Tag Archives: rest ๐๏ธ
azadi means freedom
This post is about a visit to the VIDC panel on women’s rights in Iran and Afghanistan. We also visit St. Stephen’s Cathedral. We were staying at my dad’s place, and Brad’s ticket home to Georgia was on the fifth. So there was still some time left to hang out in Vienna. cathedrals After two […]
daydrinking
This is a post about daydrinking in Bratislava. Brad and I walk around the old town, taking sips here and there, and we ascend the UFO tower. We had booked a hostel in downtown Bratislava because we were hip and because we wanted to socialize with others who were hip. And also because it was […]
my top five colas
This post is about two days in a wood house in Gabcikovo. We wait out torrential rains, and we try Kofola. We stayed in our wood house for two and a half days. Meanwhile, it rained almost constantly. holed up The town with its supermarkets was a few kilometers away, but we got lucky: right […]
what Trianon took
This post is about two days in Komarno. We marvel at our hotel room, and we go and look at the outside of a fortress. Finding a hotel in Komarno had been a bit of a disaster. First we had tried a place suspiciously called “Meat Head” because it was cheap and the first option […]
butthurt
This post is about a rest day in Esztergom. We check out the Esztergom Basilica, and we have a very good falafel wrap. The church was huge indeed. It had been built in the mid-1800s, and it was currently undergoing restoration works. Every twenty minutes or so a bus with a group of tourists would […]
world meet chair
First one month turned into two, then three months turned into four. And then there was the day when I woke up and realized that I’d been in Budapest for half a year. Six fucking months of The Longest Way, spent here in Pest on the Danube. So what the hell have I been doing? […]
fuck
This post is about a week in a clinic in Budapest. I have screwed up my back, and I don’t know what to do about it. The morning brought pain. Not the dull kind, but the one that makes you want to scream. I managed to get out of bed and brush my teeth. Then […]
my grandma and the sock
This post is about a few days in รjhartyรกn. I stay with my grandma, and I receive a sock and a photograph. This wasn’t just a random place, and it wasn’t a friend’s place, either. It was my grandma’s house. My family on my mother’s side was ethnically Hungarian – they had fled from Romania […]
past splendor
This post is about a day at Hotel Tisza in Szolnok. I hang out with my dad, and in the evening I take a bath with thermal water. Hotel Tisza had seen better days. In fact, it had probably seen years of grandeur. But it looked as if those times had long since passed. The […]
passport please
This post is about a day on the border in Borศ. It’s a slow and hot day, but I get asked for my passport twice. It took me until the afternoon to understand that the air conditioning in my room could be turned on by simply pressing a button on its side. I enjoyed the […]
lightyear
This post is about getting drunk in Oradea. I do some chores and some sightseeing, then I get thai food (good) and vodka (good in moderation). I stayed in Oradea for two days. chores My back still hurt, so I went to a physical therapist and got a massage. I found a laundromat and washed […]
the mayor
This post is about a visit to the town hall of Spinuศ. I also visit a farm, and I eat some chili peppers and drink some palinka. I was staying in a village called Spinuศ. It was small and rural, and life felt rather slow. There were wasps in the outhouse, and I learned that […]
the ballad of Werner The Dog
This post is about Werner the dog. I stay at a campground in Boghiศ and talk to people who have seen him in Sighiศoara. I was staying on a campground. It had a pool, but the water didn’t look very clean, so I didn’t go in. The owners put my laundry in their washing machine, […]
am I sexual?
This post is about how I went to my friend Mishu’s gig in Cluj. I also got a vaccine shot, and I drank some modsheeto. Mishu makes music. That’s his passion, that’s what he likes to talk about. I learn that his favorite band is Depeche Mode, and that he has a gig with his […]
free in my threshold
This post is about a visit to Teleki Castle. The family has got ownership back from the state, and they’re trying to take care of it. We went to a castle outside of town. The Teleki Castle was constructed in the early 19th century by the same family that built the Teleki Library in the […]
how to say thank you
This post is about a day of sightseeing in Tรขrgu Mureศ. My sister comes to visit me, and we look around a bit. This was a first. My sister came from Germany to visit me on The Longest Way! We went for walks, we watched Thor with 3D-glasses in a mall (the movie was a […]
divine spirits and impalers
This post is about a visit to the Church on the Hill in Sighiศoara. I see a graveyard and the house Vlad Dracula was born in. Another day in the old town of Sighiศoara. stairs I had noticed the entry to an encased stairway the night before. It was called Scholars’ Stairs, and it had […]
look at me not giving a fuck
This post is about a day in the old town of Sighiศoara. I walk around looking for Werner the dog, but I can’t find him. Do you like dogs? I asked the owner of the hostel. When she wanted to know why, I told her that maybe, just maybe I would be able to find […]
pornographic books for depraved people
This post is about a stay at the Flanderhof Manor in Daia. I make myself a meal and read a slightly erotic book. In the morning I heard raindrops fall against the window of my room. I was alone in the tower. There were no other guests in the Flanderhof Manor. I decided to stay […]
kora
This post is about getting a rabies shot in Sibiu. It’s also about a concert in the Great Synagogue of Sibiu. Today was the date of my fourth scheduled rabies shot. I figured I’d just go to the Municipal Emergency Hospital of Sibiu. It was big. There was a chapel on its premises and a […]