We took our time getting up and ready in the morning, but were out the door a little after 10. We walked up to the Matyas Church, which turned out to be under some serious renovation so we couldnt go in. The Fishermans Bastion is right behind the church, so we checked that out - pretty killer views! It started to sprindle and we werent prepared for rain, so we hurried over to the Hungarian National Gallery (or so we thought). Turns out that the National Gallery and the Budapest History Museum are located in the same building, but in separate wings. We didnt figure this out until after we had spent over an hour in the history museum and by that time we were museum'd out. We also walked past the Presidents House before heading back to our neck of the woods. Halfway home, the weather had turned from a managable sprinkle to a miserable rain. We stopped to grab lunch, where it turned into a torrential downpour while we ate.
We made a mutual decision to run our little fannies as fast as we could from the restaurant back to the hostel for the rest of the afternoon. We hung our there, couchsurfing, reading, and napping until we were hungry for dinner, which became a bit of a predicament because today is a national holiday here in Hungary, so pretty much everything is closed, except for American Restaurants.
We had noticed a Pizza Hut sign the day before and settled on going there, as neither of us have been to one in the States before. We were expecting it to be like a Dominos or Little Caesars, but this place was a sit down restaurant with menus, a waiter, and the whole deal. When our pizza came the watier even served our first slice! It was great!
After dinner we headed back to the hostel, but there was a demonstration going on in the middle of the street; the roads were blocked off, and there were a TON of police in full on riot gear. We didnt think we were going to be able to get back to our hostel, it was pretty crazy.
We dont know the whole story, but apparently whatever holiday it is here causes uproars and riots and who knows what else.
Anyway, we were able to walk through the road block and made it safely home.
About Me
- Nic and KT
- About us. Katie and Nic is what they call us. We met at State in Interior Design. We are recent graduates and are ready to explore the world. Our first big adventure.. Traveling over the Atlantic. Destination: Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Florence, Rome, Venice, Vienna, Budapest, Munich, and Berlin is where it comes to an end. Blogging our trip sounded genius, so stick with us as we unravel our trek through Europe.
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OOoh, please update when you find out what holiday it was, and why it incites riots. Scary!
I had to laugh at your Pizza Hut experience. I, too, had never been to one in the states, but then I went to one in London that had the most amazing spinach and mushroom tagliatelle, which I craved all the time. So when I got back to Cali, I went to a Pizza Hut, and of course it was just a counter and list of pizzas. What a let-down! :)
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