Another day of my trip, and I have to say goodbye to the first city. Budapest has been quite an interesting experience, and I'm glad Amanda and I ventured over to Eastern Europe for a few days. Today we got up early to be able to fit everything in, only to be informed that Hungarians take Halloween and All Saints' Day very seriously. Meaning nothing is open. Well we know from living in Copenhagen that nothing is open on Sundays either, so we've had two days of closed shops. So much for getting up early!
But we did manage to find things to do! First we started by hitting up Starbucks (we are deprived of this in Denmark) and then working our way over to the Central Market Hall. It was so interesting! Food on the first floor, lace doilies and paprika on the second. If you're a tourist in Budapest, going here is a must! It is a great combination of people grocery shopping and tourists looking for souvenirs. Amanda bought a scarf for her mom and I bought something for my mom too! But she reads the blogs so I'll have to keep that a secret!
After the market we tried going to the Holocaust Museum, but it's closed on mondays. Not fun! So instead we went to the train station so I could buy my ticket for my next stop. Note to self: never buy online rail tickets again. They are much cheaper in person, and you will get a seat on the train. Well, ok sometimes it's probably good to buy ahead, but I'm glad I didn't this time. Anyway, the train station literally looked like I was in 1940. No joke. Budapest is a very old city, and I commend them for their ideology of using thing until they are no longer repairable. But this train station... it was what my mom would politely call 'rustic'. Oh and nobody spoke english. Finally we found our way, and thankfully my train departs from a different station, so I don't have to trek back there. But it was fun!
The Hungarian Parliament building - and me!
In the afternoon we grabbed a quick lunch at this great little place we found yesterday where they make a pizza in a cone! We had the Hungarian style one, and it has cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, and salami with tomato sauce. It goes through this cool machine and toasts! It was so good we had to go again today!
Being as touristy as possible, we also saw the parliament building, Shoes on the Danube (
read about it here), we went to a bath, and saw the opera house! It really was a busy day. Now we are packing up for our travels tomorrow, Amanda is going to St. Andrews, Scotland and I am going to... Vienna!
Shoes on the Danube
Honestly Budapest has been a lot of fun, but I'm ready to move on. I am excited to see my friends and see more cities I've never been to before! I honestly can't believe I'm lucky enough to be able to spend two weeks bouncing from city to city in Europe. Yes, I did work all summer to make sure I had the money to do this, but I can't believe I'm lucky enough to be here! More tomorrow, and I'll add pictures of Budapest to the posts!
A traditional spa - it's been open since the 1500's.
Jó Éjszakát!
Goodnight!
- Devon
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