Tears and Rain

Rain..that's what my last two days in Budapest were filled with. The temperature actually reached a low of 14degrees, not cool! During my last couple days I explored the Buda side of the Danube, walked up a forested hill to the Citadel making sure to take all the wrong turns as to walk along every possible path, saw Budapest Castle, sampled Hungarian beer and enjoyed the company of my fellow travelers.

On my last day most of our hostel opted for a relaxing afternoon in The Loft snuggled up to warm, freshly dried laundry and umpteen episodes of Scrubs. This was a nice end to my travels in Asia in Europe. We followed the lazy afternoon with a group outing to a local bar. The hostel owner had friends visiting and it was their last night so everyone in the hostel all celebrated together at a really small, dark, kind of dingy Hungarian Pub on the Buda side. We just ordered cheap Hungarian wine ($4 for a litre) and sat around and enjoyed each others company. It felt really homey, like we'd all known each other for ages.

Last Thursday I left Budapest as the sun came out and temperature rose to mid 20's and headed for The Emerald Isle.

Don't worry mom, my title is misleading cause there were NO tears, just rain. But Tears and Rain is a James Blunt song title.