Travel on the Brain

27/10/2024

Definitely one of the prettiest libraries I've seen. This is ELTE library in Busiest, Hungary.

Does in 1561.

24/10/2024

This is the stunning opera house in Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺

I only saw the exterior and foyer because I didn't book a tour or opera ticket. It's not open to the public otherwise.

18/10/2024

While I stayed one month in Budapest, I also realised I needed to see a bit of the surrounding area.

I didn't feel like big day trips, so I went with a friend to Tata, which is an hour away by train.

It's a small town that sits on two lakes. There's a castle, a mansion and some smaller sights.

It was a nice, chill half day trip.

15/10/2024

Travel friends, have you ever made it onto the plane after official gate closing time? The trains are stuck and I'm supposed to arrive as the gate closes. I'm checked in.

05/10/2024

Interesting that they're feeling the everyday beer culture in my current home town as a 'sophisticated alternative' to Oktoberfest.

There just isn't an Oktoberfest here. But there are other local festivities, during the summer especially.

Every September, millions of tourists flock to Munich for Oktoberfest. However, the true centre of German beer culture lies in Bamberg: https://bbc.in/3MT4VAB

05/10/2024

I'm honestly so confused about people's idea of hygiene.

Just caught a woman leaving the toilet without washing her hands. She flushed.

And she then started touching her arms all over. No using water.

I showed her where the soap was, in case she just didn't see. (Vor she clearly didn't even look for it)
And she looked at me confused. Very confused. I pointed at the soap. She was still very confused.

Saying she doesn't need soap. Then she left. Touching yet another door.

She had touched the toilet. The door handles. The lock. Just ew

04/10/2024

Do I know anyone who has connections to established concert photographers?

27/09/2024

Sunset over Budapest as seen from Fishermen's Bastion, the most popular photoshot in the city.

For a good reason.

25/09/2024

Check out the sun rising over the Budapest Parliament building on a chilly September morning.

I timed it perfectly and even did a timelapse video, which I need to edit before I show you.

But it's already so cool with these photos!

23/09/2024

Sunrise over Budapest seen from Fishermen's Bastion.

I can't believe I got up two days in a row around sunrise to capture this scene. I got sick for a day afterwards because my body is definitely not used to these hours and it got chilly, too!

Anyway, I love how the photos turned out.

22/09/2024

More photos from this month's flood in Budapest.

It's pretty, but also pretty dangerous.

21/09/2024

Budapest and the flood.

Scenes from yesterday evening, when the flood levels were the highest. Now it's supposed to calm down again. Thankfully.

19/09/2024

Would you have thought that this is Budapest?

I got myself the 24h public transport ticket and decided to head one hour north from where I was staying to see if the beach was really as nice as I had hoped.

No sandy beaches, but so tranquil! And there were lots of foodie places too.

18/09/2024

So.. I just won an award!

Please address me as *Legendary Woman of Impact* from now on. I'll officially accept this as my title. M.A. doesn't cut it anymore.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

* picture me gently waving my hand to the imaginary crowd *

14/09/2024

Check out my latest magazine feature:

The photos from a concept shoot I planned and executed are in this month's edition of The Black Magazine. And it looks so pretty and definitely stands out with the vibrant colour edits.

I really enjoyed this shoot and hope to do more like these soon.

If you know any fashion magazine or designer who could use creative visual projects, connect us!

10/09/2024

What I ate in Budapest in my first 3 days.

I'm still trying to work my way through an ever growing list of recommendations.

But I realised that food prices have definitely gone way up over the past years. It's quite similar to Germany at this point, which I did not expect.

If you want to check out the food and places:

📍Lescó : goulash
📍 : cold cottage cheese dumplings
📍 : corn sandwich
📍 : black sesame latte
📍 : bibimbap

08/09/2024

Photodump of my first day in

📸: .karim

07/09/2024

Who do I know in Budapest? Or do you know someone I should meet?