Budapest

Budapest was amazing! Thanks to Dave Beitel for all the tips before we arrived. They were very useful.
We stayed in a very tiny hostel with the most RELAXED host in the world. He came and went as he pleased and led a very stressfree livestyle. He would come ın, wash some sheets, head over to the bar across the road, pop in to put the sheets in the dryer, say hello to everyone and pop back over for another beer. He was a wealth of info on Budapest though and we really liked him.
The city was the first that we have visited that had a more Eastern feel. Not just an Eastern European feel but almost middle-eastern feel.
The food was good and the langos were interesting and tasty. Langos are a Hungarian version of Beaver Tails but with non-desserty toppings. Sour cream and cheese are the usual toppings. When we saw our first Langos stand, we just had finished our lunch...so we split a sour cream and cheese langos...then we went to a Hungarian bath. Going to a bath on a stomach full of Goulash soup and langos is NOT recommended.
Speaking of the bath, what an amazing place! İt was like being in a swimming pool inside of a palace! We chose the Gellert Baths to go to but there are about 10 baths around the city. The Hungarian baths usually have a whole bunch of indoor pools of different temperatures and a bunch of outdoor pools of different temperatures. They also have a bunch of spa treatments, but we are on a budget so we only got to lounge around the pools...poor us, eh!
After Hungary, we were off to Istanbul!!

P & C