Este Budapesten

After walking down the hillside from Buda Castle, we split some risotto and a BBQ pulled goose burger for dinner. Then we snagged some pics of Hungarian Parliament across the Danube and then took a shot at figuring out the Budapest transit system—the oldest electric metro system in continental Europe! Did you know that the communists built most of their Metro stations deep enough to serve as nuclear shelters during the cold war? These things go DEEP.

We took the metro to Cafe Gerbaud—a 161-year old dessert cafe (older than California!) for some sweet treats. This cafe used to be the place to go for Austro-Hungarian socialites to dine during the Habsburg empire. Somehow, it survived two world wars, Nazi occupation, and the death-grip of communism. And they have a pretty good chocolate cake to boot!Read more