We arrived in Budapest this afternoon by train to the 133 years young Keleti train station. We have been so used to the completely refurbished ones it’s nice to see an original. Budapest has three stations we will be leaving from a different one in a few days time when travel to Prague. As we are in the peak period the trains are incredibly busy and it’s a fight to get to your seat and store your luggage (even when travelling in first class). This is because you can buy a ticket and not reserve a seat which is cheaper. So everyone just piles on and hopes for the best, and I am just too polite but am getting tougher with each trip we take. Once you get on and your bags have been stored somewhere it’s such a relief you feel like you have just finished the City to Surf 🍻.

Budapest has a real hip feel to it, it just feels so young and vibrant. The hotel we are staying – the Bo33 has a boutique feel about it with complimentary lemonade, coffee and croissants always on hand. The homemade lemonade is really yummy, so that whilst you are playing the complimentary PlayStation near the foyer you can remain hydrated 😀. On the top floor of the hotel as well as a spa (i.e place to get a massage) there is a jacuzzi that looks over Budapest.

We decided to take a little walk into town just to get our bearings making our way to St. Stephens Cathedral. As it is Sunday night here Mass was being celebrated and so whilst we were able to take photos inside we didn’t and will go back tomorrow, yep another Bell Tower post is going to happen. I think that it will be quite a challenge to beat the sunset view from St Stephan’s in Vienna.

Because of the beautiful weather so many people were out and about and there was heaps of colour and movement – just beautiful.

We stumbled across a lane on the way back to our hotel where there were heaps of caravans serving different kinds of food and Hungarian beer, it was fab. It was really like the Hamlet that was in Canberra in Lonsdale Street. Steve had goulash and I had pulled pork, as well as a beer ( this is why we walk rather than take the bus ) amongst people just like us from all over the world reminding themselves how lucky they are to being having these experiences.