Arriving in Budapest after a 7 hour train ride after a big night out we were keen to settle into our hostel and go and grab some dinner. We spent the evening roaming the streets and found ourselves in some famous “ruin bars” which are basically converted warehouses and apartments that have all manner of old things hanging from the walls and ceilings as well as old bathtubs converted into seats. We spent a day walking through Buda and Pest on the other side of the Danube river. We had some really great weather on our first day with clear skies and sun, although it was still getting as low as minus 13 at night.

We signed up for a boat cruise down the Danube one night which was the first time the cruise had run in the past few weeks as the river had frozen over in the cold snap. We cruised through the sheets of ice and had a dance and a few beverages along the way.

We said goodbye to Todd in Budapest as he had the big flight home while we spent an extra night in Budapest, spending the day at the bath house. We soaked up the goodness of the mineral pools on our final day in Budapest before retiring for an early night before taking the first plane out to Belgium.