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After an epic trip around southeast Europe, Kristen and I spent one last day in Budapest. We saw this sweet car parked on the sidewalk near where we stayed the night.
In a ruin pup for a drink.
Kristen hoisting an ale to a fun trip.
Heading up the stairs to the apartment we rented.
The interior courtyard.
At another pub for another pint.
The sun setting in Budapest.
Some random music in a random hipster bar on a random street in Budapest.
To get back to Budapest where Kristen and I both were to catch flights, we decided to take the train from Timișoara. The Timișoara train station is one of the more dilapidated halls of transportation that I have been in.
Passenger cars being assembled for the journey.
Old rusting tank cars and abandoned passenger cars.
On the train and getting ready to head out of the station.
A modern local train.
Out in the countryside on the way to the border with Hungary.
Oil wells pumping away.
At the station in Budapest.
In the main hall back where we started.
Budapest has an interesting series of pubs that have sprang up inside of old derelict buildings. Many of them were neglected for decades and have fallen into ruins. Thus the concept of the ruin pub was born. Kristen found several good ruin pubs for us to go check out.
There is usually a mix of eclectic art and ruined masonry in the ruin pubs.
Kristen enjoying a Hungarian beer.
Huge lips above a projector screen where movies are sometimes shown at night.
More lips.
Free wifi is available at most ruin pubs. They seem like a nice place to do some mid-day work.
