Our city tour continued by 11am today.
When we got to Szent Istvan to board the hop on- hop off bus, we met a black guy by the bus. As soon as we heard him speakt, we knew he was a Nigerian. As we walked into the bus we said hello to him and he asked us where we came from. I told him I am from his place. He said his father is from Rivers while his mum is from Kogi state but he grew up in Ilorin. Fortunately, my husband had lived in Ilorin before so they talked about places in Ilorin. The guy jumped up in excitement, he said we were making him feel homesick. He said his name is Basil (I’m not sure I believe that). He could speak Rivers language (Ikwere), Yoruba, English and Hungarian language. I didn’t get to ask him what he was doing in Hungary but I asked him to pose for a picture which he did. Basil said all the black men we would come across at the different hop on and hop off bus stops were Nigerians. I guess that was the only available summer job for them.
Then it started raining; although this particular bus had a roof it had no windows. The rain wasn’t heavy but I got a fair share of the rain on my body. Then the roof started offloading stored water through my corner of the window. As you can imagine I got more than a fair share of the rain but what could I do? I didn’t allow that to spoil my tour, I completely ignored it. Then some people came down from the bus and we changed seats.
As we progressed on the tour, we decided we wouldn’t stop at most of the tourist attraction sites because of the children. However, when we got to citadel, everyone was asked to come down from the bus as the bus would stop for 20 mins. Thank God we brought Pemmy’s stroller. Her dad secured her safely on it and we walked around the place. A road was constructed that led to the top of the hill called Gellert Hill. It’s described as a UNESCO World Heritage Sight- the Citadel. It was originally built by the Hapsburgs after the end of the Revolution of 1848-49 as an intimidating edifice to Hungarians, today they see it as a symbol of freedom. The place also gives a beautiful and clear view to the bridges above the curving Danube, the Buda Castle, the Parliament, the Pest side and the Buda hills. We also saw the Statue of Liberty at the top of the hill. We were told that the statue depicts a proud lady who has been watching over Budapest since April 4, 1947.
We took some lovely pictures and sat down to have snacks. The first thing I do at places is to ask this question: ‘You speak English?’
Waitress: ‘Yes, Yes, what do you want?’ I pointed to a hotdog. Have I mentioned that Hungarian bread is very hard*rolling eyes* well, one thing I am sure of…they won’t sell one loaf of their Hungarian bread in Nigeria if they ever decide to open shop there. Well we ordered hotdog with kebab and soft drinks. The hotdog wasn’t really nice. The kebab was nice but the cucumber and onions on the stick were more than the grilled chicken.
30 days in Hungary Day 9 (22.07.17) Saturday Our city tour continued by 11am today.When we got to Szent Istvan to board the hop on- hop off bus, we met a black guy by the bus. As soon as we heard him speakt, we knew he was a Nigerian. As we walked into the bus we said hello to him and he asked us where we came from. I told him I am from his place. He said his father is from Rivers while his mum is from Kogi state but he grew up in Ilorin. Fortunately, my husband had lived in Ilorin before so they talked about places in Ilorin. The guy jumped up in excitement, he said we were making him feel homesick. He said his name is Basil (I’m not sure I believe that). He could speak Rivers language (Ikwere), Yoruba, English and Hungarian language. I didn’t get to ask him what he was doing in Hungary but I asked him to pose for a picture which he did. Basil said all the black men we would come across at the different hop on and hop off bus stops were Nigerians. I guess that was the only available summer job for them.Then it started raining; although this particular bus had a roof it had no windows. The rain wasn't heavy but I got a fair share of the rain on my body. Then the roof started offloading stored water through my corner of the window. As you can imagine I got more than a fair share of the rain but what could I do? I didn't allow that to spoil my tour, I completely ignored it. Then some people came down from the bus and we changed seats. As we progressed on the tour, we decided we wouldn’t stop at most of the tourist attraction sites because of the children. However, when we got to citadel, everyone was asked to come down from the bus as the bus would stop for 20 mins. Thank God we brought Pemmy’s stroller. Her dad secured her safely on it and we walked around the place. A road was constructed that led to the top of the hill called Gellert Hill. It’s described as a UNESCO World Heritage Sight- the Citadel. It was originally built by the Hapsburgs after the end of the Revolution of 1848-49 as an intimidating edifice to Hungarians, today they see it as a symbol of freedom. The place also gives a beautiful and clear view to the bridges above the curving Danube, the Buda Castle, the Parliament, the Pest side and the Buda hills. We also saw the Statue of Liberty at the top of the hill. We were told that the statue depicts a proud lady who has been watching over Budapest since April 4, 1947.We took some lovely pictures and sat down to have snacks. The first thing I do at places is to ask this question: ‘You speak English?’Waitress: ‘Yes, Yes, what do you want?’ I pointed to a hotdog. Have I mentioned that Hungarian bread is very hard*rolling eyes* well, one thing I am sure of…they won’t sell one loaf of their Hungarian bread in Nigeria if they ever decide to open shop there. Well we ordered hotdog with kebab and soft drinks. The hotdog wasn’t really nice. The kebab was nice but the cucumber and onions on the stick were more than the grilled chicken.
Gepostet von Diary of a Special Needs Mum Initiative am Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2017
