"What amazing hotel," my sister laughs as we hop off the overnight train that we slept on. First, we visit the black church. It got it's name, because after the fire in Romania it turned black. The church is huge. We see beautiful carpets and graves. Next, stop is the fortress. It was used to protect Romania. It was very helpful that it was built on top of a hill, because that offered extra defense. It was only conquered once. Afterwards, we climb up a hill t...

"It's big," my sister exclaims as we stand in front of the parliament building. Here we are given an exceptional guided tour. We even see the room were laws are made. We next go up a mountain and spend a long time looking around. We get a great view of the city. We next go to the House of Terror where we learn what it was like for people to live in Hungary during WWII and the rule of the communist party. We follow this by getting the promised tour of the oper...

"We're here," my sister shouts happily jumping out of train that has brought us to our next destination Budapest, Hungary. We start our day of exploring by walking the Andrassy Avenue. It is a beauty of nature full of trees. At the end of the street we see the hero's monument which is HUGE. We then visit the Octagon. It is very cool and fun. It is also shaded. We also saw the opera house, where my father informed us we would be having a tour of the following d...

"The place is amazing. Don't you think?" my sister asked. We start today by going to the Scönburg Palace this is the summer palace for the residence of Handsburg. We see the places where Mozart performed his first act at the age of six. They say he jumped into Maria's lap and gave her a kiss. We also found out about her 16 children (11 girls, 5 boys). We saw there family portrait. Next we get lunch and listen to a jazz concert. We then walk back to the hotel i...

"I love feeling of the wind going through my hair," my sister screams to me over the honking of cars as she finally gets a grip on riding her bike. We are taking a bike ride around Ringastrass. It is beautiful. We see an amazing statue of Strauss, a famous composer. We later visit the lower level of the imperial residents where we see much of their China. The colors and designs are truly beautiful. There are so many different colors, patterns, and information i...