1 Day in Budapest
Buda or Pest?
Split by the Danube, I stayed on the Pest side and explored the Buda side😊 I had one day there, and ended up walking 10.63 miles! I guess I’m used to walking a lot… my feet didn’t even hurt.
Pest side
Liberty Bridge
Central Market Hall
hungarian acacia honey? sweetest bestest honey……..😊
St. Stephen’s Basilica
Hungarian Parliament Building
Ethnographic Museum
Yeah, bro. totally.
Chain Bridge
Buda side
Buda Castle
My favorite area in Budapest was Castle Hill District because it had small pedestrian-only streets, cute cafes, cobblestone, and a view of the city and river. Cute😍 And also this church (one of my favorite churches I’ve seen):
Matthias Church
Fisherman’s Bastion
A few others
I liked Budapest (not more than Istanbul)… it was different than I thought it would be. It doesn’t seem very ‘old’. I guess they had to rebuild after bombings in WWII, and that has something to do with it. The streets are really, really wide – they all feel like Park Avenue to me (only much smaller buildings!) My favorite part was the patio Cafes they have everywhere. They have a lot of the wide streets closed off from cars, so in those instances, the street is full of tables from the restaurants (it was great weather when I was there, so everyone was outside at them).
central market hall
Next up: Slovakia & getting ripped off😧… (just like getting sick, it had to happen eventually)
1 Minute in Norway
When I left Croatia, I flew from Dubrovnik to Oslo
It was a three hour flight, with a layover, going to Budapest the following morning. I got to my hostel in Oslo at 6pm and decided to walk around and go to the one neighborhood I knew was supposed to be the coolest one. The temperature was around 40, and it felt much colder because of the wind. The best thing for me about Oslo was that I received good news there, so it will always have a happy place in my heart because of that☺️
somewhere over croatia
My hostel was by the train station in the center of town (Sentrum), and the neighborhood that I walked to was Grunerlokka. Gentrified! I walked around for a few hours, checked out a couple places, had some lattes, then went back to the hostel. Limited view of Oslo, but from what I saw it was kind of boring. Maybe I missed the best stuff. I liked my hostel, even though I would consider it the YMCA-of-hostels (decor) and also the puppy-mill-of-hostels (crankin’ ’em through).
my hostel.. loved this room
BLA
graffiti and hipsters
coffee!
espresso cafe
artwork
does anyone know what these are?? I would’ve bought one of each just to try if I didn’t have a budget:/
wow.
The other nice thing about Oslo, in my observations? Leggy Blonde Scandanavian dudes (with their hair down to their legs and their legs down to the floor).
I would give Oslo another shot if I had a reason to go, but other than that, I don’t see myself vacationing there… other parts of Norway / Scandanavia for hiking and being outside in the summer is appealing though! (and also to do a Conan O’Brien tour of Finland).
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