Buda-Best!!!

One of the swankier British guys I've met in my travels so far would have to be my new mate Max. The two of us have spent the last four days checking out local culture, having a few drinks, meeting alot of strange people and of course chilling with Adrian at the 10 beds (see next post).

I have to give a shout out to old maxxy, without whom Budapest could have never been as great of an experience as it was. Even if he got more attention at the baths then me (no not that one, the one in the yellow) ;) But I will miss travelling with Max and wish him the best of luck. I recognize you will get along proper fine in Serbia buddy!




Budapest is by far the most amazing city I've visited in Europe. Beautiful buildings, interesting people, hundreds of things to do at night. It's kind of like Paris but with only 20% of the hype.

Culturally, The city breaks away from the rest of Europe with a little more eastern flava. A perfect example would be the gypsy festival that a group of us went to on Wednesday night. There was a live Hungarian band playing with hundreds of people drinking and dancing on the steps of an abandoned train station. Afterwards we went to a popular rooftop club which was too crazy to even try to explain... Lets just say it involved hidden elevators, large shots of whiskey and a rooftop view of the city.

I'll have to end this post with the best thing you can possibly do in Budapest, and that is visiting the Hungarian bath houses!! The baths are fed by thermal springs under the city and are probably the most relaxing thing I've ever experienced. What is even more amazing is the design and history of each building. You can swim and soak in the same pools that were used by the locals hundreds of years ago. To put it lightly, it was like swimming in the middle of a cathedral.

I could probably go on about this place for ever. Just don't be suprised if I'm living in Budapest in a few years... You can all come visit :)




Now I'm crossing the Croatian border to a city called Zagreb. Unfortunately I can only spend one night, but I'm super stoked to travel to Split tomorrow and meet up with my buddy Ninianne from Vancouver!

Bye for now Budapest!

Ps. Last night I had dinner with a girl who turned out to be a missionary and tried to convert me to Christianity :s Gyyyyulllp. She gave me a book called "More than a carpenter" should be a good read :)