A Perfect Day

[wiseheart]

Have you ever had one of those? Well, this morning matched the criteria for me - save for small unpleasantries like an ach-y knee, but still.

For starters, we had our concert in the Hungarian National Gallery, as part of their weekly choir music performance, which is at 11 o'clock in every Sunday. Now, despite this fact, being accepted as a participant is an honour, considering what other choirs usually sing there: ones wit ten times as long an existence as ours.

Besides, singing in a building like that - which happens to be part of the Royal Castle of Buda - is an exceptional thing. Acoustics are wonderful, and wherever you look, you can see vaulted ceilings and long marble staircases and huge paintings hanging on the walls and all that. We sand directly under the dome... it was fantastic. And we didn't even screw up royally, which is a relief. I had that secret fear somewhere deep within...

Afterwards, since today is International Women's Day, Mum and I decided to spoil ourselves a little. So we went to the Szamos Marcipán Cukrászda, a wonderful little café, where you get the best cakes and cookies you can imagine. Look:



It's really small, has no more than six or eight tables, and through the glass walls you can see the coming of going our favourite shopping centre - favoruite because it's not so ungodly big, and because we can reach it by going two stops by the tram.

So, it was nice all around. We were still wearing our finery, since we came directly from the concert... it was fun.

Comments

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your choir's success! I'm so happy for you. :-)

The Buda Castle looks absolutely huge; no wonder you were a bit worried.

And it's great to hear you had such a wonderful day. The café looks... mouthwateringly nice. If I'm ever in Budapest, would you show me where it is?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Sure, just come, and I'll show you everything. Budapest is an amazingly beautiful city (well, at least the historic parts of it), and full of museums. We'll have fun!

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

lol - cakes and museums sound great! I bet we could have a good time. :-)

I'd better start saving; England this summer, but next year... who knows?

*counter your peredhil with an advisor*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

We don't know yet where we're going this summer (aside from the international music festival with the choir in Austria), but you'll be more than welcome next year.

*shoots longing looks in the direction of Rivendell*

[artemis10002000]

Es freut mich, daß Du und Deine Mutter so einen schönen Tag hattet! Glückwunsch zu dem erfolgreichen Schloßauftritt! Es muß fantastisch gewesen sein, an einem solch prächtigen und geschichtsträchtigen Ort aufzutreten. Das Cafe sieht auch sehr einladend aus.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Danke! :)
Die Umgebung hat es wirklich zu einem ganz besonderen Erlebnis gemacht. Ich hoffe wir können es mal wieder tun.

Wenn du dich dazu durchringen kannst, Budapest zu besuchen, zeige ich dir alles - Café mit eingenommen.

[artemis10002000]

Ja, das wär schön. Aber wo mir jetzt so ne dicke Rechnung beim Zahnarzt bevorsteht, wird der nächste Urlaub noch ne Weile warten müssen *seufz*

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Lovely venue for a concert! I'm glad it went well and that your IWD treat lived up to expectations.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, since nobody was gonna invite us, we simply decided to invite ourselves. They had very good espresso, by the way.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for the successful performance!
And hurrah for International Women's Day!
Wish I had a picture of you and Mum in your finery...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Next time I'll make a picture for you. Digital cameras are a good thing.