11 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment
For those who care about such things, Anglofille survived her dental surgery. Whew. It was a relatively quick - but not painless - procedure. By early afternoon I felt fine and walked around the Jewish Quarter. This evening I felt tired though and slept for a while. I’m on antibiotics and I’ve been given painkillers. I only have a little swelling, but we’ll see what I look like tomorrow morning! The clinic is staffed by Hungarians and filled with British patients — all refugees from the British dental system. Even when adding on travel expenses, getting dental work done here is less than half as much as it would be in the UK. The clinic was swanky and very comfortable. For a moment I was sitting in the chair with the Hungarian dentist and nurses working on me, speaking to one another in their language, and I thought “What on earth am I doing here?” It seemed a bit surreal for a moment.
There wasn’t too much difference between this and the American dental care that I’m used to. The cleaning I had was not as thorough (and not as painful) as what I’ve experienced before. Also, while American dental assistants use suction and water to keep your mouth in good shape during the procedure, here they used mostly suction and not very effectively. I could taste blood in mouth and it almost ran down my throat. I didn’t like that. I almost felt sick. So that was the worst part of it. Not too long after the surgery, I was able to eat and felt normal, just a bit tired. I thought I’d be flat on my back so I’m relieved.
It was boiling hot yesterday — I felt as if I was walking around Cairo. Thankfully there was intermittent rain today and it cooled off big time. I have lots to write about my trip so far, which I will do soonish. This blog is handy as a travel diary — if I don’t write down what I did, I’ll forget.
I will say two things before signing off. There are a lot of very cute men here! And the food is to die for, which I did not expect. I skipped dinner last night, but made up for it this evening. I went to this little café near the hotel and had rosé duck breast with black chocolate red wine sauce, accompanied by mashed sweet potatoes. Yes, it was duck with chocolate sauce and it was heavenly. On the menu they had under appetizers a fruit soup with maple syrup and cream. I would have loved to try that, but I didn’t want to push my luck with the dairy products. Also on the menu was gingerbread creme brulée! Not counting pastries and sweet things, I prefer the food here to the food in Paris. It is that good. Today I had a simple tuna sandwich for lunch in a café and it was just divine. If you’re on a diet, do yourself a favor and avoid this place.
potato dumplings
There are two annoying thing I’m dealing with right now — aside from dental stuff. One is that STA Travel, the incompetent idiots that they are, have lost my railpass. I will tell you more about this later, but suffice it to say I am on a rail trip in Europe with no railpass. And so far, STA is saying they can’t give me my money back right now. You know, don’t even get me started on that. Secondly, I have a sore throat. It’s been ages since I’ve had a sore throat. Perfect timing! But overall, I am having a good time, which is saying something, given that I’ve had surgery and I am currently taking a variety of pills. I just want to enjoy the trip as much as I can.
More later!
Anglofille said @ 10:30 pm | travel |
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Seb Says:
June 12th, 2008 at 1:14 pm“I prefer the food here to the food in Paris.” I hope for you that no french official will ever read this statement, otherwise you will probably never again be allowed to come to France…
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I’m so glad you survived the surgery and that the recovery period was minimal.
Just hearing you describe all the good food you are experiencing makes me hungary.
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Silvana Says:
June 13th, 2008 at 9:46 pmPics of the cute Hungarian men would be appreciated!!
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daniela Says:
June 14th, 2008 at 9:34 amhey! have been reading and not commenting but always reading
good that everything went fine with your surgery, hope you have a swift recovery. i have always wanted to go to budapest and i guess you have just conivinced me to try it soon! enjoy the rest of your journey!
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Gregory Says:
June 15th, 2008 at 4:00 am“He said to stop if they made me feel sick. I feel a bit nervous about this, because I do not want to get an infection. Fingers crossed.”
I’d be nervous, on the other hand, I’d still be nervous, I hate that, you’re banjaxed one way or t’other.
G.
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Stuart took me to Budapest my first Christmas in Europe in 2005 and you’re right - the food is fab.
