Into the night with a double bass

Sally, Jane and I met at Castro Bisztro for some chatter and grub. The place has a great buzz, with eclectic music, including a fair bit of American 50s rock'n'roll. The food was dead tasty too.

There was some confusion with the waitress over whether Jane ordered a bottle or a glass, because apparently the words sound very similar. The matter was finally sorted though.

After a couple of hours of banter, we headed back to Jane's, where Sally showed clip after clip of Eddie Izzard sketches on YouTube, for the purpose of Jane's education. The man is most amusing.

We left at about 11pm, Jane hobbling down the street with her double bass braced against her. It was a special one, meant for the kind of folk music she was going to play at Gödör. She accompanied the band already playing, and it was terrific fun watching her.

Believe it or not, folk dancing is extremely popular in Hungary, even amongst the young folks. At these kind of events, the best male dancers show off, and are encouraged to do so by grateful applause. Hungarian folk dancing is one of those rare things, where the men do all the fun stuff, and the girls just get to twirl under their arms. That's not entirely fair, because the, often very very quick, couple dances require both the boy and girl to be extremely light and certain on their feet.