Budapest Day 2 and 3

We're in a McDonalds near the train station, waiting for our train to Bratislava. It's pretty cold and gray outside, although nothing compared to what the weather must be like in Minnesota. I've got to tell you, I don't miss the snow one bit. Not one bit. 

I must say we could have spent another couple of days in this city. There's so much to do, and the apartment we rented was so nice and comfortable. We felt very at home in our JanosApartment flat, which we rented off Craigslist from Janos and Jozsef. This is the second time we've rented off Craigslist and we've always had such positive experiences. Each time we've been welcomed with such hospitality and generosity. Janos and Jozsef gave us a list of there favorite restaurants and cafes, as well as must see sites. It's so nice when you feel safe and welcomed in an unknown land.

We were pretty tired yesterday after our non-stop first day in Budapest, and since we had seen a lot of the city already, we didn't do all that much. After a breakfast of chocolate croissants and coffee, we went out to visit a bit more of the city.

Daniel really liked Andrassy Street, so we went back there to have a look at all the embassies and beautiful old restored mansions. On our way we stopped in the St. Stephen's Cathedral, the most famous church in Hungary. It's named after Hungary's Patron Saint, St. Stephen, and they even have the mummified right hand of St. Stephen displayed in one of the rooms of the church. Yikes. 

We then kept walking towards the shopping district of the city, where I forced Daniel to buy some new shoes since the ones on his feet were bothering his heel. Better to spend money on some new shoes and enjoy the rest of our trip, than to save and have Daniel get plantar fasciatis or something like that. Neither of us were all that excited about buying a new pair of shoes in a foreign country where everything costs a little bit more than at home, but we found a pair that weren't to expensive, and thankfully we were able to continue on our way, without Dan complaining from pain in his heel. 

We had lunch at a fancy, but not so tasty restaurant on the shopping district, and then took the street car back home for a quick nap before our evening plans. After a brief but much needed rest, we went out again, this time to a coffee shop down the street from out apartment, where we checked email and wrote our first post from Hungary. That post actually took much longer than expected, as downloading and uploading the photos can be a pain in the butt on blogger. 

Afterwards we walked down to a main boulevard in our neighborhood for some very good pasta at an Italian restaurant, and then headed home for more sleep. 

Ok, we're off to Bratislava. Hope you are enjoying the posts. We miss all of you and can't wait to see you when we get home. 

Love, 

Deborah and Daniel