19 January 2012

When Serenity meets Serendipity @Budapest

Budapest, a place where time stops to enjoy the wine and the jazz.


After all the complications, finally I can travel out of UK! (*yeepee-yeepee-yay-ing*).

It has been an amazing trip with more appreciation towards life and culture.  The time stops and flows with the rhythm of jazz, as well as with the aromatic Hungarian latte at the Central coffee shop. With a small slice of Kreme, a local pastry sandwiched with 2 inches thick of clotted cream, you smile at the sunny weather outside Ruszwurm, the oldest confectionery in Budapest.

Quoting it from a friend, “Be indifferent. Don’t rush into anything. You feel frustrated and disappointed only when you are rushing for the train.”  It changes my perspective in life, and with many recent happenings, this quote came quite timely I would say.   

This trip, with different travel partners, we initiated many random conversations, from philosophy to architecture, from arts to politics, from literature to history, and from coffee to wine. We also saw how different upbringings and experience managed to strike vibrant and diverse viewpoints on certain topics.

The city is full of sweet tranquility. Sitting in a decent restaurant, while savouring the tenderloin steak and drinking a glass of 0.1L Tokaji Azsu 3 puttonyos, we got to watch light, white fragments of sleet, showering outside the window, covering the pavements.

Or, when you are overlooking the whole city of Budapest, from the 400m St.Gelert’s Hill, under 4oCelcius, it’s just purely amazing. Witnessing a city with 1000 years in history, is like stepping on the stones and rocks in the Colosseum , a fulfillment you get when you visit the ancient ruins which live through the millennium.

Sometimes, when you are able to see how life can be transformed into a great feast of self-indulgence in a cultural or historical field trip, it reminds you that keeping your writing and travelling dreams are essential.

Taken @Budapest



















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