Budapest - Day 2

Our second day of touring Budapest was not near as exciting as yesterday's but still good.  It was another hot and muggy day with temps reaching the mid 30C or for our American friends, mid to high 90's, too hot for walking the streets.  I think we caught the highlights of the city yesterday and today was rather anticlimactic.  Our first stop was the long walk Hero's Square, Vajdahunyad Castle, Szechenyi Bath House...VERY COOL!  Then the long LONG return walk to the Parliament Buildings which were also very spectacular.  We stopped for a great Turkish Lunch at popular spot and met a nice couple from Florida who were getting their son setup for his medical studies in Budapest.  The father studied medicine at the very same university 40 years ago.  After lunch we trudged along for another couple of hours and I am starting to get really hot, especially under the collar, if you know what I mean.  Believe it our not, when your tired and sweating your bag off, the beautiful old buildings all start to look the same.  This was the first time on our adventure that we used public transit and that was quite the experience.  No air conditioning, no shocks or springs on a dated city bus that was likely in use during the communist reign was not a whole lot of fun, not to mention we were jammed in like sardines smelling sweaty arm pits and "SWASS"!  We did make it back to the apartment by 4:30 and relaxed over a couple of cool cocktails.  

We loved Budapest but looking forward to spending some more quiet time in the country.  

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