I lived in Budapest for a month in 2004 while I was getting a CELTA certificate for teaching English to adults. It was a nice place to live. Since then I've passed through Hungary a couple times, but I haven't really spent much time there. That is until January 2010 when I spent a couple days in Budapest again. It's such a wonderful city. Dirty and romantic. Industrial and artistic. With wonderful 2nd hand clothes, and the sweetest deserts. A lot of things returned from memory.

Arms of Hungary

Arms of Hungary

Map of Hungary

 Map of Hungary

Flat

My very nice flat in Obuda. Jan. 2004.

My flat from the outside. Jan. 2004.

 Flat

Trabant

I very much like trabants. Budapest is full of them. You can find the license plate for this car here. Jan. 2004.

In one of the parks. Jan. 2004.

 Park

Statues

This was a grand place with some nice sculpture. Jan. 2004.

Another nice building in the park. Jan. 2004.

 Building

Statue

A statue of George Washington. Jan. 2004.

Hungarian money. Jan. 2004.

 Money

Trolly

Public transit in Budapest is very good. Here is what the trollies look like. Jan. 2004.

Another view of the building where I lived. Jan. 2004.

 Flat

Trail

A back trail leading to my flat. Jan. 2004.

A more run down part of Obuda. Jan. 2004.

 Run Down

Building

A view from the courtyard of school. Jan. 2004.

Some sculpture about the 1956 uprising. Jan. 2004.

 Sculpture

Class

One of my classes and a couple other teachers. Jan. 2004.

The parliament building. Jan. 2004.

 Parliament

Lion

A lion statue near one of the bridges. Jan. 2004.

Very cool, a trabant station wagon. Jan. 2004.

 Trabant

Buildings

Some apartments outside the city center. Jan. 2005.

All the communist art was not destroyed in Budapest, it was moved to a very dismal park outside the city, the statue park. Jan. 2005.

 Communist

Statue park.

More of statue park. Jan. 2004.

More of statue park. Jan. 2004.

 Statue Park

Cathy and Adam

Cathy and Adam. Jan. 2004.

Some more of the folks I learned with. Jan. 2004.

 Friends

Students

Some of my students and Pat. Jan. 2004.

Pat, Lee, and Steve. Jan. 2004.

 Pat, Lee, and Steve.

Street

Near where I lived in Obuda. Feb. 2004.

My street in Obuda. Feb. 2004.

 Street

Opera

The very nice national opera where I watched Swan Lake. Feb. 2004.

A good cheap cabbage dish. Feb. 2004.

 Cabbage

Cathy and Ramona

Cathy and Ramona. Feb. 2004.

Some fellow students and teachers. Feb. 2004.

 Friends

Station

One of the train stations in Budapest. May 2005.

Some fields. May 2005.

 Fields

Town

Town in the south of Hungary. April 2006.

A Hungarian house. April 2006.

 House

Statue

A nice statue. April 2006.

This is the bus I took from Chisinau to Paris. April 2006.

 Bus

Metro

In the Budapest metro. January 2010.

Vacant lot near where I stayed in Budapest. January 2010.

 Lot

Loren

Trying on a nice wool coat in a 2nd hand shop. It cost less than four euros! Picture by my friend Wan Wan. January 2010.

Fine cloth stop in the city center. January 2010.

 Cloth

Cloth

Another view of the shop. January 2010.

In the city center. January 2010.

 Center

Metro

Entrance to the metro. I've never seen one anywhere else so close to the surface yet underground. The Budapest metro is one of the oldest in the world though. January 2010.

In the metro. January 2010.

 Metro

Metro

In the metro. January 2010.

In the metro. January 2010.

 Metro

Building

Building at night. January 2010.

Beautiful indoor market. January 2010.

 Market

Graffiti

Graffiti at a building site. January 2010.

Train station in Budapest. January 2010.

 Station

Station

Inside the station. January 2010.

Monument. January 2010.

 Monument

Clock

Amazing sand clock. Takes one year to drain and made of materials that should last thousands of years. Only needs a pully to reset. January 2010.

Grand square in Budapest. January 2010.

 Square

Tree

Tree in Budapest. January 2010.

Cozy English bookshop in Budapest. January 2010.

 Bookstore

Opera

Wonderful national opera. January 2010.

Sphynx at the opera. January 2010.

 Sphynx

Church

Beautiful church near the river. January 2010.

Inside the church. January 2010.

 Church

Church

Church from the other side. January 2010.

19th century bridge over the river. January 2010.

 Bridge

Bridge

View of a palace from the bridge. January 2010.

View of the bridge from the other side of the river. January 2010.

 Bridge

Church

Church. January 2010.

Hungarian Parliament. Modeled on the British one. January 2010.

 Parliament

Parliament

Another view of parliament. January 2010.

Another station in Budapest. January 2010.

 Station

Opera

In the Budapest Opera. January 2010.

Me in the morning. Picture by my friend Wan Wan. January 2010.

 Loren

Couch

Couch where we stayed in Budapest. January 2010.

Train to the airport. January 2010.

 Train

Train

Train to the airport. January 2010.

Budapest, January 2010.

Budapest, January 2010.

Budapest, January 2010.

Budapest, January 2010.

Budapest, January 2010.

Passport Stamps

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