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Budapest, Hungary

9/11/2013

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From this point forward I will be jumping cities every 3 days, making my way west, ultimately to Amsterdam, from which I will fly home (sort of) on October 2nd.  

My stay in Budapest was a little strange, and I am sorry to say that I do not think I really took advantage of being here.  I took an extremely uncomfortable 14-hour, overnight train from Brasov into Budapest.  I got into town at about 10AM, thinking that I could hit the ground running, when in reality it felt like the ground hit me.  I was exhausted, aching in my back and shoulders from being hunched over in a non-reclinable seat all night, and nearly comatose as I made my way to my hostel, and I quite literally crashed as soon as I got there.  Even after a nap I could hardly bring myself to move further than the hostel common room, and so I watched the sun set on my first wasted day in Budapest.  It was a Sunday night and I realized that there was an American sports bar less then a block away, so I did drag myself out to watch one of the early games, but I was still beat and didn't last long.  I think I was in bed by about 10:30.  

The next day I woke up around 10AM feeling recharged.  I guess my body really needed the rest.  Unfortunately the weather was not on the same page as my sunny mood.  It poured for a good part of the day, so I ended up curling up on a couch in the common room and swapping between writing and reading.  By around 5PM the rain had stopped, but I was engrossed in my book and again did not venture far from the hostel, so thats 2 out of 3 days wasted (in a sense).

On day 3, my final day, I was resolved to get out of the hostel and actually see the city that I had heard so many good things about.  The weather was overcastt and threatening, but the rain held off.  I really wanted to check out one of the famed bath houses, which I could have gotten to easily on public transport, which is excellent, I would say right on par with NYC, but I decided to walk the distance instead and hit as many of the sights as I could.  The city really surprised me.  Architecturally and artistically, the buildings were stunning.  The walk to the bath house seemed like it passed by in a flash because there was always something new for me to gawk at like the annoying tourist that I am.

I finally got to the bath house at around 12:30, after nearly 3 hours of wandering around and seeing most of the main sights around the city.  The weather still wasn't great, overcast and a little chilly, so I wasn't sure how I was going to like the bath house considering a good portion of the pools were open aired.  I should remember though never to waste my energies on worrying.  The pools were fantasic.  The outside had two half-mooon shapped pools separated by a long lap pool.  The smaller pools on the end felt like bath water and felt fantastic.  There were fountains and a whirl pool and jets and it was just fabulous.  There were two different inside sections that each had a dary sauna room, several smaller lounging pools, and a few small lap pools.  The decore was such that you felt like you were stepping back in time into a Roman bath house.  I sayed in the facility for nearly 4 hours switching from pool tp pool to sauna, from inside to outside and back again until I was properly pruney.  The sun even decided to shine during my last hour or so there, which was a welcomed sight.

On my way back to the hostel I walked another path through the city and saw some of the few attractions I had missed before.  So, pretty productive, yet relaxing, day.  The only thing that I am upset about missing really is caving under the city.  Really wish I would have gotten off my butt to make that happen.  Oh well next time I guess.  

Now off to Prague! 

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Synagogue
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Synagogue at night
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Stz. Istvan Basilica
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Heroes Square
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Szechenyi bath house
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Vajdahunyad Castle
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These last 3 pictures are obviously not mine, given the clear sky...I hardly saw the sun in my 3 days.  So, thank you to my friend Natalie Hope for this contribution to what Budapest should look like on a nice day :)
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The Castle
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