Isten hozott / Hungarian, 'God brought you'; welcome
Hungary / Budapest, hot water and tiled roofs
VISITED
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I have been here.
DubaiCities
- Budapest Two cities across a river, thermal baths, and Art-Nouveau on every façade.
- Szentendre A riverside day trip of cobbles, galleries, and painted shutters.
- Eger Baroque town, a famous fortress, and cellars of the red they call Bull's Blood.
The table
- Gulyás The real thing is a paprika soup, not a stew, deep, red, restorative.
- Lángos Fried dough, garlic, sour cream, cheese; the market-hall breakfast of champions.
- Kürtőskalács Chimney cake, spun over coals until the sugar cracks.
- A glass of Tokaji The sweet gold wine kings used to fight over.
Saved pins
- Széchenyi Baths ↗ Outdoor thermal pools, steam in winter, old men playing chess in the water.
- The Great Market Hall Paprika by the braid, lángos upstairs, a Zsolnay-tiled roof over all of it.
- A ruin bar in District VII A bombed-out courtyard filled with mismatched furniture and better nights.
My note
Budapest caught me off guard. I expected a grand, grey city and found faded gold, thermal baths and tiled roofs. The curved doorways were often as good as the buildings they opened into.
This door takes its colour and shape from Budapest Secession architecture and Zsolnay ceramics. The chime is based on a cimbalom, the hammered dulcimer heard in Hungarian music.