Nagymezo is called the “Broadway of Budapest”. I got to know that only today – and to think that I was roaming around in the parallel street yesterday!
The street runs from Bajcsy Zsilinsky ut to Andrassy ut. For those who have been to Broadway, it might be an exaggeration, since the theatres exist only for about 200 meters or so – either that or I was on the wrong side of the street. On the right, was the operette where the Hungarian version of Romeo and Juilet was on. But there was no one to be seen there. Everyone was on the other side of the road, at Thalia and the restaurant next to it. I walked along till the impressive Broadway Café and restaurant.
Today, we had to be early to office, since there was a session scheduled right in the morning. As we got out of the train, I spotted the office shuttle (which arrives once a train has arrived at the station) pulling in. But by the time we reached the other end, it was nowhere to be seen. Snag was aghast. “What’s the use?” she said, “If he is not going to wait for the train, what’s the purpose?” We had to wait for another 5 minutes for the next shuttle.
The morning was really busy, full of sessions, leading to a late lunch. Discussions at lunch bordered around festivals in India. “You can buy wine from here”, Gabor had said a few days back, “Anyway, you have festival season coming up in India.” Snag hasn’t stopped laughing since then, imagining about giving Wine as “Tirtha” for Vijaya Dashami.
“They usually give Coconut and turmeric to girls during the festivals,” she remarked, “I don’t know why.” “Probably because they are useful,” I interjected, “Coconut is useful in cooking and other things, and turmeric can be used as cosmetics. Probably, next time, you can ask your mother-in-law to give you L’Oreal cosmetics and MTR ready to eat stuff instead of coconut and turmeric.”
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