BudaBEST is more like it

Since it was my last day I wanted to make the most of it. I woke up early and Caroline was already headed back to the airport and Amanda just wanted to chill so I went on the free walking tour. It was so snowy and beautiful I was really happy that I went. 

I learned so many fun facts.

1. Budapest is separated into two different parts - Buda and Pest are different sides of the river. 

I stayed in the Pest side and it is where the downtown, the old jewish ghetto, and the touristy part is. Buda is where it is super hilly and super old and mega beautiful. 

2. It is pronounced Budapesht.

3. The way Yoda speaks is in the Hungarian tense. They took his lines, translated them into Hungarian, then back into English.

4. The Hungarian language is so difficult because the Mongolians were the ones who were first in control of Hungary.

5. I would be super fat if I lived there because each meal is like 2000 calories.

6. They invented the rubiks cube,

7. They like their booze, especially their wine

8. You say cheers in Hungarian like this - egészségére #lawlz

There were so many other cool things I learned and I saw all the classic buildings which was super fun. Then after the tour I went back to hostel and packed up my bag and said my goodbyes. The weirdest thing about making friends in the Hostel is like these people you hang out with for a couple of days and then you say bye and may never ever see them in your life again weird. I really didn't want to leave, I had so much and was really starting to love Budapest, but maybe it will just be a "see you later".

So then once at the airport I spent my last hungarian money on a massive chocolate bar and I mean massive and of course it's gone already because I had to get ready for Lent and my flight was delayed 2 hours again so I was munching.

It was nice to get back to Sweden and be able to breath clean air, not worrying about a car hitting you, a classic 3 feet of snow, and obviously over-paying for everything. So yesterday I just cleaned up the apartment and wrote my comparative swedish politics paper that I have been putting off forever. Today Caroline and I celebrated Fat Tuesday by getting real Swedish Semlas, which are like pastries that are usually like cinnamon-ish bread with almond cream in the middle but mine was more flaky and had chocolate on top. It was good - not my fave but def something you need to try when you're in Sweden. So that was my farewell to sweets for Lent. The only exception will be when I go to Florence on Sunday - who can go to Italy and not eat gelato? That is a sin, even Jesus would be chowing. 

That is all for now - until next time...

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