Budapest, Hungary Oct. 28

a view of Budapest

So I posted all the pictures of my travels on Facebook but I haven’t written about it. So here I go. We left Kiev Saturday (October 27) morning and we arrived in Budapest Sunday morning (and it was raining). It was a long bus ride and it wasn’t very comfortable. The great thing about it was that I got my passport stamped! I felt like such a world traveler.

Let me just tell you, Budapest Hungary is one of the most beautiful cities I have been too. I didn’t know what was in Budapest so I didn’t really go in with many expectations. It blew my mind away. It has great architecture.  Everyone should put this city on their list of travel places.

When we arrived our tour group went to see the Szechenyi thermal baths. We didn’t go because we didn’t want to spend the extra Euros on it. My reasoning was that I didn’t want to spend my money to see people in their bathing suits. So instead of doing that, we just wandered the city. And our first destination was the bathroom. So we wandered in the rain looking for a bathroom. And we were lucky because we found a mall that had a free bathroom. In Europe, free bathrooms are very rare (this is something that I am grateful for in America). Then we continued exploring the city. Even though it was raining, it was still a lot of fun to do and talk pictures.

Washington Momument

We came across a statue that we never thought we would see in any country other than America. And that statue is of George Washington. That is the first president of The United States of America. It was very strange and for a moment I was confused of whether or not I was in Europe or home.

After that, we walked around the Castle Vajdahunyad. We only had a Russian speaking tour guide and so we didn’t stick with our group. We tried but they moved on without us as we were taking pictures. It doesn’t surprise me that we lost our tour group. It wouldn’t be vacation for me if I didn’t get lost. We tried to find our group but we had no success but we found our tour bus and just chilled there until our group came. And I am glad we found the bus because it wasn’t where it was supposed to be and we never got a set time to be there.

The Castle

We only spent one day in Budapest and I wished that we were there longer because there was so much to see and do. I will say this again… everyone; put Budapest, Hungary on your list of places to visit. It is absolutely beautiful!