Sorry for the few days delay, I've been decompressing my travel experiences upon arrival back in Edinburgh. Now, to where I left off talking about Budapest...
First, our adventures in Pest: Heroes Park is a huge plaza with enormous statues to a bunch of Hungarian Dudes. Sorry, I'm afraid I can't be any more specific than that, otherwise I'll have to kill you/admit I didn't read everything in the guidebook. We strolled about and had a look, and then went over to the neighboring park to chill and grab a couple pretzels. In one part of the park was the amazing Magyar Museum (an amazing building, we didn't actually go inside) where we wandered around and snapped away suitably. Back on the Metro, to pop up next to the apparently famous Gerbeaud cafe in Vorosmarty Ter, where we had lunch after doing some shopping at the Easter market in the square. Onwards from our posh luncheon, to Parliament. Breathtaking building, absolutely gorgeous. We walked on from there, down the banks of the Danube, and got to see the sun starting to set over the hills of Buda, which was lovely. Realizing that daylight was running short, we hurried over to St. Stephen's Basilica and ran around inside taking awe-struck photos as politely as possible, since it was Easter Sunday. It is the only place I've ever literally said "Oh my god" as soon as I walked in. (And give me some credit, I've been to my share of fancy churches.) It's huge and beautifully decorated inside, almost everything is golden. It's just incredible. Anyway, after that we ran over to the Old Synagogue, but it was closing so we had to make do with pictures of the outside (still lovely, though). Afterwards, we wandered around town for ages trying to find an open supermarket or at least somewhere to get food. (Sadly, we had to repeat the same adventure the next night, too.)
I wish we'd had more time in Budapest to actually go into places instead of just standing outside and taking pictures before moving on to the next landmark.
Now for that amazing overall travel reflection: I love how everything, absolutely everything, becomes and adventure when you're traveling. "Ok! We found the bus we need! Now we just have to buy a ticket for it..." "Look, there's a ticket machine!" Fortunately, the machine speaks English. Unfortunately, according to the machine, we do not. What shall we do next guys? Try and buy a train ticket? Find a toilet? Dare we even attempt to figure out how to get inside this building?? Sometimes a bit of daring and the ability to accurately pantomime is all you need.
Anyway, it feels really good to be back in Edinburgh. I loved every minute of my trip, but I'm very glad I decided to come back early -- it just gives me the time to breathe a little and ease into studying rather than having an exam four days after I return. I swear, though, I felt like I was gone for about a month.
As always, pictures to follow (when I have the motivation/time).
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