Traveling is always an interesting affair. Travel within my home country is good enough, what with delays, baggage charges, traffic, crappy ineffecient rail systems, but adding a language barrier and frustrated pesonnel brings a new dimension. I understand why the workers are not that receptive to tourists. I challenge anyone to work a job where you are constantly asked if you speak any of a hundred different languages and then people get frustrated with you if you say no. We got to the train station in Prague just in time for the 11am train to Budapest. What we didn't find out until we got to the station was that there was no 11am train, but a 12:30 one. No problem.
We got on the right train, sat down, and enjoyed one of the hottest train rides ever. I have never lost so much water weight by just sitting in a chair. To add to the experience we were treated to a Czech group and their dog. Train ride aside, we made it to Budapest. We are actually staying the Pest region, no joke, I just found out that there is a Buda section and a Pest section.
We arrived at our hostel and it is a hostel. Bunk beds and communal living will be our living situation. It has been so nice knowing people where we have stayed, so it is a little sad not living with a local, but this will do. We are just bidding our time until they finish cleaning our room at the Four Seasons. Oh, and on a side note, Seth and I figured out why Europeans aren't fat. It is the soda. You get an 8 ounce soda for a $1.50 and no refills or ice. In the states, a small is a large and there are always free refills. USA! USA!
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