EUROPE BLOG April 5th, 2023 - BUDAPEST

 

4/5/23- Ready to go out the door at 11am to visit the House of Terror (a museum based on the fascist and communist regimes that ruled Hungary in the 20th century), but we notice the perfectly clear, sunny day and change course. Instead of staying indoors, we call a BOLT and ride it back to Fisherman’s Bastion to get the front of the complex. Yesterday, our trolley drove past it and I thought it was another church to explore, but realized when we researched at our apartment that it was the very same place we just came from, we just never went down the stairs at the front. Good thing too because it’s a much better day.

For whatever reason, there are less people out today, on a Wednesday, which is perfect for our pictures. After thirty minutes of photo taking, we walk a few blocks to the Labyrinth (a large cave-maze buried under Buda Hill). We wait in line around noon expecting to enter soon when someone mentions it’s not open until 1:30pm. Odd, as the website showed noon and that’s why we were all there. Not wasting time, and figuring we can come back another day, we locate the trolley that we took yesterday and hop on. Our ticket actually expired, but they never asked to see our tickets yesterday so we figure why not try. Just like we thought, they didn’t ask and it takes us around the old town.

We get off a few stops later, realizing we missed the stop we wanted to check out, and end us walking anyhow. Surprisingly the walk was only about eight minutes and we didn’t even need the trolley to begin with. It was good to get up the hill originally so still worth it, especially since it expanded over two days now. 

We take a nice stroll on the castle wall enjoying the views, the nice weather and peaceful sounds of nature before jumping back on the trolley to take us to the starting point of the riverfront. There was only one seat left for Sharece, so I sat on the rail for a full stop. Better than waiting ten minutes for the next one to arrive.

Finally, we reach the bottom after about a fifteen minute drive, take a few more pictures then call a BOLT back to our apartment for the day. So glad we went back out and enjoyed the sun as it’s supposed to get cloudy and rainy this weekend.

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