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May 11, 2005
Arrival in Budapest
Hi everyone... Its just after 8pm here in Budapest... Ive spent the day with Gaspar Matyas, founder of the Hungarian telecottage movement. We spent the afternoon at his apartment discussing the history of the movement, then we took a three-hour whirlwind tour of the city. It was an amazing walk, the two highlights being a visit to the extraordinary Great Synagogue, perhaps the most beautiful synagogue I have seen anywhere in the world, and a very random encounter with US FBI director Robert Mueller, who was window shopping with half a dozen scary looking secret service agents. We capped off the night with dinner along the Danube at sunset.
On the whole I am exhausted and not yet comfortable typing on a Hungarian keyboard, so I will write more on my laptop and post it later.... -andy
Posted by acarvin at May 11, 2005 2:27 PM
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