In The Post: Postcard

I got home from work yesterday and found this postcard waiting for me from Barcelona. It's inspired by the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pavillion and I love it. Thanks Amy.

Budapest Snaps

A few snapshots of Budapest memories – finding numerous love tokens around the city, getting an upgrade to a six bed apartment even though there was just two of us, realising the decay up close, an uphill trek just for a photo of Matthias church, getting caught in a motorcycle rally, finding all the antique shops closed, resting up outside Budapest castle.

Budapest Zoo

I remember this was a blistering hot day, my feet were raw from three days of walking and I hadn't had anything decent to drink in hours but it was still a great day at the zoo. The centre of the zoo is occupied by a huge duck pond surrounded by heron trees and fighting fowl, there are dozens of reptile houses and an impressive bat enclosure. We wandered around the animals for hours and peeked in at the newborns in the animal hospital. There was a completely darkened spider and insect room that I couldn't bring myself to go into - imagine turning the lights off in a room like that.

On the way to see the giraffes I found this display, I assume it has been knocked over but I love the fact that noone has fixed it and by the looks of it it's been like this for some time, it's insane.

The Danube

Budapest is rather special

In The Post: Postcard

I love when a postcard lands on my doorstep, especially when it’s a bit tatty, full of stamps and looks like it’s gone through a dozen sorting offices before it arrives home. This wanderlust inducing, vintage Bruges postcard arrived yesterday. It’s perfect , the only trouble is I’m rapidly running out of space on my postcard wall – a happy problem.