29 May 2023 – Sleep it seems will be welcome during this trip, if shorter than we’d like. It’s worth burning the midnight oil though – we can sleep when we get back home.
Quick tram ride to the station and then it’s goodbye Bratislava – our visit was short but excellent. Train back to Budapest for a three night stay. Spotted this humble abode high on a hill.
Airbnb for this stay – great price for a spot not far from the station but in some busy city bustle and not far from the historic area and the river. As everywhere here, beer is cheep..
Once settled in, a short walk through streets lined with large stone buildings and scattered churches brings us to Soviet War Memorial park – commemorating Russian military that served in WWII. Somewhat ironically it is flanked on one side by Ronald Reagan and the other by George HW Bush…
Fast forward to 2023, and you get a DJ spinning EDM with in front of the obelisk, and a significant crowd enjoying food and drink stalls. Turns out today, which for us at home is Memorial Day, here is also a national holiday for Whit Monday.
Just a couple of blocks away, our dinner reservation was at one of the best traditional Hungarian restaurants in Budapest – the Hungarikum Bisztró – a top rated place with multiple sites. I don’t usually post pictures of food, but the appetizer with hot pepper assortment and the hearty beef and pork entrees were worth capturing. Of course there was also beer – local Dreher light and dark – after a schnapps aperitif to kick off the meal.
Wandered around after dinner toward the river and the massive Parliament building – more on that tomorrow – then back toward our apartment where we spotted one of the only other bars still open on this holiday – Barcraft, a gaming bar that I know some of my peeps would love. We had a different local brew, and a challenging game of scrabble
Closed them up and then back across the street to sleep – see you tomorrow Budapest!