A very happy birthday to the beautiful Miss Jocelyn!! Miss you!!!
We’re back in Budapest now, after an unexpectedly long journey and very little sleep. Following a final breakfast in our hotel, Jon and Andrea and I packed up and headed to the train station. The train arrived just as we did, but it was already stuffed-to-bursting with passengers. There was no hope of getting on it. We decided to wait for the next one, without knowing when it was due in, which turned out to be only a marginally better option. It was a gorgeous day, which made waiting around an ok fate, but which also meant we all got sunburned.
Fortunately mine is just a bit on the left of my neck, because I was trying to keep my face out of the sun. Unfortunately, we all got at least a small farmer’s tan! Not a good look. I think mine will fade into my camping tan, though, so it will be the least noxious of the 3 and I won’t be stuck with it for long.
When the train finally arrived it was only slightly less packed – no seats available, but room to sit on the floor just inside the door. I managed a small nap, after getting only 3 hours of sleep the night before, but it wasn’t a very good one. We came home to our new hotel (oh, how good it feels to be back in a Budapest-style courtyard building!) after being charged 5x more than we should have by a cab driver. Yeah, that part of Hungary I didn’t miss…
Our first stop after settling in was all about tradition: mudslides at Friday’s in Oktagon. Not classy, but delicious. Following that it was naptime, followed by work time for me while Jon and Andrea went for a walk, followed by a visit to Instant. It was great to be back, even if I rarely drink any more! We mostly just sat around chatting, taking pictures, letting Andrea doodle on us. I have a nice abstract drawing on my right forearm now.
Our second stop was B CIty, where we ran into two other Californians – one from somewhere in SoCal, one from Walnut Creek. It was awesome to see CA repped in Hungary!
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