We've spent the last day and a half in Budapest . . . .
WTF???? Which way do we go . . . . ?
Yesterday we spent most of the day on the "Buda" side of the Danube River . . . took a Funicular
up the hill to the palace and wandered around. We had a Hungarian beer with the locals (btw . . if you are expecting an awesome Hungarian beer . . . Czech beer is better) and then made our way back across the Chain Bridge to the "Pest" side for an enchanting dinner outside under the Basillica . . . . just the three of us . . . :P 
After our bellies were more than full (hey we're on vacation) we had some gellato style ice cream that was sculpted on the cones in shapes of roses . . yum!!!
We waddled around and eventually found the super trendy happening spot for 20-somethings and had a bottle of sparkling rose champagne and surfed the web via free wi-fi on our iPhone and iPod!
As if that wasn't enough we had to drop into the local Burger King (Corm's favorite restaurant) to get some onion rings. Strangely enough the 'manager' was yelling at us in Hungarian when we entered (we ignored him, of course). After we got our very hot, large order of onion rings we were trying to take a funny pic for Corm . . . but the 'manager' was yelling at us again in Hungarian to leave (WTF?!?!) . . . I think they have some sort of racial profiling going on there . . . they weren't yelling at the French girls!! We really don't appreciate it one bit!!! 
We took the 'underground' back to our Hostel . . . the underground train in Budapest is so old that it has leather handles!!!!! We missed the last tram and had to walk all the way back to the Hostel (which means G and Char got there about 1/2 hour earlier than Rob because he is apparently the SLOWEST walker on the face of the earth!!)
Today we woke up bright and early (~ 9 am :P . . . . .suckers who have to work . . . actually sadly enough we are coughing our brains out at night and can't sleep) and walked around the 'Transylvania-like" castle and 'Budapest Bathhouse". Unfortunately only spending a day and a half here we don't have enough time to go into the bathhouses . . . they have $7 underwater massages . . . next time!!!
We headed downtown for a quick breakfast (salty omlets) and then rented bikes!!!! The most awesome part of the trip was the bike ride . . . we were able to see everything including the Margarit Island . . a diamond in the rough!!! 
The island was awesome . . . it had beautiful expansive laws for picnicing (or making out . . apparently the pastime of young Hungarians), beautiful red-flowered gardens (my favorite so far since I haven't been able to see any extraordinary gardens), and a kickin' restaurant . . WITH BIKE RACKS and toilets that charged 50 cents (oops darn I forgot to pay!) After the island we rode our bikes on the 'pest' side running down pedestrians on the side walk . . to view the awesome Art Nouveau architecture (my favorite). Factual Tidbit: Budapest comes in second to Barcelona, Spain for Art Nouveau Architecture.
We ended the evening with some Hungarian beer (not recommended) at a 'trendy' people-watching spot and then a classy dinner under the stars with a really good Cabernet Hungarian wine and views of the Danube river, chain bridge and Buda Royal Palace . . . . .
next stop . .. Salzburg! Chooo-chooooo! (all aboard at 5:55 am!!!!)
WTF???? Which way do we go . . . . ?
Yesterday we spent most of the day on the "Buda" side of the Danube River . . . took a Funicular up the hill to the palace and wandered around. We had a Hungarian beer with the locals (btw . . if you are expecting an awesome Hungarian beer . . . Czech beer is better) and then made our way back across the Chain Bridge to the "Pest" side for an enchanting dinner outside under the Basillica . . . . just the three of us . . . :P After our bellies were more than full (hey we're on vacation) we had some gellato style ice cream that was sculpted on the cones in shapes of roses . . yum!!! We waddled around and eventually found the super trendy happening spot for 20-somethings and had a bottle of sparkling rose champagne and surfed the web via free wi-fi on our iPhone and iPod! As if that wasn't enough we had to drop into the local Burger King (Corm's favorite restaurant) to get some onion rings. Strangely enough the 'manager' was yelling at us in Hungarian when we entered (we ignored him, of course). After we got our very hot, large order of onion rings we were trying to take a funny pic for Corm . . . but the 'manager' was yelling at us again in Hungarian to leave (WTF?!?!) . . . I think they have some sort of racial profiling going on there . . . they weren't yelling at the French girls!! We really don't appreciate it one bit!!! We took the 'underground' back to our Hostel . . . the underground train in Budapest is so old that it has leather handles!!!!! We missed the last tram and had to walk all the way back to the Hostel (which means G and Char got there about 1/2 hour earlier than Rob because he is apparently the SLOWEST walker on the face of the earth!!)Today we woke up bright and early (~ 9 am :P . . . . .suckers who have to work . . . actually sadly enough we are coughing our brains out at night and can't sleep) and walked around the 'Transylvania-like" castle and 'Budapest Bathhouse". Unfortunately only spending a day and a half here we don't have enough time to go into the bathhouses . . . they have $7 underwater massages . . . next time!!! We headed downtown for a quick breakfast (salty omlets) and then rented bikes!!!! The most awesome part of the trip was the bike ride . . . we were able to see everything including the Margarit Island . . a diamond in the rough!!! The island was awesome . . . it had beautiful expansive laws for picnicing (or making out . . apparently the pastime of young Hungarians), beautiful red-flowered gardens (my favorite so far since I haven't been able to see any extraordinary gardens), and a kickin' restaurant . . WITH BIKE RACKS and toilets that charged 50 cents (oops darn I forgot to pay!) After the island we rode our bikes on the 'pest' side running down pedestrians on the side walk . . to view the awesome Art Nouveau architecture (my favorite). Factual Tidbit: Budapest comes in second to Barcelona, Spain for Art Nouveau Architecture. We ended the evening with some Hungarian beer (not recommended) at a 'trendy' people-watching spot and then a classy dinner under the stars with a really good Cabernet Hungarian wine and views of the Danube river, chain bridge and Buda Royal Palace . . . . .next stop . .. Salzburg! Chooo-chooooo! (all aboard at 5:55 am!!!!)
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