Beautiful Budapest is the capital of Hungary. It consists of two half cities on either side of the Danube, Buda on the west and Pest on the east. They have awesome goulash. Rolling in after a quick train ride from Vienna, we quickly hunted down a restaurant. The desserts were pretty solid:
Then for sightseeing.
Royal Palace
One of the lions on the Chain Bridge connecting Buda and Pest, with the Royal Palace in the background
Me up on the fortifications in the Castle District overlooking Pest, Parliament in the background
One of the huge towers at the Fisherman's Bastion
Beautiful view of Parliament, it was a stormy, overcast day and there was a tiny gap in the clouds that was shining right on it
View of Fisherman's Bastion from the front
Danube and Chain Bridge
Eagle statue in front of Buda Castle, looking over the river
Me in the Labyrinth, which was awesome (and mildly terrifying, it was pitch black down there) until halfway through when we realized it was basically constructed completely for tourists and was not real at all. Super.The next morning, before our train ride in the afternoon, I went to go check out the large park on the outskirts of Pest. However, I was immediately distracted by a Hungarian street fair I found. It reminded me a lot of street fairs I had been to in Seattle, only... more Hungarian.
MEAT
Marzipan
Not pictured: The awesome Hungarian wine booth with the woman who barely spoke English but was super excited to talk to me about what I thought of Budapest and kept feeding me wine
Good times
Onto Graz!
Graz is back in good 'ol Austria. It's about where Schwarzenegger grew up, though unfortunately the locals don't sound like him when speaking English. I know, I was upset also.
Old clock tower on a hill overlooking the city
Me, in dire need of a haircut
Stairs leading down from the hill
This guy was surfing in the river. Apparently you can do that.
From the Obama Bar. Really awesome picture
Schloss Eggenburg. Yes, that is a peacock. There were a ton there
Weird little bastards
Last, and never least, we once again have Munich. You may remember from a previous blog entry that Munich is basically my favorite place on the damn planet. One of my big goals for this trip was to watch a German World Cup match in Germany. This is my dream being realized. I seriously made a day trip to Munich to watch Germany BRUTALIZE Australia 4-0. It was an amazing game, made much cooler by the fact that I was watching it in a 700 year old beer cellar:
Great place to watch a game, right?
I also determined from this trip that my German speaking skills are heightened if any of the following conditions are met:
- I am drunk
- I am drinking beer out of a liter mug
- I am talking to cute German girls
And when all three are met when I'm in a beer garden watching football, that certainly doesn't hurt.
So there's a good summary of the last couple weeks. It's really weird to think that I only have about a week left in Vienna... then I go on my absurd three week tour of the rest of Europe, including at least a few days in Paris where I'll see KATIE!
Tomorrow I take a plane to Nice for the weekend, which should be amazing. There's a good chance I'll head to Monaco for a day also. Time to work on my tan and show my nuclear-white Norwegian skin who's boss. Bonjour, bitches.
MEAT
MarzipanNot pictured: The awesome Hungarian wine booth with the woman who barely spoke English but was super excited to talk to me about what I thought of Budapest and kept feeding me wine
Good times
Onto Graz!
Graz is back in good 'ol Austria. It's about where Schwarzenegger grew up, though unfortunately the locals don't sound like him when speaking English. I know, I was upset also.
Old clock tower on a hill overlooking the city
Me, in dire need of a haircut
Stairs leading down from the hill
This guy was surfing in the river. Apparently you can do that.
From the Obama Bar. Really awesome picture
Schloss Eggenburg. Yes, that is a peacock. There were a ton there
Weird little bastardsLast, and never least, we once again have Munich. You may remember from a previous blog entry that Munich is basically my favorite place on the damn planet. One of my big goals for this trip was to watch a German World Cup match in Germany. This is my dream being realized. I seriously made a day trip to Munich to watch Germany BRUTALIZE Australia 4-0. It was an amazing game, made much cooler by the fact that I was watching it in a 700 year old beer cellar:
Great place to watch a game, right?I also determined from this trip that my German speaking skills are heightened if any of the following conditions are met:
- I am drunk
- I am drinking beer out of a liter mug
- I am talking to cute German girls
And when all three are met when I'm in a beer garden watching football, that certainly doesn't hurt.
So there's a good summary of the last couple weeks. It's really weird to think that I only have about a week left in Vienna... then I go on my absurd three week tour of the rest of Europe, including at least a few days in Paris where I'll see KATIE!
Tomorrow I take a plane to Nice for the weekend, which should be amazing. There's a good chance I'll head to Monaco for a day also. Time to work on my tan and show my nuclear-white Norwegian skin who's boss. Bonjour, bitches.
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