The last couple days have been pretty fun. First of all, Dad got to Budapest just fine. We’ve been going out to nice restaurants and doing the touristy stuff.
On Friday, we took the tram down to the big market, and scoped out all the sausages. We walked back to our apartment, and on the way got some coffee at the Central Kaveház. That evening we went to Cafe Kör for what was one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten.
Yesterday morning, we started the day off at Gerbeaud, which is a pastry and coffee house on Vorosmarty Ter. We had planned to go to the synagogue, but in our haste we failed to realize that it was a Saturday. Needless to say, that trip has been postponed. We decided to go see St. Stephens, which is just amazing. The inside is a touch on the gaudy side, but it is fairly amazing none-the-less. We were unable to view the hand however. Maybe we’ll come back to that on Monday. The rest of the day we spent walking up Andrassy Utca to Heros Park and back. Though the park doesn’t have anything on Margitsziget, it is still an amazing place. There is an ice rink there, much like the ice rink in Central Park. By the way, in case anyone says otherwise, west end city center is enormous. I ended up getting a jacket there, and I’m very pleased with what I got. Last night we went out to Kiskakkuk (the little Cuckoo), and had another thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat. And didn’t wake up until the next morning when…
Okay so maybe the only person in the world who’ll get that reference is my Mom. Try looking up Arlo Guthrie 
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