I shouldn't have to say that I'm going to let the boys talk about Budapest since it's well documented how many times I've posted about my favorite city in Europe and everyone is sick of hearing me go on about it. But while they get their photos of the sights downloaded and ready (aka while they sleep in and play video games and do everything except work on their photos), I'll share snapshots from my phone for a quick overview.
Believe it or not, I didn't take my camera on this trip and while it was liberating to be free of it, the rigors of going everywhere with six people sort of dampened the excitement I felt about walking around camera-free.
Don't get me wrong, larger groups are a lot of fun in the sense that you more or less take the party with you everywhere you go. But the downside is how cumbersome it can be to get tables in cafes, shop in small stores, as well as the difficulty deciding what to do: trying to please the majority while not ignoring the personal bucket lists everyone has.
Since it was the week after the holiday season ended, we were pretty fortunate nothing was really that crowded but we still did our best to anticipate where and when the crowds would be the thickest and alternate our schedules to avoid them. To this end, I made myself unpopular by insisting we all be out of the house and on our way by 10. Although there was some grumbling, the early start made a difference in how many things we were able to accomplish.
However, even with the early start and separating (boys went one way, Mihai and I another) there were things we just didn't have time for like visiting Margitsziget Island, lingering longer in the museums, and getting more than one meeting. (English just switched the weekend meeting from Sunday to Saturday and we arrived in the city on Saturday so we missed it).
None of us felt too badly about it since we reminded ourselves that we need to save something for our next trip!
The lovely house we stayed in.
A little sight-seeing
The house had everything except a washing machine. The lack of washing machines proved to be a challenge for Griffin who had to learn to hand-wash his clothes. I consider it to be an important life skill learned.
At the meeting. We came directly from dinner in the city so we were pretty much a mess of unwashed sweatshirts but it was kindly overlooked.
Eats and art, some times the same thing
My favorite shop
2 comments:
Wow what a beautiful house! Your dad asks - did you rent the entire place or was it broken up into a couple apartments? Loved the museum photos. Super cool gelato! Now let’s hear from the boys.
It felt like we got the whole house but right off the kitchen there was a door which led into another part where the mother of the woman who rents it lives. The part we got included four bedrooms, 2 full and 2 half baths, the kitchen and living room and a tower. There was also a sauna downstairs but since we spent so much time in the city, we never used it :( There was a large parking area in the side yard so we were able to keep the van off the street and it was a 2 minute walk to bakeries and coffee shops and a 5 minute walk to a large metro hub. Really great place, Mihai scored another hit!
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