Birthday in Budapest

I've wanted to see more of Europe after visiting Prague and Nice earlier this year with work so was so happy when my boyfriend booked us a 3 day trip to Budapest. As previously mentioned in my last post our taxi came to pick us up at 4.30 AM - yes AM, but I can't complain it just made my birthday extra long!

Thursday 

We had a mammoth journey to Stanstead airport 4.30am taxi, 5.15am bus and then flight at 8.30am. We were both so tired, my boyfriend so half asleep he actually forgot to wish me happy birthday until we got onto the bus.. but I'll let him off he's really not a morning person!

We arrived to Budapest at around noon and went to check into our hotel which was on a cute little bricked backstreet. Its so odd to see such lovely architecture next to abandoned buildings, but this was common throughout the city. 

 We had booked to go to a restaurant we had read about online called 'Comme Sez Choi'. I may have made a slight error just before the meal in Josh buying me a pair of boots from Zara to find out we left the majority of our money back at the hotel and they really weren't as comfy as they were in the shop - the beauty of the shoes must of blinded me to the pain. So while Josh ran back to Zara to return a pair of shoes I ordered us our first of many glasses of wine.

We both had the Beef carpaccio to start, we'd already been given a small appetiser to share before this came out but both were absolutley delicious. Then came the more incredible main! I ordered the Salmon on arribiata rice, Josh had steak, chips & some green pepper sauce. They should sell that stuff in bottles - it was amazinggg. We both agreed it was one of the best meals we had in ages.

Josh had pre warned the waiter it was my birthday so I had to prepare my surprised face when they bought out a free tiramisu with a candle in! Take note, I used the birthday card all 3 days we were there. This was also followed by a glass of prosecco and 2 shots, one nearly blinded me when I tried to smell it so I politely slipped it into my water glass.

That evening we walked around trying to find the ruin bars, google maps failed us in this instance and after a jug of strawberry mojito we ended up in bed with a Burger King - but what better way to end your 24th birthday?

Friday 

Friday we woke up and decided to have a day of being tourists. We'd read a few blogs before we took our trip so I knew what I wanted to see. Unfortunately we were not lucky with the weather. 

We walked to the Castle bridge and tried some of the famous hungarian goulash in a cute little cafe. Followed by what I can only describe is like a flaky doughnut - whatever it was it tasted AMAZING. 

That afternoon the weather thankfully cleared and we decided to take a trip to one of the well-known Baths in the city. We decided to do the outside bath first, Take note - if you ever visit in the winter do this first, we were loving life in the 38 degree pool but my god when we got out. I've never ran so fast in my life. The inside of the baths are amazing really wish I'd got some photos so here's some I stole offline!

That evening we had a dinner cruise Josh had booked before we went. This was by far my favourite thing about the trip. Unfortunately we were not lucky with the weather and raining during a dinner cruise is not ideal, but we were lucky enough to get some great views regardless of this! 

It was such a perfect setting, they had someone playing a guitar while you ate amazing food. I quickly got very drunk from a bottle of prosecco (that also only cost £8.00 - winning) Everything is so lit up it was incredible - if you ever go to Budapest you must do this!

Saturday

Saturday we met one of Josh's Hungarian friends Daniel who invited us to for breakfast and to see the best of Budapest!
We brunched in a cute little cafe before going to the Citadella. The views were amazing!

Daniel recommended a traditional Hungarian restaurant for lunch, we decided to share a starter.. thank god we did! This was like a pancake filled with a stewed meat with a tomatoey creamy sauce (technical term) - it was absolutely lush but we were both quite full and were not prepared for the HUGE main.

Josh had the heart attack on a plate… Steak filled with mushrooms, liver pate, wrapped in bacon and covered in cheese. With potatoes that were fried in a 'little' oil.

I went for the Hunagrian dish that I couldn't really work out what it was. It tasted like scrambled eggs with potato, topped with chicken in paprika (paprika is used in EVERYTHING).

After eating our body weight in food we made our way back to the hotel before our journey back to London.
I cannot thank my boyfriend enough for this trip, it was amazing from start to finish and we did not stop laughing, mainly because I'm hilarious but also because we had to much fun. 

This this trip made the couple of weeks (now just 5) until our next holiday so much more bearable and I cannot wait for Mauritus for Christmas!... this also means my eating out posts should really slow down and my fitness posts increase in preperation for my bikini body, but I'll let you know how that goes.

AbbieJS 

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