A bit more than three weeks ago I was
sitting on the courtyard of the Holes, and was trying to imagine
myself finding my way first on the Cologne airport, then all across
Germany and Austria, and then, worst of all, getting through the
Hungarian bureaucratic system without any valid documentation and
very little money. The whole thing seemed both surrealistic and
scary. What am I, after all, but one of the tiny rabbits of the world
hiding in my safe hole? How will I survive Out There?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I proudly
announce that all of the above-mentioned missions are almost
completed :) Not without some hitches, I must admit. Almost everybody told
us that hitchhiking in Germany is easy. I don't know too much about
it, because we had to cross almost all Germany by train. After our first, extremely lucky ride from the airport to Frankfurt on a regular bus, four days of rain forced us to jump trains and sleep at some
not-so-nice places, such as a medieval bastion, the backside of kids'
amusement park and, worst of all, a supermarket door. It was a bit
like getting back all those rainy days I skipped during the last year.
After the rain had stopped, the only thing we had to do was to
collect 100 euros for making the new documentation, arrive at Hungary
and hand in all the paperwork. And so we did. Special thanks to Regensburg and the
99th German Catholic Days – people have never been as
generous as there. Thanks also to a friend's very nice friend who shared her
appartement with us in Budapest. And let's not forget to mention
Gyula's doctor and the administrator at the Office (what an Orwellian
name, isn't it? And I'm not joking). They could have made the whole
process of getting the new passports and driving licence much, much
longer – but they did not bother. In theory, all our papers will be
ready by the end of June.
And then?
Well, before we had left Tenerife, I
felt the need to learn to stop making plans and practice going with
the flow, so we had only two rock-solid plans: to make the necessary
documentation and to make enough money to buy the ticket back to
Tenerife in the autumn. Everything else is free flight. So instead of plans, here are our visions for July:
We've been wanting to listen a healing dose of good, hard psytrance music for a long, long time. Luckily it is possible in Hungary. Unfortunately, our favourite music and art Gathering had to be cancelled this year,
but there are still a lot of parties to go to. Inner Waves, for example, has already booked Gyula as
a DJ.
Sun Festival is the big fish we want to catch. I am sure they need us, so please, keep your fingers crossed that they know it as well.
After that, Red Lion Artist Gathering might be
our good-bye to Hungary.
Besides, we want to visit friends all
around the country, do lots of firedance and street performances and
have a lot of fun in general.
And since there is no good blog entry
without photos, here is some visual traces of how we spent our days in Hungary
Making fiery presents for our mothers:
We went to a demonstration against the
destruction of a beautiful park in Budapest,
and we've seen the very first opera of
our lives (but not the last). For the invitation thanks to Linda, our
friend who sings in it.
Finally, the last week we spent most
of our time in front of the computer, collecting a huge amount of
ebooks, music and movies, clicking on every interesting or crazy
links on Facebook. In other words, doing everything we missed. Like keeping this
blog updated. :)