home, Sweet Home

The saying is true: There is no place like home.
am in szombathely now: cozy home, good food, family, dog, but...
i guess u know who am i missing.
But Poziomka is coming soon. Four days left!!! i can hardly wait.
my mum is being very nice and keen to provide us with everything we might need. mums are mums :)
i've been studying throughout this weekend. busy times are coming again.
my train is departing soon :(

M+F Toyota. this is the place of ads. :) our car, now fixed:

T(w)onight(s)

yo. i was on this flamenco-jazz gig last night. Juan Carmona, Mino Cinelu, Dés László and Balázs József. Great musicians, great music. they were amazing individually but i missed some kind of cooperation between them. and i also missed the bass. i could have imagined a double bass or sth... anyway, it was still fantastic, partly due to the location. it was organized in the national concert hall that is to be found in the so called palace of arts. this concert hall is one of the most modern ones probably in the whole world. amazing sounding.

tonight we've watched the Departed. Best film i've seen for a long time!! 8.5 on imdb. the new Scorsese film. a bit of godfather feeling, a bit of tarantino, good casting and acting. and yes! no stupid hollywoodian happy end. good film. then i met my other best friend, Mape, who's doing his phd now. he's doing well, just moved in into his new flat that is 10 mins walk away from mine. slowly all my friends will move into this area :)

Fishy days

for the second time in my life i have gone fishing. my friend Sziszi, the maths genious invited me and of course i was happy to accept the invitation. he's got a weekend house in tiszacsege a little village on the tisza riverside. tisza river is a slow-mo river that's why over the centuries many dead channels have formed there (these used to be part of the river but the river changed track and these lakes were left there). so we were fishing on one of the dead channels. the worst and at the same time the best part was that we got up at 5am so that we had the best place. it was a bit early but at least we saw the sunrise.

i love the colours of dawn  


and those of autumn. pink and brown

fishing lot:


hehe, looser!! :) fouled with branches.


the landscape was really beautiful and quiet and i was very pleased of that because i could deepen into my thoughts, thinking of various things, and put them in order. it was very useful. anyway i just wanted to show u the dead channel (it looks like a river but in fact it's a lake):


if i was a real fisherman, i should make up a big number of how many fishes i caught. well, i am not, so i can admit that i didn't catch anything. apart from leaves and branches. but u really won't be surprised about this if u look at the way i'm holding the stick. holy shit... :)

however, i shouldn't be ashamed as others have hardly caught anything. two pikes only. have a look here:


these pikes are real killers. they eat small fishes (we used fishes as baits too), and they can bite u so strong, that u really don't wanna try it. my friend did, but he didn't want it either :)


it is much more friendly here, isn't it? say hello to daddy! :)

Goatmate

today i took 'our' car to Kecskemét. kecske means goat.
that's why goatmate :)
ok-ok bad joke.
anyway i enjoyed driving there. i both enjoyed driving and the route leading there. completely flat landscape, pure countryside. my dad's working there for a toyota dealer. i like being there, i feel a bit like an insider (in fact i am, especially as i was working there for 3 weeks).
then we came back to budapest and we had a meeting with one of his business partners. i enjoyed it too, very interesting subject - starting a new business.
i took this pic there - my dad's selling this industrial stuff.
tap:


this is the only photo i took in london during my last stay (ok, there's one more but not for public view :) )

the lady in the shop got pissed off with the junkies coming and asking for drugs, so she put this note onto the window :)

St Martin's Day

I've been lazy recently. in fact, i wasn't in the mood of doing anything. that's why i only uploaded these pics today. they were taken last sunday when we visited a village resort in Szombathely - old houses, accessories, domestic animals and stuff like that. kind of a museum. St Martin Day's Market was held there. it's an important day in this country, this is when we first try the 'new' wine (this year's wine) and we usually eat goose's leg with cabbage. nice one, worth trying.

this so called Skanzen is located near Boat Lake, where i often go with my dog for a stroll. i like observing the different views coming with every season. autumn view:


the look of an old village with traditional houses. i love them (of course it's usually not as crowded as in here)


there were many programmes mainly traditional things like volk music and volk dance. proper hungarian outfit:


another kind of activities: archery


courtyard in the countryside. well...


...and a broom.


i love it: thatch

S N O W

It's snowing!!!
First time this year!
           and it's cold. brrr

back to the world of memories

am in hungary now, again.
it was great in london. i feel absolutely refilled emotionally. even though i feel quite crap again, it's not as bad as that time when my Poziomka left to london. however, i find it very difficult to revise - which i have to coz on friday i've got a serious test - my mind is everywhere else but on accounting. grrr.
here r some pics from london:
this was taken in Greenwich Park where we went to for a stroll. there's this huge rose garden that i always wanted to show you (especially to my Dad). appr. 100 different types of roses.
still there, autumn lights:
we also visited our 'secret' chess place, a coffee shop in a book shop. we spent some nice time there. and Poziomka won. of course. :)
we met my cousin, Peter. here he's saying hello to his mum: 'HELLO'
(st paul's and the millenium bridge in the background)

we had a beer in one of the oldest pubs in london called the anchor. nice one, but really expensive, located on the riverside near london bridge. we had some russian beer there. Baltika.
me&my. the two scots.


thx for the pics to Gosia Kozlowska (copyright)