First of all, apologies for being particularly bad at updating this blog. Apparently keeping a blog is not one of my stronger skills. But I shall try to keep you all somewhat informed!
Last weekend (March 6 - 8) eight of us students in Vienna (6 Canadians and 2 Australians) caught a train to Budapest and spent two days exploring the city. Despite cloudy skies and windy days, the weather mostly cooperated with us. We went on all the major tourist routes -- we took a look at the Opera House, at St. Stephan's Basilica, Heroes Square, City Park, and crossed the mighty Duna River to take a look at Buda Royal Palace. On Friday we spent the afternoon at Szechenzyi Baths, which is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. The water is supplied by two thermal springs, and the lovely temperature of the water plus the ridiculously amazing architecture of the baths made it a very nice place to spend our afternoon!
We also spent some time in the Terror House, which is a museum dedicated to the victims of Communism and the Soviets -- quite a scary place, especially when you realize that all of those terrible things actually happened.
Budapest is extremely close to Vienna in the grand scheme of things, but the difference between them is phenomenal. It's incredible to see how much a communist country differs from one that remained free of those horrors -- like my title for this post says, Budapest seemed very tired compared to Vienna. The architecture, the state of the buildings, the atmosphere, etc. It was very strange! It was nice to see such a different city, though, and to get a chance to experience eastern Europe.
And now I can really fully understand and appreciate all your pictures, Eric!
Stay tuned to see where our travels take us next...
P.S. For Budapest pictures, follow this link!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2196693&l=23e81&id=120807213
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