20-June: 2nd Day in Budapest

Since we had a late night out last night (or at least late for us old folks) it's no surprise that we slept in until at least 11am this morning =) So of course we missed breakfast, again, but hey, it was already time for lunch! Meghan's been dying to have Chinese to make up for the bad experience in Prague, so we walked literally 1 minute around the corner of our hostel to one of the best Chinese places in town (according to reviews). When we got there, it was jam packed with people, so we got our food to go (or "take away" as they say here) and went to watch the Slovakia-Portugal game in a park nearby. They have a public showing of every game on a huge screen. It may sound like we watch a LOT of soccer, but Tres wanted me to emphasize that we don't catch all of the games..and the one's we do watch, we only watch about 30 or so minutes of it. We haven't even watched one FULL game!

Anyhow, that game stunk because both Slovakia and Portugal play like high schoolers...so we left after we finished our food. The food, on the other hand, was awesome! At least the meat was...I don't think people have the hang of "fried rice" over here in Europe...they just fry it in butter with an egg and cabbage and call it fried....no soy sauce or nothing!!! YUCK!

After we returned our Coke bottles to the restaurant, we went to Margaret Island which is an island in the middle of the Danube River. It was a nice break away from the close/dense city area. There was a huge fountain there that was synchronized with a selection of classical compositions which would play every 10 or so minutes. It was interesting to watch, except for the fact that it was fenced off AND two stinky old ladies sat down on the same bench next to us to converse about their location on the map...and they kept scooting us over trying to get us off the bench. I think we've figured out that, while the French may be the rudest group of people in Europe, Hungarians/Slovakians/East Europeans follow close behind.

Our adventures in the park led to another soccer game...New Zealand and Italy. Italy played like a bunch of pansies getting "hurt" all the time and getting a free shot...or "penalty" kick even though there was no penalty... at a goal due to a crap-called injury... We left after half time to get some food, once again, and to escape the mosquitoes...yes, Hungary has mosquitoes and they are annoying! When we were walking back towards the metro, we passed by a Turkish restaurant and both of us immediately stopped and decided that döners were to be had for dinner! We haven't had them in a while and they were both cheap and familiar foods. However...both of our döners were not appetizing. Tres got beef and Meghan got chicken, yet we could tell that both had been setting out/cooking for a while, making the meat hard. Plus, there was a load of purple cabbage on them (which neither of us like) and they used tortilla shells. Who in the world would use tortilla shells for a Turkish/German meal?!?!? We were very unhappy, but ice cream made everything better.

Now we're about to head out to watch the Brazil-Ivory Coast game, which should be great for Brazil and fun to watch another country go down =) We'll post some stuff tomorrow hopefully before we leave for Füssen. Both of us are WAY ready to get back to Germany. We won't get internet in Füssen so we may not post as often but we'll try when we can!