TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Friday, November 4, 2005

4:35 AM
Posted by jodi rose

guard now on duty: ms jodi rose
here I am now reporting to you from sturovo
arrived this afternoon after brief train trip from budapest
a little anxious about what exactly I had signed up for
gyuri met me at the station, drove into town
much bigger than I had imagined, there's a new pedestrian strip, shoe shops, a cinema - which appears to be playing 'the wedding crashers'
great, anyone concerned about my withdrawal from trashy films can relax now. plenty of trashy music on the radio too, material girl and ra ra rasputin highlights of the evenings listening.
was hoping to do lots of internet radio but dial up not broadband. ugh.
lovely smoky blue hills around this bend of the danube
esztergom basilica across the river
spanned by the graceful sea green arches of lovely maria valeria
she really is a very beautiful bridge
some confusion about this sign - is it encouraging or refusing people a bed under the bridge?
gyuri has promised the unofficial welcome tonight at the pub - later next week we go to meet the mayor
slight dislocation culture shock, esp in supermarket experience
selection of musty fruit indicates its not the one monique mentions in her bridge guard diary with selection of tropical exotic fruits
managed to buy liver pate and crab spread inadvertently
neither of which i can eat. will go fry my fish fingers soon.
the apartment is fantastic, three huge rooms, all mod cons, very crisp and white with minimal furnishings - that spartan look i was aiming for! let's see how much colour and movement I can impart from the 36kg of luggage I managed to haul over here.
coloured wools from glasgow already brightening up the living room, and the lovely glasgow toile going up on the wall tomorrow.