Budapest and Vienna

BUDAPEST

So what a wonderful city!! So far so good. Upon arrival, after my 14 hour train ride, I took the bus to my wonderful hostel. It sleeps like only 15 people and is run by this cool American/Hungarian/Italian/Spanish dude. Super cool and super nice. The first day I toured around Buda by myself and saw the city’s castle, St. Mathews Church, and the citadel on Gellit Hill. I don’t remember all the information about these places but that’s okay because we can discuss in more detail when I get home. The next day I went around to see some of the Pest side with some really nice people from the hostel. I saw the Parliament building, the Basilica, the Opera House – which I’m attending tonight – and Hero’s Square and the City Park. It’s a really beautiful city here… I wish I had more to say but I’m tired and lazy. Today I took it easy and went to a huge indoor market, 2 square acres, walked around and got a good feel for the local cuisine and lots of pickled stuff… pickled peppers! I had an amazing lunch of hummus and falafel with a huge salad and gigantic glass of lemonade. Unfortunately I ran out of Hungarian money ☹. I ended up paying in euros. FOOD IS SO CHEAP. It was 6.40 euros for a hell of a lot of food. Money in da bank! That’s it… I’m sorry for skimping on the blog but I hope it’s still enjoyable even if there are no more pictures or fun commentaries. Oh yeah… I also went to an awesome Hungarian punk rock concert. It was really funny because I read about this outdoor festival with concerts every night. When I walked by it, it was just a bunch of punk ass teenagers waiting to get frisked by security to get in. I was intrigued. I couldn’t help myself so I went in. The crowed ended up being mostly converse and studded belt clad teenagers but the was really cool.

VIENNA

It’s as if the hills are alive, with the sound of… music. The city so far has not proved itself öber exciting but its pretty and the museums are out of this world. Yesterday after I arrived I spent the afternoon at the Schonbrunn Castle that used to be the palace of Maria Teresa and is where Mozart when he was 6 years old. It was beautiful because the grounds had huge and incredibly well kept gardens. Today I did stuff around the center of town/ Ring Strasse. Kivanc references everywhere!! It’s nice. Tomorrow I’m finishing up some stuff in the city center and two more museums before I catch my overnight train to Berlin. I leave at 7:58 pm and arrive at 8:01 am. I’m excited because I will meet my friend from Venice, Imke, and then meet up with Alli. She and I will be traveling together for the rest of the time.

Peace.