Day 17 - Budapest

Note:  I have posted 2 blog entries at the same time again.  Read Day 16 first...

Right now, I am sitting... or I guess I should say laying on a train.  We are taking a night train from Vienna to Milan, so we can get to Athens.  Why?  Well, the only night train to Milan that is close to Budapest is from Vienna.  And, the cheapest airfare we could find is on EasyJet.  This flies out of Milan to Athens.  So, this explains our crazy roundabout way of getting to Greece.  Don't worry though... this isn't the most out of the way we are going.  Soon, we will travel from Greece to Spain and then back to Italy.  I will explain more when that time comes, but it's basically so we can run with the bulls in Pamplona.  Sorry, back to the task at hand...

We spent the morning in Buda.  Yesterday we were in Pest.  Honestly, we only spent a few hours in Budapest today, because we had to grab a train to Vienna.  Today is pretty much just a travel day.  Ok, honestly this morning was just hot and boring.  It might sound like Budapest kinda sucks, but it's pretty cool.  We just don't have enough time to figure it all out.  Also, we really wanted to go to one of the baths (kinda like hot springs) but there was no time for that either.

I will just skip to the train ride.  After another grocery store lunch (yogurt, banana, potato chips, twix - the usual suspects) we got to the Budapest train station just in time to miss our train to Vienna.  I shouted an obscenity and then we waited 2 more hours.  We made it to Vienna just in time for a ginormous slice of pizza and then boarded the 13 hour train to Milan.  We are in a sleeper car, but not like the more private one before.  This one is made for 4 people.  So far it is the two of us, and one other girl from Serbia.  Her name is Bilja.  I just asked her how to spell it, and she spelled it in German, so the spelling is an educated guess.  By the way, I feel pretty stupid because we asked her how many languages she spoke and it added up to over 10.  

Anyway, we have spent the last 2 hours or so talking about politics (George Bush & Hillary v. Obama), architecture & urban design (she is getting her PhD in architecture), and business (she wants to be a famous artist and sell her stuff all over the world).  Needless to say, it's been fun getting to know someone different.  We literally spent an hour with a map of Europe and just talked about which countries hate each other and why.  We also discussed religion, entrepreneurship, and where babies come from.

Alright, bed time.  I am going to finish up a movie and get some sleep.  I am watching "This is England".  It's an independent film I downloaded on iTunes yesterday.  Hopefully it lives up to the recommendations.  Peace!