Budapest

So this should have been posted a long time ago...

Traveled to Budapest on Thursday February 13th by myself to join up with the Gonzaga group. I got to the hotel around midnight and went to bed. On Friday we got up and went to breakfast which had literally every type of breakfast food you could ever imagine. It was a feast!! Then we went on a walking tour at 10. We saw the synagogue and St. Stephens Basilica. Then Emily and I got goulash at a little hole in the wall type place for lunch. It was really hot and good and I burned my tongue. As we were walking around, a guy came up to us and told us we looked interesting and asked us where we were going. We thought he was strange so we walked away. The we both got a little slice of cake for valentines day and then met up with the Gonzaga group at 4 to visit the terror museum. This museum showed stories about those affected by the internment and the revolution. It was horrifying to see the stories and artifacts. Afterward we went back to the hotel and then met up again to get dinner. We really wanted Thai food so we walked around and tried to go to several restaurants but everything was full for Valentines day and needs a reservation. So we ended up at a place where you chose what you wanted in your Thai food and they made it. It was essentially fast food Thai. It was tasty. Then we heads back to the the hotel and stopped and got a chocolate bar on the way back. On Saturday we woke up super early to make it to the Schenzy Baths. This was such a cool experience. The baths are indoor and outdoor and are warmed by hot springs. The baths all have different minerals but I couldn't tell which was which since Hungarian is much different than a Romance language or English. The main pool outside was a comfortable temperature and there was steam coming off the water since it was so cold outside. The indoor baths were smaller but there were probably fifteen different ones so we went between each bath. Then we took the metro back to the hotel to get breakfast. The tour was a bus tour and it took us to many of the major sights if the city. We saw Hero's Square and the central market and the Buda castle and the Buda side of  Budapest. At the market Emily and I shared Langos which is a typical Hungarian dish. It is fried bread with toppings. We put sour cream, garlic and cheese on it and it was delicious!! After the tour we walked around and crossed over the chain bridge and walked along the Buda side of the river and it was pretty and very nice weather. Some of us walked up on the side of the hill up some stairs. I think it was gellert hill but that was under debate. Then we went back to the hotel and rested a bit until the cooking class. At the cooking class inadequate two dishes, a vegetable salad with a mayonnaise and yogurt dressing and then ham rolls with a horseradish bechemel filling. My dream of using a pastry bag was fulfilled and may I say, I rocked the pastry bag piping!! Then we ate what everyone had made. After the cooking class and dinner the group I had been hanging out with this weekend went to a bar which was super cool! It was so crazy and busy and the decorations inside were crazy. I got a cider beer and it was quite tasty. It was nice to sit and talk to the girls I was hanging out with and just relax. On Sunday I got up and had breakfast and checked out of the room and then walked around the Buda side and went to the museum hospital in the rock. It was a museum underneath the Buda castle that is a system of caves essentially and was used during the Hungarian revolution and World War Two. At one point 700 people were in the hospital. The tour was a bit cheesy. After the tour we went to a hummus place for lunch and got a naan bread wrap with hummus and yummy stuff. Then Emily wanted coffee so we did that and then took the metro back to the airport! Another great weekend!