Hop On, Hop Off Outta Da Way

The Hop On, Hop Off tour people are driving me nuts. They have a table every three feet and want to give you a brochure and talk you into buying their tour--even if they just saw you pass by another table two minutes ago. I have 43 brochures. They're young people, apparently paid on commission. If tourists would look at the map, they would notice that for 6000 forints, about 8 of the 12 stops are within 1/2 mile of each other. Yes, you get a boat tour, a beer, and some discounts, but you're not going to go to the places with the discounts. I bought a week all transportation ticket for 2000 less. I must say I hate this money. A dollar is about 237 forints. I can do the math, but when it comes to something like a tip, I don't know whether I've give $10 or 10 cents. Plus, it's hard to figure out if something is a bargain.

For nostalgia's sake, I took the subway to Heroes Square today--I did that every day when I was in school here. I changed to a bus to get home from there; wherever that was that I lived. I have no desire to look at the old apartment although the street was nice with some embassies and fancy houses. Then I walked back--Andrassy is about a 2 mile walk--something like that. I stopped at Liszt Square for lunch because I love that square. The Hooters is still there. As is the TGIFridays on Deac Ter I once ate at because I couldn't make it any further that night. I had a horrible lunch and remembered the food really isn't very good here unless you're eating goose liver. So for dinner, I had fried goose liver bits on arugula with red onions. Delicious.

It rained and cooled off considerably so I washed my jeans and then ironed the t-shirts I washed yesterday. Of course, I can't figure out the washing machine; I bought some fabric softener to make the clothes softer but it didn't seem to help too much.  I have the instruction manual in English.and can't figure out where the soap goes.

I have better pictures of Heroes Square from the last time I was here Kind of busy today. So here's also a picture of my cafelatte.