Today we thought we’d do it the lazy but efficient way of seeing the sights of Budapest we’d probably take a whole day to find by ourselves by hopping on a bus tour. Something wrong with the air conditioning so was cold for the majority of the journey, but what the hey. The tour guide asked whether she should just speak in english or whether there were any germans on board – drats there was like ONE german guy so she wasted a lot of our time talking to that one solitary bloke whilst spending an equal amount of time talkin in funny english. Managed to go up to Gellert Hill with the lady with the big fish (tis not a fish but doesnt stop me calling it a fish) in the sky, with a couple other cool statues overlooking the city with a really cool view. Also got our first look at Hosok Ter/Heroes square which i’ve decided is much more cool than Trafalger square. (its bigger and u dont feel imprisoned by the encircling traffic) its huge, clean, massive looking statues (shan’t forget ehweeka trying to zoom in on the horse’s nether regions for a good pic)with amazing looking buildings (musuems etc) on most sides. We also went to Castle District which may be my favourite part of budapest. Tall ancient and beautiful cathedrals, castles and authentic cobbled streets and monuments aplenty. A lot of the shops and especially the restaurents were very touristy i.e. expensive which was a bit sad. Bought ourselves some hungarian ice cream and strolled around for a little while.Second on the agenda was the Tropicarium – my advice would be not to bother going unless you have an affinity for fish and the like. Its incredibly far away on the bus, you still have to pay and its not as huge as you’d want it to be. There are some cool little sharks that swim above you in the tunnel though i think you can get this in a lot of other places. a few little monkeys and the odd crocodile if you’re lucky too. The location was Campona Plaza, which at least gave me the chance to go to Tescos which was rather exciting. Stocked up on loads of Milka (aah you wouldnt believe the range they have in Europe) and some paprika sausage for good measure.When we got back to the hostel there were some asshole australians/kiwis there making a whole lot of noise and asking us to go out and get pissed with them (me: nah thanks we’re tired, need dinner – roughly translated as piss off you fool). On the advice of le guidebook, wormed our way through a couple of long narrow streets to Pozsonyi Kisvendeglo, a quaint but appealing restaurent near our hostel which had pretty good food for unbelievably good prices. best bit being they understood and had menus in english. (this comes in v handy, as we realised later on in the week) On our plates were what the called “boiled little dumplings” which was basically boiled bits of dough, interesting. also had fried beef filet and cheese, mushrooms and cheese and tartare sauce in breadcrumbs.. yes you will see hungarians are big on cheese, big on frying stuff, and big on a calorie death wish. still, for three of us eating a happy dinner plus drinks, £15 isnt bad at all.