Szentendre, Hungary: A Travel Recommendation

Before our Budapest trip, my friend Sally (you thought WE are major travellers?!) recommended we hit Szentendre, Hungary as well. She told me, Budapest is a big city and you don't get the 'Hungarian' feel while being there. So on day two, we took her advice and hopped the local train to Szentendre. The train was 2 euros, 40 minutes, and not sketchy.... definitely worth it (public transportation in general was DIRT cheap and easy!). From the train station, we walked to the city center and immediately appreciated the town. Sally hit it right on the nose -Szentendre is what you imagine of a Hungarian town, not Budapest. It was peaceful, no trafffic, no cars in the walkplatz, sunny, brightly painted, friendly people, quiet. We both immediately liked it better than Budapest (big cities just aren't our favorite I guess?). Not doing much research on Szentendre, we didn't know exactly what to do while there or if there was anything specific we needed to see, so we just leisurely walked around, took pictures, people watched, stopped for lunch (which cost about $2), stopped for beers (which cost about .50cents), and did nothing in particular but take in the views. It was a perfect afternoon - a great break from the hustle and bustle of big city Budapest. When we were done soaking in the sun, we walked back to the train station, hopped the next train back to Budapest, and wound up having a free ride!! We didn't have enough time to pre-buy our tickets back, so we were planning on buying them on the train by the man who check the tickets (don't do this ANYWHERE but Hungary - you get fined everywhere else!). When the man came around to check and sell tickets, A tried to pay, but his bill was too big. The guy didn't feel like making change, so we rode for free - ha! 2 euros on the way there, free on the way back... basically free both ways!

SO very proud of my sister!

How do you say Pilates auf Deustch?? Pilates.

German Pilates: Day 1... This should be interesting.

I am 25, almost 26 years old and proudly, I just got my VERY FIRST SPEEDING TICKET.... and it was in Germany... for 11 km (6.8mi) over. Can't believe it. Came in the mail yesterday and it was SUCH a big deal, A forgot to even tell me! I would like to point out that it was only 20 euros, compared to A's almost 400euro ticket + losing his license - haha!

Europe + American Football

These tees made Cam cry - "mean VT fans" he said.. over and over again. I thought it was pretty funny myself!


w/Meg & family...Miami fans. Cam, the 6 y/o, cried his eyes out over the loss :(


w/Kaitlyn


Look how BIG my little brother is!


Clemson v. Tech. Not exciting an game AND a loss.


VT vs Miami


VT vs Miami = AWESOME game! SUCH an exciting game, very fun to go to, VERY loud stadium.

NOOOOOOO!!

With the threat of an early move, I have to prioritize the rest of our Euro-travels. HOPEFULLY we'll be living in Germany until July 2013 like originally planned, but heaven forbid we move early, July 2012 (NOOOO!!!!!), have to hit the rest of the must-sees in Europe.

The list for me includes:

The Fjords/Norway
Dubrovnik/Dalmatian Islands Catamaran Cruise through Croatia
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Malta
Copenhagen
Estonia
Finland
Berlin (A still hasn't been)
Poland (I still haven't been)
Santander/N. Coast of Spain
Iceland - The Blue Lagoon
Pompeii, Italy
Amalfi Coast, Italy
Capri, Italy
The South of France - Cannes, Nice, Marseille, Monaco
Montenegro
Romania
Russia
Lake Bled, Slovenia
San Marino
Bordeaux
Cornwall, England
Vienna
White Chalk Cliffs, Germany


Also, we have Tuscany, Budapest, Istanbul, Porto, St. Anton, & Zermatt coming up in the NEAR future :)

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