#40

hahaha oh yeah szar. Which is pronounced sor. Hungarian, huh?

#41

so:

sör= beer (pl sörök)
szór=hair (pl szórok)
szar= shit (pl szarok)
(and found in the dictionary) szár= plant stem (pl szárak)

Hungarians are really big on good enunciation, for obvious reasons.

#42

Indeed. My girlfriend is Hungarian so I’ve learnt quite a few foul words but have no idea how to write them down.

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#43

I bet she’s caught you with the old egészségedré too.

#44

Actually realised I got that wrong after checking with the dictionary-

szőr with a long ö is hair
szór with a long o is sprinkle.

Ah hungarian vowels.

#45

Think Budapest is on the cards for new year.
Anyone been at ny?

#46

budapest booked for new year! WooHoo!!

#48

Egészségedre!

#49

Feel like I’ve been very negligent here not including a picture of the hungarian habit of serving soup inside a whole loaf of bread.

#50

Absolutely! :slight_smile:

What does that mean?

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#51

Hungarian for cheers. It’s literally to your health. If you say it a bit wrong it can mean to your arse. Hungarians like to teach it to drunk foreigners.

(Also see above comments about the words for beer, shit and hair being really, really similar)

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#52

I’ll be a drunk foreigner :slight_smile:

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#53

To your arse!

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#54

just typed all this out then realised thread is no longer relevant. but gonna post anyway for lo-pan’s benefit and future reference

hi i live here. it is cheap and cold. i barely know anything because i’m just horrifyingly busy all the time but based on my limited knowledge:

drinking: in the 7th district (where all the ruin pubs are) i like anker’t, liebling, mika tivadar. for something slightly more off the tourist trail there are a few nice places in the 8th - aurora and golya are cool bars that have fun gigs and clubnights, csiga is a nice cafe/bar with decent food, kek lo is supposed to be good. if you’re in the 5th (where the parliament and basilica etc are) most of the pubs are posh and bad but terv is quite nice. if you end up on the buda side of the river the only place i have been is juranyi haz which is a theatre/performance space with a nice cafe/bar bit. apparently there is a cat pub somewhere. for non-booze drinking massolit is a nice cafe and english-language bookshop in the 7th, and espresso embassy in the 5th has good coffee.

eating: second the recommendation for hummus bar, there are loads of them and they’re decent and cheap. mazel tov also pretty good for middle eastern stuff. other food: castro bistro for laidback pub vibe, ket szerecsen for something a bit more upmarket and restauranty. places i have not been but am informed are good: koleves, bors (for “street food”)

activities: the only baths i’ve been to is szechenyi, highly recommended. there’s an outside bit so you have to run out in the cold and nearly die but then when you get in the hot water it’s the best thing ever. go and have a walk round margaret island. take the zugliget chairlift up into the buda hills and go for a nice walk. look at the synagogue, opera house, parliament, basilica, random grandiose buildings dotted all over the place, etc. make sure you take the yellow metro line at some point, the stations and trains are very cute and retro. apparently there’s a huge ice rink in varosliget (city park) at the moment which looks great.

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#55

I’m heading here in late January now. This thread is great. Really excited, but have yet to book a hotel.

Any recommendations? Looking to stay in/around the 7th district.

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#56

missed this post, cheers T :slight_smile:

#57

How far from the airport into town, should I get a train or bus or taxi etc?

#58

It’s not far at all- about 30-45 mins driving. They have a shared taxi service where a mini-bus takes you and some other passengers going the same way.

https://www.minibud.hu/en

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#59

Jesus

#60

Get a proper taxi if you do get one. My mate got a lift from a guy hanging about at arrivals and paid x3 more than we did and he gave him some coinage that was no longer accepted there.

In his defence the currency was tricky to convert and he’s a fucking idiot.

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