https://www.bennee.com/~alex/2009-12-03T16:57:00+00:00the wanderings of a supposed digital native2009-12-03T16:57:00+00:002009-12-03T16:57:00+00:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2009-12-03:/~alex/blog/2009/12/03/exploring-budapest/

<p>After finishing work around midday I took advantage of the rest of the day to go and do a little exploring around town. There is a handy tourist bus which does a 24 hour ticket and runs a continuous loop around the principle tourist points. Hopefully I'll get a second …</p>

<p>After finishing work around midday I took advantage of the rest of the day to go and do a little exploring around town. There is a handy tourist bus which does a 24 hour ticket and runs a continuous loop around the principle tourist points. Hopefully I'll get a second stab at using my ticket tomorrow morning. <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest">Budapest</a> really is a beautiful old European city, it reminded most of my trip to Prague. Although large chunks of it were destroyed during various wars (including all the bridges) the Hungarians have done a fantastic job restoring it while maintaining the 19th century grandeur.</p> <p>I spent today looking around the <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda_Castle">castle</a> area which although walled is more a massive palace complex. I did check out the curious <a class="reference external" href="http://www.labirintus.com/en">Buda Labyrinth</a> which is a series of interesting tunnels under the castle area. Each area has a number of <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Gormley">Gormley</a> style sculptures, sometimes with ambient music and set to various themes. I'm not sure I'd recommend it as a tourist destination (2000 HUF, about £6.60 seemed a little steep), however I think the place would make a fantastic LRP dungeon complex.</p> <p>I didn't have time to explore any of the many museums on the castle hill and tomorrow I need to decide between going up the Zoo and impressive <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%91s%C3%B6k_tere">Heroes Square</a> or visiting one of the many &quot;medicinal&quot; hot spring Spa's. My flight home is at 17.20 so I think I'll get most of the day before I have to sequester myself in the airport for my flight home.</p> 2009-12-02T19:41:00+00:002009-12-02T19:41:00+00:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2009-12-02:/~alex/blog/2009/12/02/that-was-quick/

<p>I've spent about 4 hours traveling today and about 3 hours in the clients offices. Everything went fairly smoothly and despite occasional language impeadence I've only gained an extra 3-4 feature requests, none of which should be too tricky to implement. I'll probably pop into our local partners office tomorrow …</p>

<p>I've spent about 4 hours traveling today and about 3 hours in the clients offices. Everything went fairly smoothly and despite occasional language impeadence I've only gained an extra 3-4 feature requests, none of which should be too tricky to implement. I'll probably pop into our local partners office tomorrow morning for a write-up before having the rest of the day to explore. Any recommendations gratefully received.</p>