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In a word, the weather in Budapest is Unpredictable. I don’t leave the apartment without an umbrella. If you look at the weather forecast for a give 2 day period, it will change multiple times within that time period. You may even look at the weather, as I am now, which says partly cloudy all day, no rain in the forecast, then be presently surprised but an utter downpour. Coming from Los Angeles where the weather is 90% of the time right – sunny and in the 70’s, with no rain,

Beer Beer as far as the eye can see. Craft beer is alive and well in Budapest. I went to the first day of this three-day craft beer festival. The 70 bus runs right into the City Park. You get off at the sunbathing lawn at Olof Palme sétány and enter the pop-up beerstravaganza. There’s no entrance fee, so you can wander around, and eat all of the street food you can fit. If you want to partake in the beer tasting you must buy a festival glass. The glass is 1200 HUF and you get

Budapest is beautiful. Old, a bit dirty but beautiful. I had the good fortune to spend a semester abroad in college many moons ago. During that time I also had the good fortune to be able to visit Budapest. My how things have changed! I was in Amsterdam last month, I had also been there during college and I thought that had changed. Well the change in Budapest blows the change in Amsterdam out of the water. Like I said it has been a very long time since I have been here and i