Today we had the privilege of sleeping in. The McDonalds offices underneath us provided us with free wifi, (thanks Ronald). After catching up with people on the internet we ventured outside to explore the city in 31 degree heat.
We took the metro to the markets, the markets were in a large triple-levelled building with the top story full of tacky souvenirs. The first level called our names more as there were so many different stalls of fruit, butchers and patisseries and the underground level was a supermarket. We grabbed lunch at a patisserie before heading back out in the heat to explore Pest.
Factoid:
Budapest is actually two cities Buda and Pest which are separated by the Danube River. Which while we were there was incredibly high. Some of the guide boats have been unable to take tours due to the fact that the river is too high and they can’t go under the various bridges that cross the river.
Our search for shops on the Pest side was quickly abandoned due to our lack of shop tracking skills, the heat and the calling of the much-rated Turkish Baths. After some problems with the whole language barrier thing we paid the entry fee for the pools and ordered a foot massage. Unbeknown to us the so-called foot massage was anything but a foot massage. So here we were four conservative Kiwi girls getting a 30-minute full-body massage...our feet weren’t even touched! Although this was a little surprising to some, in hindsight it was probably what we all needed.
With our fingers looking more like prunes than normal fingers and our stomachs rumbling we grabbed tea at a Hungarian restaurant then took the metro back to the hotel.
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