Budapest - the city of my heart

Some glimps of the beautiful Budapest city. We had some fantastic days together with good friends. I haven't been in the city for the last 5 years and was really excited to be back. I lived some years in Eastern Europe after my graduation, both in Hungary, Czhecia and Rumania. I admit I was afraid I'd forgotten the language... haven't spoken Hungarian for a looong time... But, luckily it came back the minute I hade to order the taxi at the airport. Love the language and it was so much fun to be able to use it again :)

We stayed in a privat flat on the Buda side. We spent the days waking in the city, having good rests in different cafés and long, beautiful evenings in the garden. I love Budapest. If you haven't visited the city yet, do it! I garantee you - you'll love it! :)

This is from a small town a bit outside Budapest, called St. Endre. The city is well known as an artist city. It's a town with beautiful houses, tiny streets and a lot of small shops where you can buy both souveniers and handmade stuff.
We bought the "Budapest Card" which gives us free transport all over the city. We mostly used the tram. That's a great way of sightseeing.
The wiew from the castle is spectacular! Here you can see the Lance Bridge, the Vigado place and the St. Stefan Basilika.

A detail from the Lance Bridge - gorgeous lamps.
And the Parliament is stunning. So huge, with so many details. The last year they've whitened the front of the building and it looks fantastic by night, so beautifully lightened.
Tired turist's feet... Who said the life of a turist is pure joy?
On top of the Buda Hill is the huge castle. It used to be the home of the king, but is today hosting the National Library and a museum.
We altso visited the St. Stéfan Basilika, the biggest church in the city. The building is 96 meter high, and one of the church bells weight more than 9000 kg. It'a beautiful church, no doubt.

Once again a picture taken from the Fishermen's bastion on the Buda hill. The view is stunning.
A glimps of the Fishermen's Bastion late night. I'm sorry my camera didn't manage to capture the right light and mood... It's so much more beautiful in real life.
We also visited the Heroes Square (Hösök tér), with it's enormous statues. So impressing.

Next time I'm visiting Budapest, I'll travel early December. August is terrible warm, with more than 32 degrees... (And that's 10 too much for a Norwegian tourist...) In December the temperature will be more like home, and we'll also see the city in Christmas mood. Can't wait to get back... :)

(Jeg skriver ikke dette på norsk, siden jeg regner med at de aller fleste av dere forstår norwenglishen min... Budapest anbefales på det varmeste.)

Art Journal & Make a MOO

*hihi* Nå har jeg grisa skikkelig! Og testa ut den ene greia etter den andre, beholdt litt av det og malt over noe... skribla og limt... Uten en eneste plan, egentlig. Stas :) Og jommen flyr timene når jeg holder på sånn som dette!


Jeg puttet to MOO-kort inn i AJ-siden min, etter utfordringen hos "Make a Moo or two". Utfordringen der var å bruke mye tekst, og det har jeg klart! Både på selve siden og de bittesmå Moo-kortene. Også på disse sidene har jeg brukt en av tekstene til Elin Furubotn. De er så bra! Har du ikke hørt CD'n hennes, så anbefaler jeg den uten å mukke!


Nå skal vi på besøk for å planlegge Budapestturen vår. Det blir stas! Jeg får lete opp noen album fra tidligere tider...


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Yeah, this was messy! And pure fun! I've been experimenting with a lot of techniques... Some with success, others... And time surely flies when working like this! I started making a page in my Art Journal, and ended up incorporating a couple of moo's, too - using the challenge at the "Make a Moo or two". I did manage to use a lot of text, both on the tiny moo's and on the rest of the page. Once again I've used a song text by Elin Furubotn. Love them!


"Away from noisy streets, flying far away from the time. Away from the city theater, feeling that the time is mine. A place where I can breath in what my soul wants, use what my senses need. Finding back to the child I used to be... Away from noisy days. Feels good to take some time off. Maybe travel by train. Watch the landscape pass by. Away from heavy thoughts. Walk on beautiful fields with you. Pick a strawberry. The time is coming to me."

This is my pages befor starting the doodling...



MOO-card 1:

MOO-card 2:

Now, off to plan the coming trip to Budapest :)

Kursteaser og siste Budapest-smakebit

Annie og jeg skal holde kurs på Stempelscrap-messa (26.-27. april), og her er en aldri så liten smakebit. Det hadde vært veldig moro om du ble med på kurset! For mer info: StempelScrap - kursinfo.

Jeg legger også ut den siste siden i Budapest-guiden min, og håper du har hatt en fin 'tur' her - og at den ga mersmak. Budapest er en utrolig flott by som virkelig er verdt et besøk.

Sånn, nå venter Art Journalen min *jippi* Ha en fortsatt fin lørdag :)

Tusen, tusen takk! Blog Award

Jeg sitter her og gliser fra øre til øre, jeg. Jeg har mottatt en virkelig ærefull blogg-pris!

Tusen, tusen takk, HegeT *klem*

Og tusen, tusen takk, Elisabeth *klem*

Og tusen, tusen takk, Berit *klem*

You made my day, det er iallfall sikkert!

Kriteriene for awardsen er som følger: "Awarded parties must nominate five people who have not received the award. The blogs that receive the award must serve some purpose. Awarded parties must post the award banner on their site. The banner must remain linked to the above linked site."

Jeg må tenke meg litt om når det gjelder 'mine fem nominerte'... I'll be back.

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Så et par Budapestsider i dag også:

Budapest 3

Jeg glemte å legge ut Budapest-guiden min i går, så her kommer et par smakebiter til:

Nye smakebiter fra Budapest

Dagens smakebiter tar dere med til Gamlebyen på Buda-siden. Vakkert, vakkert, vakkert.
Today's first teaster takes you to the Castle area of Buda. Beautiful - both day and night.

Å være turist er krevende, og matpauser er helt nødvendig. Her er noen tips.
Beeing a tourist is quite exhausting, and some "eating breaks" is totally neccessary. Here are some tips.

Budapest-smakebiter 2

Her kommer dagens smakebiter fra Budapest. Jeg må også legge til et lite forbehold om feil og mangler i brosjyra... Ta den for det den er - en teaser - og ikke et leksikon :)


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Here comes today's Budapest teasers. And I want to remind you that this is only a 'teaser' and not a lexicon, so if you find uncorrect information, I appologize...

Budapest

Jeg hadde virkelig håpet jeg skulle boble over av kreativitet i påska, men det går trått... Faktisk har jeg ikke hatt noe som helst lyst til å lage noe som helst. Men nå er det nok. I morra skal jeg tvinge meg selv til å bruke noen timer på kontoret. Jeg må jo komme meg igang igjen...!

I dag har jeg brukt tiden til å mimre. Om Budapest. Det kjennes som en evighet siden jeg var der sist - og det er vel egentlig også... Men nå skal jeg snart tilbake dit :) Vi har, sammen med et vennepar, bestilt oss tur dit i juni. De har aldri vært der før, og siden jeg har bodd der nede, er jeg utpekt til å være reiseleder og guide. Og ingen skal si at jeg ikke tar jobben min seriøst! Så i dag har jeg plukket frem igjen gamle minner, rustne gloser og ekte Budapest-stemning - og resultatet er en reisebrosjyre som venneparet vårt skal få et par sider av hver dag i uka som kommer, for til helga skal vi planlegge. Jeg håper smakebitene mine faller i smak.

Og i mangel på andre ting å vise frem, lar jeg dere få smake litt, dere også. Kanskje det er flere som får lyst til å besøke byen?

PS: Brosjyren er laget spesifikt til venneparet vi skal ha med på tur, så endel av informasjonen er tilpasset det, bl.a. "anbefalt hotell" (dette er vår families private leilighet...) og metrostasjon-info....
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I'm sorry. I have no new stuff to show off. Actually I haven't made anything for days... But tomorrow I'm pushing myself to be creative for at least a couple of hours, 'cause I hate these dry dessert times...

Today I've spent the day making a digital flyer about Budapest. I lived there some years ago, but haven't been there for years. In June I'm heading for Hungary again, together with my husband and some friends of mine. They have never been there, so for the next week I'm going to send them a daily Budapest Teaser by email.... And since I don't have anything else to show you, I'll let you take a glimps at the teasers too. Who knows - maybe they'll make you wanna go there too? (Sorry all the texts are in Norwegian...)