budapest!

hello!
i am feeling much better today, but still not 100%, but i can't complain... i took the train from vienna to budapest today. i took the metro to my hostel and went off to explore budapest! it's so beautiful! caitlin told me that it was "the east colfax of europe" but i definitely disagree, i felt that it was more clean and i felt safer than i did in madrid and rome, plus everything is beautiful! the architecture here is beautiful, the danube is huuuge, and there is so much green and ther are so many parks to wander around to! plus everything is waaay less expensive on the forint than it is in euros.... anyways, i left my hostel and walked across the danube on one of the newer bridges and then hiked to the citadel which was quite the hike, but gave me the most excellent view over the city! it was such a nice day! then i walked to the chain bridge, which is the first bridge that connected buda and pest into the city now known as budapest... and there were vendors all over it and delicous smelling food and gypsy clothes and jewelry, it was excellent, then i walked to parliament because it was big and beautiful, then i walked to the basilica and got falafel at hummus bar for dinner! then back to the hostel, i was tired.... i met my roommates, 4 girls from the states that are studying in prague for 6 weeks during the summer, we all went to a nearby bar and had some local brews, i had palinka, which is a budapest specialty, tasty... and now i'm really tired and am headed to bed! thermal baths tomorrow!!

much love