Drinkable tap water
Sushi
Public restrooms that don't cost money
Non-smoking public places
My bed
Ultimate
You (yes you)
Besides thinking about sushi and ultimate, I've been busy... After Prague we headed to Vienna and met up with my friend Jon from UBC. He's been backpacking for awhile now and is sorta doing the opposite "loop" that we are. We spent our first night in Rathausplatz (in the city centre), where there was a huge free arts festival going on. Unfortunately our first full day in Vienna was a Tuesday, which is apparently the day that everything is closed... go figure. We ended up checking out the Hapsburg Palace and the Freud Museum (pretty underwhelming), and in the evening we watched the famous Lipizzaner horses. Didn't think I'd find the horses all that interesting, but I actually really did - they're so graceful!
Sushi
Public restrooms that don't cost money
Non-smoking public places
My bed
Ultimate
You (yes you)
Besides thinking about sushi and ultimate, I've been busy... After Prague we headed to Vienna and met up with my friend Jon from UBC. He's been backpacking for awhile now and is sorta doing the opposite "loop" that we are. We spent our first night in Rathausplatz (in the city centre), where there was a huge free arts festival going on. Unfortunately our first full day in Vienna was a Tuesday, which is apparently the day that everything is closed... go figure. We ended up checking out the Hapsburg Palace and the Freud Museum (pretty underwhelming), and in the evening we watched the famous Lipizzaner horses. Didn't think I'd find the horses all that interesting, but I actually really did - they're so graceful!
Best sign I've seen so far: plastered all over the walls of our Austrian hostel
On Wednesday we were able to get into Vienna's Museum of Natural History, which was really interesting for us nerds. Evolution, rocks and minerals, meteors, dinosaurs, animal models... awesome!
This is for Heather: Cuttlefish
Last night the three of us rolled into Budapest, Hungary and Aleesha and I headed our to explore the city. Then we proceeded to accomplish what we had set out to do way before the trip even started - we caught the first showing of Harry Potter. We found a cinema showing HP at midnight (for the record, it's "Harry Potter es a Fonix Rendje", say it with a harsh Eastern European accent), and when we got there we were pleasantly surprised to see that the movie was actually in English, with Hungarian subtitles (rather than the other way around). The movie was pretty good but more than anything we were just excited to have seen it in Hungary!
Today, we investigated the much-talked-about Hungarian baths. These bath houses are crazy - I think we did about 20 different pools today (indoor, outdoor, hot spring, ice bath) with fun fountains and jet streams, as well as a half dozen saunas. It was quite the experience - really relaxing. We probably could've spent the entire day there!
So, that's about it for our Eastern European tour... finishing off Budapest tomorrow (mainly Buda Castle), and then we're off the various parts of Italy for a week. Here's hoping that the weather is nice and hot!
4 comments:
Wasn't the Natural History Museum in Vienna amazing!?!? I think it was my favourite museum in Europe since I'm such a nerd. I wanted to do the baths in Budapest too but parts were closed when I was there which made me sad so we did the caves under the caster instread which was great. Sounds like you're having an awesome time over there!
Well, it's natural to miss things but think of all you would be missing if you were home right now - being away is good for the soul - makes you appreciate what just seems like the natural order of things. I wonder if HP is as popular in Hungary as it is on this side of the world - I guess we'll have to ask you when you come back. The baths sound fascinating - imagine having all those choices and being free to explore as many different pools and temperature settings as you want. Your next stop in Italy should be fun - the language isn't one you speak but the French you've studied all these years will be handy. Watch that you and Aleesha don't get your butts pinched by those Italian men who are notorious for butt-pinching. Miss you tons.
We miss you too :P Can't wait to play ultimate and have sushi :P Nice to see you enjoyed Hungary. You'll like Italia for sure ;)
Look at those graceful strides!
Have a great time in Italia! Miss you...
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