News from Budapest...

Since I have not so many things to do and Krisz 'needed' to buy his new little toy (which has american keyboard and to death I change the Y bz the Z), we came end up in Hungary. It is amazing how cheap airplane tickets you can buy in Switzerland, or in the entire Europe. For 119 sfr, you can buy an almost last minute-airplane ticket Geneva-Budapest. If you program yourselves well, return tickets from Easyjet, Baboo and others are available for 40 sfr. For a Brazilian it was never so easy to fly.

THe Danube (almost flooding), the Parlament, the Citadel. All with the cherish storm in the background.

It is so strange to be back to Budapest even after only a month. So many differences everywhere. Like a big, realllllllly big rain welcomed us. It was fulllllll of lightnings and thunders, not an everyday happening in Geneva. After 4 months living there we saw a lightning only once and it rains a lot there! Other differences are in the markets and their new products which I so much wish they were sold 5 years ago.

Of course there is still much to develop until, at least, Budapest become one more of those big capitals from European Union, but only time, more money injection and a change in some people's mentality will help in this. Why the last one? Simple! After living this short time in Geneva (city reachable by car just after crossing the country) you get used to their driving style. They are really polite and don't try to overtake you just to be in front of you or to show their big-engine-expensive car is more powerful than yours. This Hungary has to learn, and a lot! Learned this even more yesterday when I went to pick up the product of one of my longest soap opera chapters: my summa cum laude PhD diploma! How proud daddy is! Not bad for a between jobs biologist.

Then I checked my old pals and friends in the lab. THey are really nice! But still strange to just visit and think I don't work there anymore...Good luck, may the force be with them!

Ah, one last thing. This is for Hungarians. How to write this should be done in Hungarian? I can't believe I bit little husband and his incredible smart father in this! Cheers for me, as we Brazilians say there are some priceless things still in this world.....

And today we are good to go shopping! What? Don't know yet. We are checking cars to change the C4 (what a pitty he is so nice) and who knows somethings else, since Hungary is still not one of those big EU capitals and things are still cheaper around here than in the others...