We're alive and well and enjoying the pessccchhht. Thats what they call the newer side of the city - the poisonous Danube river separates us from the historic Buda side. Hence Buda-Pest. We've had plenty of history lessons since we arrived here late Wednesday night. Our walking tour of the city showed us heroes square, castle hill, and all the monuments to Hungary's right hand man St. Stephen.
We've relaxed in the Turkish style bath houses, and enjoyed some delicious local cuisine, though I think the duck in France was still the best meal we've had. They say you should experience Europe through its food, but if that is true then Europe is just one big Gyro. We've had some variation of gyros in every city we've visited, Greece's were definitely the best.
Tonight, for our final event in Budapest we're going to experience our first Opera, Tchicofski's Onegin, at the second best Opera Hall in the world. Apparently the best one is in Milan, but we don't feel like being pick pocketed this trip, so we probably won't be visiting there.
After tonight it's another early morning train ride all the way to Praha, or Prague, were we should be able to see our first full fledged castle! Along with a lot of other entertaining venues, it should be fun. We haven't decided where to go in between Praha and Amsterdam, but we'll be sure to keep you posted.
All our love to everyone back home, especially the black fluffy one.
C and J
2 comments:
I only got this link now, because I don't really use my hotmail address any more (imathers@gmail.com, if you want to get a beer or something when you're back in town, Jacob). This trip looks awesome! And congratulations to the two of you, of course.
Trip looks great! Thanks for keeping us posted on all your amazing adventures. Guess what, we got a Wii, game on when you return! See you soon.
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