Thursday, September 11, 2008

Day 5(Tuesday): Hello....hello

Szia! Today we bid farewell to our sextalingual hostel host and then packed in the left over icecream for breakfast and made our way to the train station to head up the Danube bend. After indulging in some bread and nutella for a second breakfast on the train, we arrived in the quiet and very old town of Szentendre. We checked into the Ilona hostel and got a look around the town. As it turns out they have one of the largest open air museums in Hungary, called a skanzen. We thought we might be able to bike there but as we couldn't find somewhere to rent them, we took a bus. The friendly driver told us it was only ten minutes down the road from where he dropped us, but after twenty minutes we thought wed never get there. Then we turned the corner and there it was. It was packed with houses and reconstructed villages from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. We only got through 2/3 of it in 3 hours. Wow. We even saw a movie being shot in one of the mock villages. From here we bused back into town and tracked down a very cool wine museum. We then made our way to the bus station to get the schedule for buses to Visegrad for the morning. A very nice old lady helped us out, despite not being able to say a single word of on gaw lul (english). Exhausted we walked back to the hostel and found a delicious meal of beef goulash and dumplings. So good. That's all for now! Szia!

1 comment:

claudiab said...

i really have enjoyed reading your adventures. Have fun. Tia Claudia