I grabbed the tram home after a long day at the university and was quite pleased when it proceeded past Roosevelt Ter, which generally indicates it's going to take me all the way home. However, as we rounded parliament and went past the second to last stop, we slowly came to a stop a few blocks away from the end of the line. I looked ahead to try and figure out what was going on and saw numerous police cars and flashing lights. I figured that there must have been some kind of traffic accident so I gathered up my things, thankful to have gotten as far as I had.
From there I proceeded down the street to Nagykorout, which I live off of. However, as I got closer to the police cars, I began to notice a lot of people walking in the street, and after a moment’s confusion, realized they were carrying torches! I realized that I had come across a massive demonstration in the form of a march on Parliament. I was astounded by how many people there where too! However, they all seemed to be peaceful and really I had known their purpose, I could have easily seen myself as one of them—I guess I just mean, they seemed like normal people, not crazy, radicals.
I called to warm my roommate of what was going on, telling her to take the tram home just so she could see it, but to not be surprised by delays.
After leaving my books in the apartment, I decided to run out to grab some Chinese food for dinner. Camera in hand, I was curious to see the demonstration again, and headed down Honved towards Parliament, which is how I get to my internship every Wednesday. Well, to my surprise and pleasure, they march didn’t follow the tram line, but had in fact was looping around, which made it go right down my street! I walked against the crowd and was intrigued to see all that was happening.
Only afterwards was I able to figure out that what I had seen was a student demonstration, which explained why I felt so at ease with its participants.
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