So, we had our first night yesterday, when we havent had the chance to write the blog, although there was quite a lot to write about. We went by our schedule, ticking all the things off of our list. We started with calling Raiffeisen Austria, to figure out the exact amount of money we have on the accounts and how we can transfer it over to our new hungarian account. It took a while, and it turned out (wasnt really a big suprise), that I have to travel back to vienna close down accounts in person and transfer all the money to Hungary. After that we called the two bars that we found on the internet, and they both said they are going to get back to us after contacting the owners of the places. So, we quickly headed to the supermarket and buy food for the week and sort out the dogs a really nice bed and toys, which they love.
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| One of many of the closed down venues in the city |
Just as we came back and wondered what else we can do, the phone rang and the agent said we could go and take a look at one of the bars in an hour. We got very excited, since it was the first viewing since we have been back in Budapest and got ready to go. I had a bad feeling about the bars, because there were not so many of them on the sites, and the ones that were advertised are either in a bad location or too expensive for us. When we got there we realised this is not at all an area where we would want our place to be. It was near Oktogon, but not on the Nagymezo street side, bit on the other one, where all the buildings are in very bad shape, and only a few locals walk around.
Definitely not a place for us! We called the agent back and told her, that she doesnt have to come, we are just going to leave without viewing from the inside as the outside spoke for itself.
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| Ruby loving the new bed |
At this point our spirits were a bit down and we questioned ourselves what are we doing here exactly. Scott expected me to know more about the areas, and I realised that I dont know that much about the city, although I was brought up here things have changed and many areas have been built up now with new businesses and the area where we want the bar must have that tourist vibe and footfall. So we came up with an idea to have a system, where we walk around in the city and look for places to rent in the suited locations we actually want our bar to be. Already in the first street, there were a lot more empty properties than what you can find over the internet. We called about 4-5 places, unfortunately some of them are not suitable for night activities and some of them were retail based shops which costs too much to convert. On the way, we found a perfect little bar, that had a small gallery as well, it seemed smaller than what we are looking for, but we fell in love with the location and the presentation of it from the outside. When I called the owner, he said, he just left the sign on, but it is not for rent anymore, since they are going to open up their place. We were quite disappointed and I told him to call us if there are any changes in this case. The day had such a variety of ups and downs, but we realised this is the best way to find a place, to get to know the city and the competition. We are going to go through a certain area every day, so yesterday we have been to the area between the Nyugati square and the Synagogue. Tomorrow we are checking out the surroundings of the tram number 47:). Finishing off the day, we finally decided to get a contract phone for the business, since we need to contact more bars and agencies. On the way to get our new phone, we were even able to at last pick up our second set of keys from the landlord (after a week), which we really needed, since we couldnt even leave the flat without each other, or with locking one of us in here finally everything was coming together and it gave us such a confidence boost.
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| Music by Jason Bye |
Another exciting thing happened last night while Scott was making the video of Blog Adventures Part 8. He messaged Jason Bye, who is a big dj in Ibiza, he plays at all the major clubs (Space, Pacha, Amnesia) and is a resident dj at Mambos, he is a very highly respected person within the music scene and could give us that extra coverage we needed we asked him if we could use one of his tracks over one of our new videos. With great excitement he agreed and sent Scott over a really nice message containing a selection of PlayMoreTerrys tracks from his label. This is such an honour and really gives our video a unique sound and look and gets our Lost label out there. The video got done today, you can already check it out on youtube:
After sleeping not so much last night, I had to get up very early in the morning to catch the early train to Vienna to sort out our finances in Raiffeisen. It was just a one day trip, had a quick meeting with them at 12pm, i finally successfully closed my account and transferred all the money into our hungarian account. Its been a bit weird going back to Vienna, but it felt like I have never really lived there. It is crazy to think about it, that we only left exactly 3 weeks ago, and it just showed how much our jobs took over our lives here. we decided it was best that I go alone, since Scott had to take care of the dogs and work on the videos. So today we took another step closer to finally being organised and settled in Budapest. We now only have to wait for the flat deposit results of Vienna, and have to get Scott registered in the flat. All this takes off a lot off pressure from the project and gives us the time now to focus on finding the bar. The only down side is our ever growing piles of paperwork!!!! But least the office looks busy lol
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