From Buda to Pest and Then Some.
September 13, 2023, View of Parliament building from the Buda side of the Danube River. Our ninth month on the road finally found us in Europe. Hungary to be precise. Prior to Budapest, the longest we'd stayed in one spot was a week in Capetown, South Africa. Chaing Mai, Thailand was a close second for 6 days, and no more than 2 or 3 other five-day stops in the last 9 months. Most of our stays have been about 3 days on average. The pace sped up a lot when we were road-tripping in Africa, changing just about every night, so we were more than ready for an extended stay. Budapest wasn't somewhere necessarily on my radar, but Johnny found it when researching spots in Europe that wouldn't break the bank. With notable buildings and a lively nightlife, it seemed like a perfect first stop for the European leg of our trip and a good place to kick up our feet for the next 3 weeks. We stayed in District VII, also known as the Jewish Quarter. Once part of the Jewish ghetto, is now kno