Budapest is Beautiful

Overlooking the city

This morning I went to the ATM and got another 10,000 HUF and then went to the grocery store to get some breakfast. My total came to 288 and I handed the woman my 10,000 and she gave me back 9010 in change. I looked at the change and counted it myself 1 – 5000, 1 – 2000, 2 – 1000 and 1 coin worth 10. I held it up to her and she took it and recounted it to be 9010 and stared at me. I held it up to her and pointed at the receipt that said I was supposed to have 9712 in change and she again counted the 9010 and looked content. I kept pointing at the receipt and she finally realized that there was only 9010 there. Then she started to pick up things off the counter and throw them around to look for the missing money. Then she grabbed my wallet and started to look through there, I grabbed my wallet back from her and tried to get her to understand that she had never given me anything more. After several long moments of her shouting and slamming things on the counter she pulled out a 500 note from the register along with two 100 coins to make up the missing 700 HUF.

Today was a magical day full of sunshine, walking and relaxation. I walked all over the downtown area near the river and stopped in two different parks to relax and listen to an audio book (It has been pointed out to me that listening to an audio book is not in fact reading and I shouldn’t say I am reading when I am listening to an audio book). This is a truly beautiful city and it was an amazingly beautiful day. Be sure to check out the pictures for today.

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