Hungary day 2 was my first real active day in Budapest, I was well rested and well pumped to see the city. Our free tour was at 2, so we started with some light shopping. Bantered around in H&M and Pull & Bear. After that we headed to the apartment for lunch and tried to reach our tour. We were late of course so when a low chain blocked our way we simply jumped it, before the fat Hungarian guard tried to kick us out of the British Embassy for being terrorists...
We got to the tour anyway and started walking around the city guided by our native tour guide. Her English wasn’t great, the route wasn’t perfect, and her style involved too much lecture. Because of this the tour was really lacking. What was humerous however was the horsemen on top of the castle hill. Every year local students touch the horses balls for good luck in their sex lives. Because of this the statue has gone green as copper does, but the balls remain gold. Lol.
After the tour we decided it was time to experience the baths. Several pools and saunas in once facility made it fairly expensive at 12 euro for 2 hours, but really worth it for health and fitness reasons. I guess I was the only one disappointed there were no really cold pools. Most were around 38 Celsius, with saunas as hot as 100 Celsius. I’m not very heat resistant, so I bailed on the hot ones, the others tried em out, didn’t last long. We finished the trip with some lengths before messing around in the 38 degree outdoor pool.
Thunder and lightning rolled in, so we bailed on the two hour mark. On our way home however we passed the victory monument, in the back ground lighting flashed every few seconds but it was dry right at that moment. It has to be one of the most impressive things I have ever seen.
That night we ate in TGI Fridays, needless to say I destroyed free refills.
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