We've made it safely to Budapest. Our train last night was the nicest sleeper train yet, and despite the delay on the train, we made it to Budapest by about 10. We're going to enjoy the city today and tomorrow before heading out to Vienna, Austria tomorrow afternoon. I'll keep you all posted on how everything goes, and I'll see you soon!
~ Mike
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We woke up on the train at 7:45 to find out that we were delayed 50 minutes. Once we finally got to Budapest it was 10:00, and we made our way to our hostel, the Goat Hostel. The Goat was the nicest hostel on the trip by far. Not only did it
feel like home, the owner, Gabriel, mapped our a full day's route for us based on what we would
like to see and do, starting with lunch across the street for some traditional Hungarian goulash. The goulash was delicious, and came to us in our own individual cauldrons over fire. After lunch we walked across the river and climbed to the Citadella Fortress, which gave us the best views
of the trip. Although the climb was hard along dirt paths, it was well worth it. We were able to see the entire city of both Buda and Pest (yes, two separate cities).
After admiring the views for quite some time, we made our way back down to the bottom and walked over to the Budai Castle. We were about to take a very cool outdoor train/elevator up the side of the mountain, but it would have cost us too much money, so we decided to walk instead.
The castle was massive with spectacular views once again, especially since the sun was setting.
We walked back down and over the Chan bridge, which is the oldest bridge in Budapest and the second oldest on the Danube River.
After crossing the bridge we walked up Andrassy, a very long street in Budapest, all the way up to Hero's Square. Hero's Square was amazing, and we were lucky enough to see it at night when it's true beauty shines. We walked a few more block
from Hero's Square and made it to the largest thermal baths in Budapest, Szechenyi
Gyogyfrudo. After paying to get in we got a locker and headed to the baths, which are a perfect 98.6 degrees - amazing since the air was 20 degrees. The baths felt so good that we stayed for about 2 hours or so before walking back to the hostel to watch a movie and go to bed.
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