Hungary for Budapest!

August 8th: Since I started traveling, I heard that Budapest was a city I needed to see! I was told that if I liked Prague, I would LOVE Budapest, and yes, I did REALLY LIKE PRAGUE!

I felt Robyn needed a real cultural experience and Budapest is not only cheap; it is distinctly Eastern European, still showing remnants of both a world War II and the Cold War! In fact, as soon as we got to our hostel, we realized we were not in Copenhagen anymore!

First off, I need to discuss the flight to Budapest! Europe had a lot of cheap discount airlines, most notably EasyJet, RyanAir, and WizzAir! We flew WizzAir out of Malmo and it was $150 for the two of us, and the flight was just booked two days ago!

WizzAir is a TOTAL circus! The people on the flight are loud; the attendants bombard you with advertisements, and the hope is you get to your destination alive! When we landed, people clapped like it was New Years Eve!

Now, first impressions of Budapest... It is VERY similar to Prague, but the aura of the Cold War is still really strong! It also has a fairly big Jewish population and tonight I had THE BEST MEAL I have had since traveling in Europe....matzo ball soup, a meat stew, and yellow string beans! Amazing:) !

Tonight, we also went to one of manu bars in Budapest that are called "ruins pubs". They used to be former residences under Soviet rule that have since been converted into loud, wild, cheap bars! They are somewhat similar to the German beer gardens I went to except they are grungier and more run down! Still, they are a blast!