Bars in Ruins My family and I visited Budapest this summer. When we were planning that trip, my daugher wanted primarily to see two places, the Hungarian Parliament and the Szimpla. She was just eager to spend an evening in the Szimpla. I had never heard about it before. „You will be suprised„, she promised. Yes, I was suprised. I was even overwhelmed! The Szimpla is a complex of very exciting bars in large ruins. It has been built in the old Jewish town. The bars were the most crazy ones I’ve ever seen. There were all the most weird things of the Earth in one place! Walls, floors and tables were covered with multicolored inscriptions. Mirrors were broken. An ugly doll hung from the ceiling and everywhere were crazy, scared or hilarious things. Plastic toys, vinyl LPs, red plastic body, traffic signs, Budha, artificial flowers, old dishes and tools, beakers and test tubes. A great marriage of punk with hippie style. I didn’t know where should I look first. We could choose if we wanted to sit on a seat, on a chair, on a toilet seat, in an old car, on an old TV apparatus or in a bath. The food was tasty, the coffee was strong, the beer was cold. Good job! I understood my daughter’s wish. It was an amazing evening!