Bought our train tix to Bratislava yesterday - I feel much better now that's done. And we had to go to the train station we leave from to buy them, so I got in a dry run to the station.
The fir
st big activity of the day was the Terror House, a museum dedicated to the terrors inflicted by the Nazis, post-Nazi government, and the Communists. The museum had a special exhibit on Katyn, a massacre of Poles by the USSR in WWII, that was VERY wordy but well put together. We spent at least an hour in that. The main exhibits were also well done - it's really sad what people will inflict on each other. The most shocking piece, though, was the list - with pictures! - of the victimizers at the end. Some of the people on the list are still alive; I can't imagine they are too pleased about being included.
Next, we started toward the City Park & the baths. We found out the subway was closed, though, apparently due to a big demonstration at Heroes Square. We made our way through the crowd on foot, and some things seem to be the same in every culture: we witnessed a guy peeing under a bridge, and another guy (with a Bob Marley t-shirt) smoking a joint. The Bob Marley guy was kind enough to take a picture of the three of us, and when R asked where to find ganja in Budapest, he said "It is everywhere. Where there is love, there is herb." Too funny!
The fir
st big activity of the day was the Terror House, a museum dedicated to the terrors inflicted by the Nazis, post-Nazi government, and the Communists. The museum had a special exhibit on Katyn, a massacre of Poles by the USSR in WWII, that was VERY wordy but well put together. We spent at least an hour in that. The main exhibits were also well done - it's really sad what people will inflict on each other. The most shocking piece, though, was the list - with pictures! - of the victimizers at the end. Some of the people on the list are still alive; I can't imagine they are too pleased about being included.Next, we started toward the City Park & the baths. We found out the subway was closed, though, apparently due to a big demonstration at Heroes Square. We made our way through the crowd on foot, and some things seem to be the same in every culture: we witnessed a guy peeing under a bridge, and another guy (with a Bob Marley t-shirt) smoking a joint. The Bob Marley guy was kind enough to take a picture of the three of us, and when R asked where to find ganja in Budapest, he said "It is everywhere. Where there is love, there is herb." Too funny!
By the time we reached the park, were starved. So we had lunch at what was probably the nicest restaurant so far, and where all of the employees are women!
After lunch we headed to the baths. The waitress had told us they are open until 10 pm, which made us happy as we wanted to soak under the stars. The thermal baths were very cool, although there are so many pools we had a hard time finding them all! The indoor mineral pools were very nice, but steamy, so we couldn't tolerate them as long. We ended up sitting in the warmest outdoor pool for most of the time. Afterwards, we all felt refreshed and ready to take on our last day in Budapest.
After lunch we headed to the baths. The waitress had told us they are open until 10 pm, which made us happy as we wanted to soak under the stars. The thermal baths were very cool, although there are so many pools we had a hard time finding them all! The indoor mineral pools were very nice, but steamy, so we couldn't tolerate them as long. We ended up sitting in the warmest outdoor pool for most of the time. Afterwards, we all felt refreshed and ready to take on our last day in Budapest.
I finally figured out how to post a comment!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are havaing a balst! Tell us more about the baths....do you wear a suit or go in naked? couldn't tell from the photo and didn't see your pictures. Send more pictures!
DJ
The baths we went to required a suit. There are others that do not, but we decided to skip those. :-)
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