But to say that i had to be Hungary First i came to the Westbhanhoff station with 15 mins to spare before the train took off.As usual prayed that there was no one at the counter, it took me 5 mins and i ran to the Platform saying to myself as always that i wouldn't do it again.This time i had secreatly fulfilled my wish of travelling to another country without even having a ticket 5 mins before departure.
Ran into the train with my Donar kebab in hand tried to have it .Before i knew the train took off .I just tried to make some small talk with the gentleman in front me .Turned out he was a super friendly guy who when asked some questions in how to speak Hungarian, he filled me in on a lot of Hungarian history.
Next thing i know i could speak basic Hungarian and for the next 2 hrs courtesy Gabor .His travel mate listening our conversation appreciated that i tried to learn the language of the country i was travelling to he joined in too , Correction my pronunciation's.
We all had a drink together in the pantry car and approximately 3hrs passed on the blink of an eye .The train stopped momentarily which when these guys told me was tat i had officially entered the former iron curtain.
Around 10:30 the train pulled into the kelati station and i had to make my way to the hostel without any sort of map. I got some basic directions from Gabor who was kind enough to come to Blaha station just to make sure i was ok and the other guy bought me a ticket because i didn't have any Hungarian forients - can i expect a better welcome to this country .
OOH by the way Budapest is pronunced Bhu - Dha -Psst in Hungarian
And thus the journey began came into Aboriginal hostel - http://www.aboriginalhostel.com/
A small but OK hostel but the great thing was the people who ran it .Extremely helpful and would go out of the way to help us .Oh yeh and a great place to meet like minded travellers whats more free Internet and umbrella rental
Ran into the train with my Donar kebab in hand tried to have it .Before i knew the train took off .I just tried to make some small talk with the gentleman in front me .Turned out he was a super friendly guy who when asked some questions in how to speak Hungarian, he filled me in on a lot of Hungarian history.
Next thing i know i could speak basic Hungarian and for the next 2 hrs courtesy Gabor .His travel mate listening our conversation appreciated that i tried to learn the language of the country i was travelling to he joined in too , Correction my pronunciation's.
We all had a drink together in the pantry car and approximately 3hrs passed on the blink of an eye .The train stopped momentarily which when these guys told me was tat i had officially entered the former iron curtain.
Around 10:30 the train pulled into the kelati station and i had to make my way to the hostel without any sort of map. I got some basic directions from Gabor who was kind enough to come to Blaha station just to make sure i was ok and the other guy bought me a ticket because i didn't have any Hungarian forients - can i expect a better welcome to this country .
OOH by the way Budapest is pronunced Bhu - Dha -Psst in Hungarian
And thus the journey began came into Aboriginal hostel - http://www.aboriginalhostel.com/
A small but OK hostel but the great thing was the people who ran it .Extremely helpful and would go out of the way to help us .Oh yeh and a great place to meet like minded travellers whats more free Internet and umbrella rental
Fresh day to start .Some facts - I know u can get more from google but here they are ,
Budapest is a combination of Buda and pest which is divided by river Danube and i was living with the Pest side . I was about to leave when i met a Japanese girl and we both decided to go to see the city together first stop Hungarian Parliament which was uber cool its a gloriously archietature.
Budapest is a combination of Buda and pest which is divided by river Danube and i was living with the Pest side . I was about to leave when i met a Japanese girl and we both decided to go to see the city together first stop Hungarian Parliament which was uber cool its a gloriously archietature.
parliment on the buda side i think
Opera Theater - Another glorious structure which i would have never gone if not for Satoko,Nevertheless it was wonderful inside seeing inside archieture done by using real gold leaf everyone including me could notice what gold can do and y people go crazy becs of it
After this it Terror Hoze .Most guide books miss this as its a museum where most of the details are in Hungarian but Gabor told me to visit it and its in my view a must see museum in Hungary becs it was a former headquaters of the Secret police in the Communist era and before that it was a part of the secret police in the hands of the Nazis.
Terror Hoze
Very brutal but real , its reality that's wht happened right .Its a shame its not in many tourists must visit but it should be
Chain bridge
Came home after a quick nap i went down to see the Danube in all its delight , well people say Paris is romantic and but this city has magic, Ok now it might not have the charm of Paris but this city is the dark house when it comes to the most well lit cities in the night.Seeing the chain bridge and the Danube in the night was something else but the Parliament under lights it was like icing on the cake.
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