Wow, what a weekend. Budapest exceeded all expectations –I absolutely loved it! Thursday eve I raced from class to make the bus. The next few hours or so could be summed up by saying Lydia packed the most, crossing the bridge from Pest to Buda was enough to give you frostbite, I had a big whinge about not packing my super warm pillow jacket but the hostel was great. We had the whole wing to ourselves; it was just like being on school camp. After shotgunning bunk beds and suffering a mild case of starvation, we trekked kms to the 24 hr Subway (very uncultured I know) but along the way enjoyed window shopping along the UNESCO World Heritage Listed street which housed names from Chanel to Armani. Then came Friday morning came. Once the Brazilians were finally dragged out the door, we took in the sights of the city (while shivering) on the city walking tour. This included Vaci Street, Parliament, the Chain Bridge and the Castle District. Being snap happy as I am, I took a lot of photos – everything had to be captured. We ate lunch in a traditional Hungarian restaurant so we could thaw ourselves out – it was such a joy to eat red meat – it had been way too long. The afternoon was spent bike riding around an island in the middle of the Danube on 3 person bikes – amazing fun! We ended our island adventure with delicious gluhwein in the park. We went back to the hostel, nanna napped, ordered in pizza and got all dressed up to hit Club Play. After walking for half an hour and being only moments from our destination, we get a call saying it is closed!! By this point my stockings were not keeping me warm and my heels were giving my feet heart attacks. We decided to turn our defeat to triumph and had a massive party at the hostel – seriously best fun. Saturday consisted of the city park, corn on a cob, Heroes Square, lots of eating, another nanna nap and last but certainly not least – the spa! We went to the Szechenyi Bath, where you run from the heating of the indoors to the many different temperature pools and sauna – one of which even had a whirlpool. We were occupied for hours! Unfortunately Saturday night this terrible sickness set in and had me in poor form for the remainder of the trip. However, we still made fun on Sunday – going to the “market” (turned out being a supermarket – devastating) and climbing Gellért Hill. Upon the top stands Lady Liberty and the view is incredible. The rest of the trip was uneventful and a little sad as we said goodbye to Budapest after a very memorable weekend. Hopefully my photos will speak for the rest of the story....
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