roaming budapest

Today I took some photos in one of Budapest's many cool little cafes. I always feel self-conscious getting out our camera for daggy tourist shots when we are somewhere like this but I think in the end it's better to just let your true tourist colours/cameras shine, no one minds and you may regret having no photos later. Also, self-consciousness in front of people that you will probably never see again is even sillier than ordinary self-consciousness.

We went on to find a great shop which sold locally made clothing, accessories and art. They had wonderful belts made from recycled bicycle tyres (using old spokes for the buckle), wallets and satchels made from recycled bicycle inner tubes (I think you bought a wallet like this in Melbourne once Nicki?) and ear rings made from bike chain links! I have decided that next time my bike plays up, I will threaten to bring it here for reycling. The shop only opened a month ago and I hope they do well. It's called Nüansz and is at VII Kertesz utca 42-44 for anyone visiting Budapest (addresses are confusing here - I think VII is the district, utca means street, and numbers always seems to come last in Europe).

Recycled tyre belt

Inner tube wallet

Chain link earrings with spoke clasps

 Inner tube satchels

And now over to Matthew who has something shopping-related to add..

We also stumbled on a tiny vinyl store at the back of a lovely courtyard in a cupboard-sized space. The owner was a fountain of knowledge and very interesting. I couldnt resist getting a few rare records even though Ive been trying hard to resist my collecting instinct on this trip.

He had an old record cleaning machine that he used on my purchases and even wrapped them ready to post. We had to convince him we were ok to post it off ourselves he was so keen to help! Recommended  for great finds in Jazz especially modern but also rock and lots of Eastern European artists. The shop was Newport records =  Budapest, VI. Korut 8.