{"id":353,"date":"2009-09-17T17:14:11","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T17:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bearhugs.co.uk\/blog\/?p=353"},"modified":"2009-09-17T17:14:11","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T17:14:11","slug":"and-the-rain-came-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bearhugs.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/353","title":{"rendered":"And the rain came down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhat a difference a day makes. We’ve spent the last few days complaining about the heat and trying to find a bit of shade to sit in. Today we woke up to grey skies and drizzle. John said Maria wouldn’t need her umbrella since we would be spending most of the day in doors.
\nFirst we set off to the Museum of Applied Arts. We’d seen the building from the outside before and it always looked interesting. We weren’t disappointed.
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\nThe roof is covered in Zsolnay tiles. The entrance and the central gallery are also spectacular. We didn’t know what to look at next.
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\nThere was alot of renovation going on and so only a selection of the museums collection could be viewed. The idea for the collection was to create a stock of artifacts of real merit for artisans to study and thus inspire them to create great work of their own.
\nThere was everything from glass to carving to porcelain to textile to painting to….. Generally the items were also of practical use, to follow the Hungarian proverb…’It is beautiful to be useful, but it is also useful to be beautiful.’
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\nWe then braved the rain and headed for the Gell\u00e9rt, when we were last there they did not have any hal\u00e1szl\u00e9, John favourite fish soup, and Zoli had promised him some if we came back today. He was as good as his word and we had some soup and a bit of cake to keep us going until tonight meal at Gundels. Maria couldn’t decide between two of the deserts, so Zoli arranged for her to have a half portion of each. He spoils her rotten (well both of them realy, fish soup isn’t on the menu in that restaurant). The other nice thing was, since it was John and Maria’s wedding anniversary, the restaurant wouldn’t let them pay for their meal.
\nWe then went across the bridge to the Great Market, we had heard they had some special stalls from Czechoslovakia. They were a bit of a disappointment but the rest of the market was great as usual.
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\nWe were feeling a bit like drowned rats by this time, (she should have brought her umbrella out with her) so decided to head back to the hotel, pausing only to buy Maria another bag (how many does she need?).
\nWe’re off to Gundel tonight so John has to put on his suit. I think we might take a taxi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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