Culture shock
Posted on Nov 16, 2005
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Filed under: Budapest, Current Work, Day to Day, Letter to Hungary, Magyar Vonatkozású
Eh, not really. Budapest hasn’t changed as much as I’d expected. And I’m very glad.
Just came from a rehearsal. Words cannot describe how good it is to hear live instruments playing what you’ve only heard in your head or via MIDI playback. A few tempo disputes, which we’ll surely settle over a few rounds of p�linka later on. Otherwise, hooray!
I’m sitting in an airless, smokey flourescent-lit internet caf�. Must go now. Must ….. breathe…. air…..
UPDATE: Here is said internet cafe. The the right of it is Budapest’s first Burger King, which opened when I lived here around 1991. It was said to be the largest Burger King in the world at the time. Shrug. It had wonderfully tacky decor. I must go and see if they’ve toned it down.
Michael, best wishes with your premiere! I’m jealous, too (three), of your return stay there! I’ll be transiting through Budapest in late December and in January, but I’m not sure how much time I’ll actually have to spend there. Enjoy it for us all! (I remember the day after last Christmas, trying in a rainstorm to get from the National Museum up to Buda, and not making it! I can handle the metro, but not the tramways!)
I second what M. says about the jealousy, with this addition: p
have fun in hungary! im jealous! (of both being in europe and of having real musicians play your music.) Take lots of pictures…