Today, in Budapest, we woke at a normal hour (7am) and began our day. We had a traditional breakfast and departed for our cities tour. I wrote cities tour, because Budapest is really two different cities. Each are separated by the Danube River. Our bus had to travel up the hills of Buda and through the narrow streets of Pest. I asked Franzzzzzzz what he preferred. He said that Buda was better and that driving through Pest was a pest. I should have seen that coming.
Up in Buda, we had a couple of stops. Some statues honoring the Soviet Union proudly overlook the city. It is strange because in our world, the Soviets stand for oppression, but to many Hungarians, they were liberators. That said, they oppressed Hungarians too, but I guess the relationship is complicated, lol.
We also visited the Fisherman's Bastion. It is a well preserved medieval structure that contains artists and street performers. Not only did most of us get ice cream, but a couple of us tempted fate and took the burden of this trip upon our own shoulders.
We were also able to visit Budapest's famous baths. These hot spring waterworks are supposedly therapeutic but after the traveling we have done, the ability to hop into some warm water and relax was great. Not everyone was accustom to European bathing habits, however, and it was not the highlight of all of our travelers.
After the bathhouse, we were exhausted and we took the metro back to our hotel. This metro ride was fun and everyone enjoyed being on the small cars which seemed to be 50 years old with how rocky they were.
Tomorrow, we head to Vienna. It has been an amazing trip so far and I know I am missing so much on this blog, but it is hard to fit it all in, lol. Tomorrow, back home, we are returning to school, but not our SHS...we will be moving into the new building. I hope it goes smoothly.
Mr. Lavoie, I've only been to Budapest twice. Once was 13 years ago, and I don't remember much of it...except that it is beautiful and that I can't wait to go back.
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