Today’s post will be more photographic than written.
But here are a few more observations…
A majority of the telephone and power poles are either concrete or steel, very few are wood.
Used books are a dollar or 200 forints regardless of the continent you’re on.
Most Hungarians speak at least 2 languages, most speak Hungarian and German. Many also speak English and French.
Lisa is not reading the blog, she keeps asking me to post pictures I’ve already posted and mention things I’ve written entire posts about.
Fresh peas make me break out.
The building photographs are of the Museum of Applied Arts. It’s an amazing building and I was lucky enough to climb into the attic. The attic is filled with materials that are being used to renovate the exterior. The building was built in 1864 as a museum and school to teach applied arts. Today it’s still a museum and the original studio areas are used by MOME. Studios include weaving, fashion design, graphic design and knitting. There will be a post just about the school and studios later.
The photograph of the lady is someone we all know or have known. She was at the gallery opening on Wednesday night. She was also at the gallery opening 2 weeks ago. She attends all gallery openings; as long as there is food and wine. I watched her patiently listen to the drummers. She then made a quick spin thru the gallery, held her chin in her hand while she considered the social and artistic value of the work and then, like a moth to a flame made a moth line to the refreshments. She downed 2 glasses of wine and ate 4 cheese rolls before the drums had cooled. Gabor (the waiter) and I watched her over the next 45 minutes and we think the total was seven glasses of wine and at least ten rolls. We may have double counted the ones she put in her coat pocket.
Rash is itching, going to bed.
Loved the pix of the attic, and the story about the gallery lady. We had one of those when I worked at Chattanooga's Hunter Museum of Art. She worked in a department store in downtown Chattanooga, and was a fixture at openings for as long as I worked there (1976-1985). She was a chow hound, too.
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