There Are No Camels In Budapest

It's true folks. Not one.

I liked Budapest a lot. It felt way more eastern European than Austria, which I liked. There weren't a lot of tourists there either so that was really nice. Alenka and I were originally going to go by ourselves early this week, but some of her friends were going on Saturday so we decided to join the party. We left at 5 a.m. and got back at 11 that night. Oh my word, it was a long day and we were all so tired by the end, but it was a great day and we made a lot of memories!

I'm not sure why we thought we could see all of Budapest in one day, but we certainly made a stab at it. We started out by climbing up to the "castle" which actually was just a post at the top of the mountain that looked out over Budapest. It was a crazy climb up, but we made it and it was a beautiful view. So while we were up there, we saw the castle waaaaaaaaay down below us and decided that would be our next destination. So after the crazy climb up we took the crazy climb down and eventually made it to the castle.

By the time we reached the castle it was about noon and we were pretty tired so we hit up the nearest mall and got Turkish food and then went to Starbucks which was a very interesting combo. Then we visited a couple of more sights before we headed back to catch the train.

We were a little late getting to the train so when we got on there were no more compartments! We all ended up standing/sitting in the tiny tiny tiny corridor which made for very awkward exchanges when backpackers (or anyone for that matter) tried to squeeze past us. Okay, but this is the kicker (a reeeeeeal kicker). We were standing right outside of a conductor's room (just an compartment reserved for the conductors) and there was only one conductor in there the whole time. It must have been really awkward for her because we just stared in at her the whole time like sad puppies.

The cars on either side of ours were also empty, but we didn't have the right tickets, so they kicked us out :( Even though they were empty! Waaaaaaah! My feet still hurt today.

So that's my Budapest adventure! Sunday was really nice too. I went to church with Alenka and we hung out with some of the people who were on the Budapest trip. So it was a good weekend, and there's more to tell but I have to run now! I can't take up too much time on the internet here, but if you want to see pictures of the trip, check out my Facebook page! Have a good day, guys!