Good news!! The z and y are now in their proper keyboard locations! Yay!

We left Bratislava (FOODLAND) yesterday morning. Said goodbye to $0.80Cdn beer and $4Cdn entrees that would feed a family of 4. Took a nifty rusty, loud train to Sturovo and got off to make our connection - which meant getting back on the same train.

Made it to Buapest as planned, almost died on the 100mi/hr escalators that go straight down to the subway which is approximately 4000ft underground. Nicole was not appreciative of this grand, underground, enclosed structure (read: claustrophobic). We dumped our packs at the hostel (very nice) and hopped on a tram to the Gellert Hotel Baths (cheap cheap) where we lounged in luxury.

After the baths, we went out for supper. A friendly dude at the hostel recommended a place on a nice pedestrian street and we headed out merrily on our way. And we actually found the place: yay for not getting lost. Having been warned that in Hungary restaurants serve HUGE portions, we decided to share some entrees, being the little people that we are. Our server rudely indicated that we must each order an entree and then walked away. So we walked away also. :P A short walk down the pedestrian street we found a smiling (! in Eastern Europe !) girl who seemed to actually want our business so we went in there and had some tasty food and beer.

Three hot British men, desperate to communicate in English, approached our table after we finished eating and started to chat. After several beers and some laughs we agreed to go back to their camper with them - they insisted. Or not. Don't worry, we resisted. Despite the 400 invitations. =)

We left the British hotties and headed back for the hostel for some good sleeping. Two more days in Budapest, then on to Egar.