St. Olaf Budapest Interim 2016

Last Weekend in Budapest - 23rd Jan 2016

Szia! Wow, we can't believe it's already our last weekend in Budapest. We started our day with fancy dessert from New York Cafe. (Yes, without breakfast). The New York Cafe had a great ambiance complete with a beautiful setting. Our favorite moment was when the pianist started to play variations of classical pieces which we recognized. Most of us in the group got a hot chocolate drink, but Michael got a caramel macchiato. The hot chocolate was fantastic - the flavor was so rich that Sam couldn't help but share with Michael.

Paintings in New York Cafe

Great atmosphere in Cafe

Yum Yum hot chocolate !

Yum Yum coffee!

As mentioned before, we did not have any breakfast. So, we headed to the sandwich place near the Blaha Lujza Ter bus station. Very unfortunately, we were so hungry that forgot to take the photos of the delicious sandwiches we got for lunch. We then came back to the hotel, and we were then ready to head out for the Szechenyi bath!

From our hotel, we took the metro line 1 to the station called szechenyi-furdo. Two minutes from the metro station, there was the famous Szechenyi bath. Fortunately, the day was chilly, so we really enjoyed the hot bath. We met other budabuddies in the bath too, leading to more fun!

Szechenyi Bath

After about 3 hours of bathing in hot water, we came out with our wrinkly fingers to find a place for dinner. Michael, Sam, Peter, Derek and Lucas decided to go to a place called Fat Mama. The restaurant's specialty was the pork rib BBQ, cooked with special procedures using a vacuum while cooking, thus making the meat very soft and tender.

Fat Mama's BBQ

Today was a fun yet very tiring day! Also, we would also like to share some yesterday's experience and photos. Yesterday, we only had the morning class, so we had the whole afternoon free. Since it was a beautiful day, we decided to walk about the river, including the Shoe Memorial, the chain bridge and the modern bridge. The scenery was exhilarating, so we thought it would be great sharing these photos.