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The Winner
Budapest, Hungary
2011

I imagined this woman to be the winner in some sort of adult musical chairs game where the winner gets to take home the last chair. The woman with her? I suppose she’s the first runner up, hanging around to sit in the chair should the winner not be able to complete her reign as champion.

Real Men and Wicker Baskets
Szentendre, Hungary
2011

I’m not sure how they feel about quiche, but many men (and women) seem to favor a small wicker basket for carrying home a bit of fresh bread and produce from the market. The same plastic grocery bags that are ubiquitous in the U.S. are also available in Hungary, but no one except the American tourists seem to make much use of them. Least you think this scene is way too quaint, I should point out the guy was reading a text message on a cell phone in his other hand.

Gifts for Everyone
Budapest, Hungary
2011

A woman surveying the fare at the local gift shop on Váci utca, the pedestrianized main tourist street in Budapest. She was either over-dressed for the weather in her trench-length down coat (it was chilly, but not that chilly), or running around the streets in her housecoat, I couldn’t quite tell. I had no interest in shopping at the tourist traps but appreciated them nonetheless because they posted all their signage in English, so I actually felt literate for a change.

Just Not Into It
Szetendre, Hungary
2011

The world’s most bored accordion player performing at a restaurant where we were eating. He may not have been into playing that day, but was doing a pretty good job nonetheless.

Look at Yourself
Budapest, Hungary
2011

This guy had a more than passing resemblance to the guy in the advertisement he was looking at. I wonder if he noticed the resemblance as well (or maybe it is him).

Pears #2
Eger, Hungary
2011

A different collection of pears, this time from a market in Eger, Hungary where we went by train on a day trip.

Pears #1
Budapest, Hungary
2011

There are five old-fashioned market halls in Budapest with stall after stall of fresh fruits and vegetables that are very photogenic (if the number of tourist photographers like myself is any indication). For some reason the pears attracted me more than anything else.

The Loner #5
Budapest, Hungary
2011

Out for an evening stroll.

The Loner #4
Budapest, Hungary
2011

A walker on a sidewalk leading from the castle in Buda down into an adjacent residential area.

The Loner #3
Budapest, Hungary
2011

When I first saw this guy, he was standing under a tree in the deep shadows. He stood still for so long that I thought he was a statue. Just as I was starting to walk over and take a look at the “statue,” he shuffled off down the street.