Today's entry was supposed to consist of the following: We did nothing, Austria tomorrow. For better or worse it didn't turn out that way. We slept in until about 2pm, and only got up because we felt like seeing the Budapest Opera House (walking all day every day is HARD!). The last guided tour was at 3pm so we didn't have much time to get ready, grab lunch, and jog the 2 kilometers. We picked up a pretzel and barely made it to the ticket office on time. It was H...

We felt like zombies when the alarm went off at 7am this morning, but we're running out of time in Budapest so we forced ourselves out of bed in early enough to line up for tickets to tour the Parliament building. After a quick breakfast we made the now all-too-familiar trek and bought yet another round of outrageously overpriced entry tickets. I really dropped the ball on the museum budgeting for this city; I guess I just assumed it would be cheap. Think again! ...

Yesterday started with some serious power walking. We probably looked like those weirdos in Central Park that walk so fast their butts swing out further than their arms. It's pretty much my fault; I thought it would take us half an hour (tops) to hike from our hostel to the bus station, and I was very wrong. It would've taken about four minutes on the conveniently located metro, but why spend five dollars when you can jog with a loaded backpack for almost an hour...