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When I was a teenager and liked hanging out at music festivals, I was introduced to langos. Langos is a fast food consisting of a flat, deep fried bread with different kinds of toppings. Sour cream, cheese and onions were given, but I also liked to add roe on top. Oh, I loved langos. TheContinue reading “Day 20: Mr. P almost finishes a langos”

I was told by the guy in the hostel reception to go to the Budapest Great Market Hall, and I do like markets. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one. It was a busy place, full of tourists and locals alike, buying fruit and sausages and pastries and on the platform one floor up they soldContinue reading “Day 20: At the market”

The hostel that I stayed at for my two nights in Budapest was called The Maverick. From the street, it didn’t look like much. Like in so many other parts if the city, the square and adjoining street were under heavy construction, with machines making a lot of noise from early morning to late evening.Continue reading “Day 19-21: The Maverick”

Mr. P in front of the Great Synagogue.   Mr. P in one of the Shoes of the Danube, a monument to the Hungarian Jews that were shot and thrown into the Danube by members of the fascist Arrow Cross Party in 1944. It was made by sculptor Gyula Pauer and film director Can Togay, andContinue reading “Day 19: Mr. P in Jewish Budapest”

After visiting the Great Synagogue, I continued my walk through a calm evening Budapest, finally pleasantly cool. Unmissable is the St. Stephen’s Basilica, a huge thing in the middle of everything. It was completed in 1906, after 50 years of construction. Being a Catholic basilisk, it was of course covered in gold decorations on theContinue reading “Day 19: Churches, construction work and riverside realizations”

The Great Synagogue in Budapest is the largest Jewish house of worship in the world outside of New York City and was built in 1859. It is a beautiful building, somber but delicately decorated, and wonderfully cool after walking around in the afternoon heat outside.   The Holocaust Memorial behind the synagogue. It’s the TreeContinue reading “Day 19: The synagogue”

It was hot in Budapest too, when I arrived there around midday. And all around the train station, there was construction work going on all around and I couldn’t find the bus stop for the bus that I was supposed to take to my hostel. So I started walking instead, with only a vague feelingContinue reading “Day 19: Hungarian food”

I left Karin’s apartment early this morning. Karin, my lovely couchsurfing host – who probably was the part of my Vienna visit that I enjoyed the most. She cooked dinner for me and had so much to tell about Austrian agriculture and West Africa. And sleeping in her guest room was exactly what I needed,Continue reading “Day 19: Report from a train”

To round up my sweaty and slightly frustrating day in Vienna, I took the u-bahn northwest to the Donauinsel. It is an artificial island that was created in the middle of the Donau, as a way to prevent flooding in the river. During normal flows, the part of the river that is between the DonauinselContinue reading “Day 18: Donauinsel”

I might have complained a lot about Vienna: the cars, the heat, the prices. But something that I actually really enjoyed about Vienna, was the huge amount of really cool street art that they had. Down by the Donaukanal, things got wild. This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. IfContinue reading “Day 18: Street art of Vienna”