Jesse's Travels

Middle Europe

Posted on February 26, 2005

Its all relative to the last place, Hungary felt like one of the friendliest places I've been, only a few days, a drunken night, met my sister Bree and her friends, told her house mate he was a dick head and had no respect, I kicked into Budapest like a Tartar. They have an interesting history, the language is not Indo-European, they arrived from somewhere east of the Urals in Russia over a thousand years ago, on the way they split, one half went and settled Finland and Estonia, the other to Hungary. They are surrounded by Slavs, I was not surrounded by a sea of Lars', although there is something distinct about the Hungarian look. I have been trying to get people to guess my descent, I have had Russian, German and English, in a few select cases I think you can guess a persons nationality, most Europeans say that you can't pick a person's nationality by look, only dress or speech. Budapest is a beautiful city, full of old four or five story buildings, on our last day covered in snow, leafless trees glistening white, a quaint underground with a two carriage train. A very international feel, walking along the streets a host of different languages yet everything shuts on Sunday. A night out, the place is full of unpretentious bars, cheap beer and some truly beautiful women.

Photos of Germany

Posted on February 25, 2005