Budapest
Trip Start
May 25, 2008
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Trip End
May 25, 2009
Budapest,
Hungary
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Arrived in Budapest and settled into my hostel, Budapest Bubble. What a great hostel, the owner is so lovely and friendly..would stay there again in a second!
Was in a bit of a mood as I just found out some sad news from WFFT, Sundae had passed away after a horrific accident. So I didnt really do anything, just sat in the hostel and chatted to some other people staying there, then went and had a wander around the local area and had a traditional Hungarian meal of Falafel Kebab..followed by a few capiroskas made by a Brazillian guy at our hostel..hehe!
Day 2
Decided to do a walking tour today. Started at 9.30am at Deak Ter. We caught the train to Heroes Square, then the Palace built for the Millenium Celebrations. Saw the Anonymous statue, St Stephens Church and Fashion Street
Heroes Square
. Walked across the Chain Bridge to the Castle Hill district, where we had lovely views of Parliament House. We also saw the Opera House at Opera Station. After the tour I walked down to the Nagycsarnok (Great Market) to get some lunch, which consisted of ogorki kapusta (sauerkraut filled cucumbers....LOVE these), and a warm apple and cinnamon strudel. Went back to the hostel and made pasta for dinner. Stayed home as I have to meet one of the girls from my tour, Kayla, at Szchenyi Baths tomorrow quite early.Day 3
Met Kayla at Heroes Square. We spent the day at the baths and left around 2.30pm. So easy to spend the whole day there!! There are so many thermal pools and all of different temperatures...hot, warm, cold, you name it! You are supposed to dip into the various temperature pools and not stay in the same one for too long, which is exactly what I did...for several hours. My skin felt amazing for days afterwards. Great value too!
Unfortunately there were riots on the way home, and many of the streets were closed. There were loads of riot police standing around directing people down a most inconvenient and long way back to the centre of town. Took me 2 hours to walk back to the National Museum area as the Metro was shut down, and the way the police were directing us was down the back streets, zigzagging our way back, therefore taking much longer. There was mass confusion and no police officers would tell us what was going on. I missed the start of my tour meeting because of this..so annoying. Went out for Chinese with our tour group because the Hungarian restaurant we had booked was closed as they were afraid of being firebombed...scary!!!
