Pearl of the Danube

As Hungary, especially Budapest, is famous for its hundreds of hot springs we were really looking forward to dangle our legs in the healing waters. We found the historical Rudas bath to be the perfect place for us and our muscles were really grateful.

But as the locals call Budapest the 'pearl', it has a lot more to offer than that: The notorious nightlife with the ruinpubs, cheap beer and expensive cocktails (they were so good that we'll never forget them), the beautiful architecture whereby Art Nouveau meets ugly communists buildings (like Prague, Budapest usually is the site of many "Paris" movies - not so the plot of 'The Spy' which is really set in Budapest) and a lot of history.

The super greasy Langoš, (called 'communists pizza' by locals, fat bread with sour cream and cheese) rounded out an exciting weekend.Baca lagi