On Sunday, we arrived in Bucharest. Our intentions were to visit the Circle Peoples' Palace -- the 2nd largest building in the world (based on useable space or something). However, we didn't consider the fact that Sunday meant some things would be closed, such as tourist information.... After overcoming that minor delay, we took the metro to a park that was beside t
he palace. It was full of people playing soccer, frisbee, ping-pong, badminton, rollerblading, practicing martial arts, and tight-rope walking. We relaxed and played cards for awhile in the sun, then took a stroll around the Palace. Due to the size of the building, it was nightfall by the time we finished our lap. We were going to search out a grocery store, but realized time was an hour ahead and our train was leaving much sooner than anticipated. So we headed back to the station and hopped on our night-train to Budapest.
Our stop off in Budapest the first time was brief. We reserved seats on a night-train to Venice a couple days later, booked a ticket to Miskolc, reserved a hostel, and dropped off our backpacks. We arrived in Miskolc a couple hours later and got ourselves totally 
lost looking for tourist information. Though the area we got lost in was the area where we later caught the bus we needed, so we weren't too far off! We proceded on to Tapolca, the 
thermal baths built into caves on the edge of Miskolc. We spent a few hours there soothing our sore muscles (and bathing for the first time in days). We grabbed a few groceries, then jumped the train back to Budapest.Our hostel in 
Budapest was great. The ceilings were 10'+ and the rooms were quite nice. We had a low-key evening, then this morning roamed the city to find the Vajdahunyad Castle & Hosok Tere. Both were within a large, beautiful park. We frolicked in the fall leaves for awhil
e until the clouds started rolling in and we knew we had to get back before it rained. Now we're only a couple hours away from hopping our night-train to Venice. We'll be visiting Italy for at least 5 days -- spending time in Venice, Florence, & Rome.
Budapest was great. The ceilings were 10'+ and the rooms were quite nice. We had a low-key evening, then this morning roamed the city to find the Vajdahunyad Castle & Hosok Tere. Both were within a large, beautiful park. We frolicked in the fall leaves for awhil
e until the clouds started rolling in and we knew we had to get back before it rained. Now we're only a couple hours away from hopping our night-train to Venice. We'll be visiting Italy for at least 5 days -- spending time in Venice, Florence, & Rome.We'll keep you posted.
~ Ash & Chad
~ Ash & Chad
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