Budapest

Well what an experience Budapest was. We arrived after 17 hours on the overnight train from split to find that the street our hostel was on was covered in rubble, surrounded by police tape, and a hell of a lot of smoke. Great we thought, a bombing. It took about half an hour of wandering the surrounding streets to finally find a security guard to let us through, and to also discover that they were in fact filming the new die hard film. After finally finding our hostel amongst the polystyrene rubble, we sat on the window ledge and watched car chase after car chase for the remainder of the day.  We stayed a total of four nights in Budapest for only €40 in one of the nicest hostels I've ever stayed in, the hipster hostel.  Some highlights of Budapest include some really funky bars and pubs, one in particular called Simplah bar which was a warehouse filled with mismatched retro furniture. With the price of pints being only €1.70 you really couldn't complain. Another highlight was the baths, which Budapest is famous for. We spent two days at the baths relaxing and taking in local characters, mainly old men playing chess in the sun for hours upon hours. Little leather soldiers they were.  On the third night we headed to Buda where we met up with Fergus and J , and feasted on all you can eat Mongolian BBQ and all you can drink for only €17. Lastly, Budapest can be commended on its coffee, which was still some way off the quality found in Australia, but much more drinkable than that found elsewhere on our travels so far. We would truly recommend a trip to Budapest as your money goes a long way there, and given there is soo much to do in this historical city, its really a good situation to find yourself in.