9/22/11 Trip to Budapest and first evening

So as we mentioned in an earlier post, we were heading from Dubrovnik to Budapest with a stopover in Saraevo. Levka really wanted to go there based on Khait’s recommendation. Before I tell you anything else, we would both like to thank Khait.  On a separate note, congratulations to Khait and Irka!!!!!

The ride to Budapest was long and tedious. About 11 hours on a train and most of them without food. We couldn’t find anything open in Saraevo the night before to buy for our trip. But our logic was this, “It’s impossible not to have a café on such a long international trip, right?” Apparently, it’s completely possible and this is the second time in a row that this kind of logic had failed us. We had 2 bananas, 3 apples and a box of crackers to sustain us throughout our journey.  If anyone has ever seen a hungry Julie, they would all understand this predicament and feel sorry for our friend Levka.  Let’s thank him for his patience!

Another hostel, another check in, another recommendation for food and we are off to eat and explore the city. On the way to the restaurant, 1 block away from our hostel, we bump into a synagogue. What turned out to be the second biggest one in world (2nd to NYC)  Naturally, we immediately liked Budapest :)

The restaurant was an adventure all of its own with a waiter who didn’t speak English but was so entertaining in Hungarian that we had to return to this place again before we left Budapest. We barely had any idea what he would be bringing us, but it all turned out really good and relatively cheap.

A good first day! Budapest showed a lot of promise.