Visiting a dentist in Budapest, being in the top 6000 Splinterlands players, and rebuilding my Hive Dollars (HBD) savings (2022.07.31)
I talk about the three mentioned things in the title, so this post probably will be longer than usual.
First, I would like to talk about my travel to Budapest. I already mentioned the reason in this discussion with @dswigle. I came to Budapest to visit a dentist. They examined my teeths, and my wisdom teeth needs to be extracted (pulled out), but no dental surgeon was available today, even at this 0-24 dentist, so they did not pulled it out yet. I bought more Flector Rapid against the pain. The pain was strong in/during the night. Fortunately/luckily the Flector Rapid eased/softened the pain. I still felt and I still feel the pain, but it is not so strong.
They offered that the dentist will pull it out tomorrow, but the price was so high that I cancelled it. It would have been 35 000 Hungarian Forint (HUF) ($88.51 USD). The dentists in Szolnok will do it for between 5000 HUF ($12.64 USD) and 15 000 HUF ($37.93 USD). This is a big difference for me. Budapest is still much more expensive than the countryside.
To not come to Budapest in vain, I took some time to explore various parts of it. Of course I took some photos too.
The Keleti pályaudvar. The train station, where I arrived.
It was crowded, as usual. If you like being around a bunch of people, then Budapest is your place.
A hotel, a 0-24 supermarket, Starbucks Coffee, Rossmann Drogerie, Burger King, McDonald's. All of this on the other side of the street.
Let us go down to the metro.
Something was wrong with this sign. It was filled with a green mass. I do not know what was supposed to be in it, but probably not this. If I remember correctly from my visits, then it was a map of Budapest (or a part of it) in it.
Inside the metro.
A church in front of me, and a Hostel on the right side. Downtown. Fifth district.
Another church with the Elisabeth Bridge and the Gellért Hill in the background.
Molnár's kürtőskalács (cafe in a nearby street). Kürtőskalács is a traditional Hungarian food. In addition to kürtőskalács, you can buy other things in this cafe. For example coffee and ice cream. I have not tried it so far, so currently I cannot give my own opinion about them.
You can buy unique souvenirs nearby, if you like.
And eat a lunch at Rick's Restaurant. Or buy various things in the Hungarian Shopping Market.
And go to sleep in the Mercure Hotel.
I have not checked the prices of these places, but probably they are expensive. There are many other stores and buildings nearby, for example drogeries and souvenir shops, but I let you discover them for yourself.
So this is it about Budapest from me for today. My second topic in this post is Splinterlands. I am very excited about it, because I have 60 season chests and six focus chests in the Silver III League. The current season will end in one day.
Today I played this game for I do not even know how much time. I played it mostly on the train, on the bus and on the train. Probably for the first time, I went into the top 6000 players. Currently I am the 5755th. I played 321 battles in this season so far, and I won 170 battles. My current win rate is 52.95%. I "surrendered" some of the battles because of mobile internet connection problems, but other than these few battles, I could submit the teams for most of the battles. Hopefully Splinterlands will properly reward my efforts this time, instead of giving another disappointing and discouraging laugh and slap to my face.
And finally about rebuilding my Hive Dollars (HBD) savings. I withdrew and sold $1500 HBD in the recent past, but I am already on a good way to rebuild it. I am getting closer and closer to $50 HBD.
Approximately 10 minutes ago I transferred $5.95 HBD to savings, and I received $0.646 HBD interest for 2022 July, and I currently have $48.536 HBD in savings.
I still have not bought a camera. I took the photos above with my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy A12). I have not edited these photos.
Have a nice day and have a nice weekend.
All the best. Greetings and much love from Hungary.
It is so sad to hear about your wisdom tooth and pain it caused to you. I hope you'll catch the doctor in next run, but yes a wisdom tooth sometimes erupts facing another tooth and inside the gum. I wish you quick health and recovery soon.
Photos are indeed amazing, it reminds me of London Underground trains and stations, they look almost similar to yours.
I hope the game becomes more attractive and less fuss to do the battles and achieve good return on the investments.
Wish you a lovely new week.
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Thank you. I hope that the dental surgeon will take it out in the next week. The pain was really high in the previous night. The Flector Rapid somewhat helps me to deal with the pain. It makes it less painful. Hopefully after my wisdom tooth will be taken out, the pain soon will disappear.
This is an interesting aspect. I have not thought about it so far. I few years ago there were old Soviet/Russian metro trains, which were similar to this in exterior, and to this in interior.
Me too. I have put a lot of time in it in the recent past. Hopefully it will pay off.
Thank you. I also wish you a lovely new week. All the best.
Cheers to fixing teeth, and to a cool adventure. The rail station is a cool building. Keep rockin and rebuilding.
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The first is early, because it is not fixed yet. Hopefully it will in the next week.
All the best.
I feel for you. I had my wisdom teeth pulled right before covid. All in one day. The one redeeming thing about teeth is that they heal quickly, so it wasn't so bad for me and I hope that you get it taken care of this week and let the healing begin!
Good luck with Splinterlands!!
Your pictures are absolutely wonderful. I didn't think they needed any editing and I would never be able to tell they weren't with a camera!
I will ask one of the dentists in Szolnok today afternoon. Hopefully I can make an appointment with one of them.
Thank you. I am going to need it.
Fortunately/luckily the Samsung Galaxy A12 makes good photos. The wide (0.50x zoom) mode is not so good in low light conditions (the photo is noisy, pixelated in that case), but I like it in good/proper light conditions.
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The prices in the city are expensive so I am not surprised. If you are able to get it cheaper than you should. As for Splinterlands, congratulations. The new system is tough and I haven't been able to win as much. I am at 50 chests or so and my win rate is less than 50%.
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Budapest (the capital city) is expensive. Other cities are mostly cheaper in general.
Yes. And too much effort for too little rewards. The 60 season chests are more close to a disappointing, considering that I was in the top 6000 players: 60 season chests in the Silver III League in Splinterlands (2022.08.01). Probably I will rather lease out a part of my Splinterlands card collection. Or even sell it.
I was also at the dentist today and the prices are going up like mad!