its all good But..........

Need to explain something to everyone about Lost In Budapest Project its not been the best life situation setting up the bar etc as me and Bori have worked our asses off for 8mths saved the money we could and even lost more due to the fact of other none planned events but in life their is always more ups and downs but I believe we have something very special and real its a real adventure and what we both achieved in 30 days revamping lost etc was breathtaking the bar is amazing with the best team behind it and i love Bori more then life its self but I will not have people tell me how to run my business friends,Families etc I have worked 18 hr days every day for the past 30 days no sleep etc nearly killed myself but got through the tuff times and as i say Man up and achieved our goal Bori was amazing with all the paperwork info legal docs etc and I did the pr and art designs it completed the deal the last 3 days have been crazy busy and very very successful landing some real pr deals for massive future scope for lost people say I am a dreamier and think to big but why you have one chance in life and I cant and wont waste my life anymore yeah I have a past like everyone but now is the time to turn everything around and be successful lost in budapest will be very successful because me and Bori believe in what we can and will do but people who dont just move on and do your own thing I will die before I see lost go under LOST IN BUDAPEST INTERNATIONAL BAR INTERNATIONAL SOUND its all about respect and respecting the venue and we wanna be the best and most professional Bar Venue around showcasing everyones talents around xx

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Big things dont come easy

We knew it is not going to be easy opening up in a month with everything, but everyday, we achieve something and we are happy about, and then just something happens that makes it difficult again. It has been intense today, we sorted out Scotts license for djing on Saturday, basically we got help from Zaj DJ so we did it in a short notice, we got a permit for 24 hours. After we got this done, we had the Dreher representative coming over to sign all the papers. Actually we are very happy to go with this company and Norbi is very nice and helpful with everything. He has been here for about an hour, we even talked about the future of the business and what they can offer. 

All went relatively well today, there is still so much for tomorrow, but we are getting there and we would be able to open right now as we have everything. I dont think my mind is able to understand that this place is going to be open in about 36 hours haha. 

The missing fridge

So, as I said, we had some complications today. All the equipment we get from the drink supplier companies come quite last minute, but today we found out, that although we started straight away with Coca Cola, they still not going to be able to deliver our fridges for the opening. Well, it is a very big disappointment for us, as we were expecting it tomorrow and now we dont have a drink fridge apart from our own one, since we have the Dreher fridges coming in next week. So, Scott wasnt happy about the situation, we looked up other options for us, and we finally found an advertisement with a very nice small fridge, it is only that this was again not in our budget before and now we have new expenses again just before the opening. Somehow we will try to have Coca Cola compensate us for this, as this is a very big let down towards our business, and letting us know just 36 hours before the opening is even worse.

So this is where we stand now, tomorrow is the busiest day ever, we have to get everything sorted what is left, small things like fire signs and drink measurer to getting the beer taps in. It should be the most interesting day so far, and I can say that I am quite excited and nervous about Saturday. But it should be all fine, we came so far!!! 

Quick Chat Part 9 
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News Just In

News Just In we have passed our Bar Sound Check With The best results ever and received our official papers today!!!!!!!

Where to start?

It is overwhelming how much happens everyday, and as are getting closer to the big day, it is just getting more and more intense. To be honest it is really hard even to think back what happened the previous day, and I mix the events up as well sometimes. Anyway, yesterday we came to the bar early, we expected our first drink delivery from Raiker, which is one of the biggest drinks supplier in Hungary. First in the morning we had to sort out our finances to know how much we have exactly and how much we can still spend, as you know, the first drink order is quite a big amount, so we had to spend a lot on it. It wasnt easy in the morning, to be honest almost everyday I have to deal with the pressure of spending so much money on opening up the bar. But once it is open I will see the results and I can finally work...

So, for the first time we got the drinks, and we even had a problem with one of the wines, we didnt get the one we ordered, but got a probably 10 times more expensive one, and although it was beautiful, I had to send it back to the drink supplier. But it was such a nice feeling to have all the drinks coming in, we have the vodkas, wines, all the main liqueurs that are not coming from Coca Cola. Scott still cant give up his everyday painting routine, so yesterday he finished the very last bit of the bar, so now even the office door has a new look. I really wish I could put pictures on of it, because it looks amazing, but we still dont have our camera working, and we can only get it fixed later. In a way it is good, because everyone is going to see the final results on the opening. It seems unreal that two days from now we are opening, but it is so exciting, seriously I cant wait for it!! To see all the people we know here, after you guys following our journey from the beginning till here. To be honest, I think I can say this for the both of us, when we left Vienna, we said, we give ourselves this summer to set up the business and start working, maybe we relax a little bit, go for some summer festivals, and yet here we are on the 1st of June, done with everything and we have a bar that can be open 2 days from now. It is unbelievable what we achieved...

Best with Baileys:)!

So, there were still some things we had to take care of, I went to get our till and yesterday we already put it on the bar, it is so funny that it is ours. These are the very final things we are doing. We had to talk to a lot of people yesterday, make sure that we have all the drinks, all the order correct and we get the needed promotional stuff in time. This is a bit last minute, but we are getting everything tomorrow. So it is going to be a very busy day. We had the Artisjus guy coming over yesterday and he said they checked our videos in the office and they all really liked it, he loves the idea of the bar. We even got the discount of them, as we reported them, that we are opening. It is not cheap to have the TV and radio on everyday, but this is also a cost you have to calculate with. This way at least we were able to reduce the price a bit. After he left, we had the soda company coming here, and I think they come today to put up their system for the soda. That is going to be the first not bottle drink in the bar so far:). Everything else is left for tomorrow. We finally had our visit from the insurance company, so now we are totally secured, maybe Scott can relax a bit as well:)! 

Scotts dream soda gun:)

We got almost everything done during the day, and we were expecting one of our first customers in the bar, my 2 friends, Dori and Viki came for a visit. It is very cool to have people around and see their reaction to what we have done and it looks like it is going to be a perfect place for people to hang out and have fun. After Viki left, two of Scotts friends came around as well, they are both Swedish and Scott knows them from Vienna. They are coming for the opening, but now they went home, they just had a night in Budapest yesterday as well. So already the bar is very international:)! Scott said, that he had to tell a lot of people on the street last night that we are not open yet, because they wanted to come in...

I guess it is a good sign:)!

Today, basically we have to wit, which is not very nice, but we can still do some stuff, like getting the menus printed and get all of the paperwork in order for the accountant and for us too. In just 2 months we were able to build up so many contracts, we got thousands of receipts, so we have to be very careful and dont loose track of the administration. Tomorrow is the big day drink wise and we have another visit from Vienna, our ex co worker, Jakob is coming here, so it should be a lot of fun tomorrow night!

Now we only have to sleep two more nights before we open up to the big public:)!!!

Every box ticked, we are ready to go!

Its a weird feeling now, that all the stress of opening a new business has been lifted up off our shoulders (I have no doubts for more to come, but for now...). Last night we got a nice guest, Ancsa came around to 

check the bar, which is almost done, still apart from the drinks. It is always so nice to have someone round  it actually feels like a proper place. Otherwise, it was our home for the last couple of weeks, we lived it and breathed it as Scott would say. He passed out, than we came home, but we still had no time to make this place comfortable, basically we have nothing here apart from our clothes. Hopefully next month we will have some time for that as well. 

This morning we went back to the bar early, since we were expecting Zsuzsi, who did our HACCP report. Scott was worried, as he wanted the bar to be up to the highest standard. Yeah, we could have cut corners, and delay a couple of things for after the opening, but we wanted to be all legit before start working, and it was very important for us to feel that we dont have to worry, whoever comes around to check on any of our papers. Its true, that the first reactions we got from the neighbours encouraged us to do everything on a professional level. It was unfortunate that they judged us before they get to know us, but now it became more quiet, we dont have that many people from the building checking on us, and once we open, they can come in and see what the place is about. 

We made all the changes in the bar to get the hygiene check done, and I think we did well, because almost everything was perfect apart from a few signs we have to put up concerning the fire safety law. One more thing we needed was a new fire extinguisher, so we had someone coming out to check it, changed the old one to a new one, and we was told where to put the  emergency exit signs, so no need to worry, from now on everyone is going to be safe in our bar:)!

Before this, we made a trip to the store that sells these sign, but unfortunately one of them was closed, and had to travel all the way to the other side of the city to get them ordered. On the way we walked by the Artisjus, which is basically the place that is reliable for copyright music and for public places to pay for showing TV and listening to music. Someone told us before it is best just to let them come out when they come out, but then we realised, if you dont report yourself, you have to pay for the previous time as well and we are too much in the centre, we cant really hide for long. Anyway, they appreciated this, and they come out tomorrow to check the place. 

The last thing for today was to get the drinks ordered. It was the first time for me to do this, and I went through it a couple of times, calculated the prices and so on before we placed the order. But I think I can get used to it, although probably the first order is the biggest one. Tomorrow we have all the spirits coming in, and Thursday morning we have all the Coca Cola products delivered. It is a very weird feeling that we are done now, and we only have to wait till Saturday, for everyone to come in and have all those people from everywhere around the world and a lot of Hungarians in the same place, at our bar opening:)! Feels very nice:)!! After I was done, Scott was still busy with making some changes to the entrance. As you know, we dont want to put any more pictures on, we want to keep it a secret till we open, but I can say, it looks different than just a week ago, and cant wait for everyone to see it. One word: intense:)!!

Tomorrow we have many people coming around again, Dreher, getting the one year

Beer contract official, Artisjus, insurance, we have to go to the bank, to T-Mobile, getting the last bits in order for the weekend. Tonight is quite relaxing, I am happy, because we slowed down a bit, I had time for a nice run, and even Scott left the bar before 8pm. Of course we get up early tomorrow again, but at least we know we can leave the bar sometimes:)!! Only 3 more days, and we see all of you on the opening!!!  

Excited!!!

Thats how many days we have left till opening

Dont even know where to start this week, there is still so much left to do, but slowly it comes together. The decoration and furniture is fully done now, nothing else to do with it, but setting up the bar is all happening this week. It is going to very busy, I hope we still have some energy for Saturday:)! And, we cant forget, that Saturday is only the first day of so many ahead, no more free days for a while, thats for sure, but it a very nice feeling to come here in the morning, so we dont mind. Yesterday afternoon was our last relaxing afternoon, from now it is going to be non stop. 

The doctor is coming today to check us, so we can have a health permit, and the electrician is on his way here, to put the last bit of the bar in. We have the drink supplier coming in at 2pm, so we can finalise the drink order with everybody, and we can start printing them off. We will keep you guys updated, have a nice day for everyone:)!!