Budapeshht

We arrived in Bohemia Budapest via train. It was a whopping 20 minute walk from the train station to our hostel but we finally made it with a wide load backpack on. Upon arrival, we were reunited with our dear friend Amanda Nizam whom we will be traveling with for a few days. "Reunited and and it feels so good!" We washed up and took a little break before heading to an all you can eat hungarian buffet with our hostel. It was quite a spread if I do say so myself. Food from shark to pork in spices. Yum yum yum! But stuffing our faces and bellys with tradional style cuisine, we decided to burn it all off by taking a hike to the top of Citadel to see all of Budapest at night. It was beautiful. We even happened to walk by fireworks on the bridge. We got to see Parliment at night and other wonderful sights along the Danube River. We then trekked home and got ready for a day of sights.

The next day consisted of...rain. But that didnt stop us. We hit up a free walking tour that took us throughout the historical odds and ends of Budapest. We were able to hear about how communism died within Hungary, and saw many amazing sights like St. Stephens Basilica many historical statues and what the represent to the Hungarian culture. It was crazy to hear about how revolutionary Hungarys history was. After the tour, we had a tradional hungarian lunch with our tour guides and group and then headed over to the legendary Turkish baths, what have been recommended for quite some time on our trip.

We went to on of the more popular baths, called Szecheni in the park. It was fun the go in and out of these baths (pretty much like pools, dont get your minds wandering) that ranged from all different temperatures. We got caught in a whirlpool in one, and then could relax in a sauna right across the way. We hopped from pool to pool with friends we made from our tour as well as our hostel before heading out to see the end of the United States vs. Slovenia game.

We then headed back to the hostel to kick back, relax, make some pasta, have a little vino, and get ready for a fun night out with the friends in our hostel. Our hostel was quite small so we quickly became friends with everyone that was in it. But everyone was going out to experience the Budapest nightlife. We had made a stop or two before it had got kind of late, and being swayed by the thought that our train was leaving for Prague at 5:30 in the morning, we decided to call it a night. But not without a quick bite to eat. A traditional favorite, langos! It was quite delectible.

But anywhos, we called a cab to take us to the train station, to hop on a train, and wa-la we arrived in PRAHA!

Thats all we have for now folks, but keep reading!

Love,

Tricia, Christie, and Nicole