Landing in Budapest

One unexpected pleasure of creating Travel is Beautiful is the opportunity to make new friends in foreign lands. Tamas is one such friend who kindly met us at the airport and shared his beautiful city, Budapest.

During the drive to the hotel, we glimpsed countryside that looked both familiar and different since this was our first visit to Hungary. As we drove, Tamas explained that over the years he visited the US multiple times - San Francisco, Los Angeles as well as other parts of the country. He shared his love for the US and dreamed of moving there, but life got in the way. He earnestly disclosed, “The US is the best country in the world. And most people that live there don’t even know how great it is.” This simple sentence stuck in the back of my mind during our days in Budapest.

Tamas is a photographer and we planned to explore his city with our cameras. However, time spent with Tamas and his gracious wife turned into a rich cultural experience. Over dinner they shared what life is like as we ate at a typical Budapest restaurant. Thankfully, Tamas served as our menu translator since no one else at the restaurant spoke English and our ability to speak Hungarian is nonexistent. We planned a photo shoot for the next day.

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