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The Hungarian State Opera House is a neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest.
It is the home to the Budapest Opera Ball, a society event dating back to 1886.
And right in front of it, the Opera Subway Station. Very classy.
The way away from me, I stand on a mountain when I should sit by the shore. Watch the tides from a distance, more distant than ever.
This is the best point to see the parliament building from here, across the river, on the first side.
And as you see, the building is a totally symmetric building.
It's a neo-Gothic building. It has, on this side, it has 88 statues, which are representing all the Hungarian kings.
The first Hungarian king was crowned in 1000, King Stefan, King Istvan, and we still have his crown.
So we keep it in the parliament under the dome.
And also, very interesting at the entrance, there is a model made out of piece of matches.
Hungarians came up with matches. They made it or something like that, didn't they?
Yeah, match is a Hungarian invention as well, besides many other things.
The building was completed in 1902, and it took like 20 years to complete the whole building.
They used about 20 kilograms of gold for the inside decoration, and about 3 kilometers of red carpets,
going up and down on the floors, on the corridors, on all the steps up and down.
We're at the final stop for Budapest. Grann, it's a ruined bar, one of the many ruined bars throughout Budapest.
Some of them raided amongst the most popular bars in Europe.
Cheers, which is Egi Szegedra in Hungarian.
So how did the whole ruined bar thing start?
There were really old houses, like apartment houses.
These buildings, they were kind of too old, and they should have demolished them.
And some young guys, they had a great idea to just put a bar at the courtyard and just put some funny decorations.
Normally, they take furniture, stables, whatever, they just collect it from everywhere.
So you don't see two tables, which are the same, or two chairs, which are the same.
It looks like very mixed up, but it's kind of very planned things. And they serve food, of course.
They have drinks, and they have fun and concerts, and full of people all the time.
Grund, the name of this place comes from a really, really famous book, which was written in 1907.
And actually, the story was also around this, here, in this area.
And the Grund means, like, apartment houses around an empty square, an empty area.
That's why they named this place Grund.
Wow, Budapest, another one of those underrated cities.
Maria tells me that people tend to pass through Budapest on their way to another city, like Vienna,
only to realize how beautiful Budapest is and how many things there is to see.
Then, they wish that they stayed longer.
But when I get back to Toronto, I'll take my bike out and start riding again.
Ah, maybe not.
In the next episode, we check in with Andrew, who is in Siena, Italy,
then we catch up with Sonny, who is heading off to the exit festival in Novi Sad.
Go ahead, I'm recording.
Already?
You want me to stop?
Yeah, I think you're ready.
Okay, okay, I'm focusing.
It's recording, by the way. Oh, are they not supposed to be recording?
Okay.
I just want to stop.
Are you ready, Er?
Can I be any ready, Er?
Ready, Er?
Okay, I'm recording, by the way.
Sorry, this kiss will be in the after-movie stuff with the bloopers and funny stuff.
Oh, at the end, at the end.
Okay.
I'm really ready.
The roof, the roof.
You don't need my water.
