Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Day 16 - Vienna/Budapest

There hasn't been much luck when it comes to easily finding out lodging every day.  And there has been just as little luck finding our way from each hostel back to the train station, metro, etc.  Vienna was different though!  When we arrived, we had a sign pointing us right to our hostel.  When we left, we figured out that our hostel was about 50 meters from the train station we were departing from.  It was really great considering we were running right up against the wire as usual.  So, we boarded the train and took off with a good amount of time to spare.  


After about 3 hours, we were in Budapest.  This city is much different than the others.  It is the furthest east we will be going, and also is the most diverse culture... which brings me to my next point.  Honestly, the culture here was pretty boring and somewhat cold.  Everyone from tram operators to waitstaff at restaurants treated us like stupid Americans.  They didn't even try to speak our language.  How dare they!  We are Americans!


Anyway, the day was filled mostly with roaming around the city.  We saw some baths, ate more pizza, saw a few cool buildings and monuments, at at the grocery store for dinner, and finished the night posting pictures... which was a much needed activity.  Other than that, not too much to keep going on about, so I will cut this one short.  

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